The Omen vs. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Did you know that Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the same story as the cult horror film The Omen? Let me tell you why.
At the suggestion of a priest (Father Spiletto; the Archdeacon), a government official (Robert Thorn; Judge Claude Frollo) adopts a baby (Damien Thorn; Quasimodo) whose mother had just died (Damien's mother, a jackal, died in childbirth; Frollo cracks Quasimodo's mother's skull against the steps of the Cathedral of Notre Dame). As the child grows up, he is seen as a monster (Damien is the Antichrist; Quasimodo is deformed), though a woman (Mrs. Baylock; Esmeralda) from a rejected demographic (Satanism; Romani) supports him (Baylock grooms Damien to rule the world; Esmeralda befriends Quasimodo, as they are both mistreated by society). Meanwhile, the monster's guardian works with a public employee (Keith Jennings; Captain Phoebus) with interest in the disliked group (Keith notices shadows of Damien's victims in his photos, including his own, and suspects that he may be the next victim; Phoebus falls in love with Esmeralda) to end their influence (Robert and Jennings look for a way to kill Damien; Frollo and Phoebus search for the Court of Miracles in order to annihilate Paris' gypsy population). In the process, the other man is hit by sharp objects and is incapacitated (Jennings is decapitated by a pane of glass while trying to recover the Seven Daggers of Megiddo, the only weapons capable of harming the Antichrist; when Frollo orders him to burn down a farm, Phoebus saves the innocent family who resides there and is shot in the back with arrows for it, but survives). At the climax, the monster's ancestry is revealed (Robert finds a birthmark shaped like three sixes on Damien's scalp, confirming his identity is the Antichrist; Frollo reveals that he killed Quasimodo's mother, a gypsy) and his guardian is killed during a standoff in a church (the police, not knowing Damien is evil, shoot Robert to death before he can kill him; Frollo falls off a gargoyle into a river of molten lead while laying siege on Notre Dame). In the end, the monster integrates with those he was previously at odds with (Damien is adopted by the President of the United States; Quasimodo is hailed as a hero by the citizens of Paris).
It's the same story!
At the suggestion of a priest (Father Spiletto; the Archdeacon), a government official (Robert Thorn; Judge Claude Frollo) adopts a baby (Damien Thorn; Quasimodo) whose mother had just died (Damien's mother, a jackal, died in childbirth; Frollo cracks Quasimodo's mother's skull against the steps of the Cathedral of Notre Dame). As the child grows up, he is seen as a monster (Damien is the Antichrist; Quasimodo is deformed), though a woman (Mrs. Baylock; Esmeralda) from a rejected demographic (Satanism; Romani) supports him (Baylock grooms Damien to rule the world; Esmeralda befriends Quasimodo, as they are both mistreated by society). Meanwhile, the monster's guardian works with a public employee (Keith Jennings; Captain Phoebus) with interest in the disliked group (Keith notices shadows of Damien's victims in his photos, including his own, and suspects that he may be the next victim; Phoebus falls in love with Esmeralda) to end their influence (Robert and Jennings look for a way to kill Damien; Frollo and Phoebus search for the Court of Miracles in order to annihilate Paris' gypsy population). In the process, the other man is hit by sharp objects and is incapacitated (Jennings is decapitated by a pane of glass while trying to recover the Seven Daggers of Megiddo, the only weapons capable of harming the Antichrist; when Frollo orders him to burn down a farm, Phoebus saves the innocent family who resides there and is shot in the back with arrows for it, but survives). At the climax, the monster's ancestry is revealed (Robert finds a birthmark shaped like three sixes on Damien's scalp, confirming his identity is the Antichrist; Frollo reveals that he killed Quasimodo's mother, a gypsy) and his guardian is killed during a standoff in a church (the police, not knowing Damien is evil, shoot Robert to death before he can kill him; Frollo falls off a gargoyle into a river of molten lead while laying siege on Notre Dame). In the end, the monster integrates with those he was previously at odds with (Damien is adopted by the President of the United States; Quasimodo is hailed as a hero by the citizens of Paris).
It's the same story!
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