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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60EmpireIan NathanEmpireIan NathanA rerun of the first one but satan junior is now a teenager.
- 60The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyThough it's as foolish as the first film, is rather more fun to watch and sometimes very stylish-looking.
- 58The A.V. ClubAdam NaymanThe A.V. ClubAdam NaymanThe film could be subtitled A Portrait Of The Anti-Christ As A Young Man. The emphasis has been shifted from parental anxiety to the frustration of a boy struggling to identify—and then reconcile—his demonic birthright.
- 50Time OutTime OutThis sequel lacks the bravura pacing of the original, and though it tries to maintain the biblical tone in following the adolescence of its antichrist anti-hero, immense problems emerge.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Don Taylor, a director who specializes in sequels and imitations dutifully puts image to celluloid without distinction. [10 June 1978]
- 40NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenDamien is a strikingly handsome film - full of plush offices and country homes reeking of Old Money, all lovingly captured in Bill Butler's burnished-gold cinematography - but it hasn't an ounce of suspense. There's really no story here, just a catalog of increasingly baroque murders. [19 June 1978, p.75]
- 40Washington PostGary ArnoldWashington PostGary ArnoldIf a movie can be said to snore before your eyes, Damien sustains an ungodly, unstimulating buzz. [13 June 1978, p.B1]
- 25TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineAs in the Friday the 13th movies the only real interest here is observing the outrageous lengths filmmakers go to in devising "Can-you-top-this?" murders.