Damien the Antichrist, now about to turn thirteen years old, finally learns of his destiny under the guidance of an unholy disciple of Satan. Meanwhile dark forces begin to eliminate all those who suspect the child's true identity.
Factual errors
(at around 1h 12 mins) The elevator cables shown to cut both the doctor in the elevator car, as well as the car itself, in half would not have done so. The elevator shaft is too narrow and all elevator cars have at least FOUR cables to prevent the car from potentially sliding down the shaft in the event of catastrophic failure.
Any failed cable would strike the sides of the shaft and the other cables on it was down to the car. It would then encounter the trolley system on top of the elevator. All of these actions would cause it to lose momentum and it would fall to rest on top of the car itself. Even if it cut through the roof, it would not have enough remaining inertia to slice through the entire car itself.
This does not take into account that this is not an ordinary malfunction. Dr. Kane was on his way to show someone that there was something off about Damien, so the forces that protect Damien were at work and getting around these safeguards.
Source: IMDB
Directors
Don Taylor
Uncredited: Mike Hodges
Writers
Screenplay
Stanley Mann
Mike Hodges
Story
Harvey Bernhard
Based on Characters created by
David Seltzer
Cast
William Holden as Richard Thorn
Lee Grant as Ann Thorn
Robert Foxworth as Paul Buher
Lew Ayres as Bill Atherton
Sylvia Sidney as Aunt Marion
Jonathan Scott-Taylor as Damien Thorn
Nicholas Pryor as Dr. Charles Warren
Lance Henriksen as Sergeant Daniel Neff
Elizabeth Shephard as Joan Hart
Lucas Donat as Mark Thorn
Allan Arbus as David Pasarian
Meshach Taylor as Dr. J. Kayne
Fritz Ford as Murray
Leo McKern (uncredited) as Carl Bugenhagen
Ian Hendry (uncredited) as Michael Morgan
Owen Sullivan as Byron
Corney Morgan as Greenhouse Technician
