THE OMEN - SHREIBER: 'GLOBAL UNREST WILL HELP MAKE THE OMEN REMAKE A HIT'

Movie star LIEV SHREIBER is convinced his THE OMEN remake will be a hit due to unrest in the world. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE star believes horror films which pit good against evil thrive when the world is at war - because film fans already feel anxious about global affairs. And Shreiber doesn't believe the original 1976 film would have become a cult success had it not been for the fact it was released in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. He explains, "I don't think The Omen would've been the same film in 1976 had we not been at the tail end of the Vietnam War... There was a palpable anxiety in the US as a result of the political unrest and as a result of The Vietnam War that people were trying to vent. "I don't necessarily think that there's anything wrong with that. I think that is a function of the consciousness purging itself. The fact is that it exists and the film will tap into those sore feelings. "I don't think The Omen in 2006 would be the success it is going to be had we not been embroiled in the Middle East as we are now, and had the threat of something as horrific and unexplainable as 9/11 not occurred. "It is truly preposterous, the acts that are committed in the film in the name of faith, but thank God it's only a film."