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Old 12-26-2011, 12:41 PM
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666

I know that the negative connotations of the number "666" go back to the reign of Nero, but how long has it been floating around in horror films?

Was ""The Omen" the first movie to associate this number with evil, the devil, witchcraft, or bad luck?

Did it figure in the plots of any earlier films?

Anyone know?
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Old 12-26-2011, 03:56 PM
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Rosemary's Baby.
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Old 12-27-2011, 12:34 PM
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Rosemary's Baby.
I saw Rosemary's Baby a long time ago, but I don't remember the number "666."

Did I miss it?
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Old 12-27-2011, 05:56 PM
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Does anyone know if "666" made an ominous appearance in a T.V. pilot called "Fear No Evil" (or a T.V. movie called "Crowheaven Farm")?
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Old 12-27-2011, 06:02 PM
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I saw Rosemary's Baby a long time ago, but I don't remember the number "666."

Did I miss it?
Yes, you missed it. From the wikipedia entry on the film:

A few weeks later, Rosemary learns she is pregnant and is due on June 28, 1966 (6/66).

And:

At the Castavets' New Year's Eve party, Roman raises an equally cryptic toast: "To 1966: the Year One." Rosemary sees that Hutch has marked photographs and passages in the book. Using the clue given to her in the cryptic message, Rosemary deduces that Roman Castevet is really Steven Marcato, the son of Adrian Marcato, a former resident of the Bramford who was accused of being a witch and of worshiping Satan, and was a martyr to the cause
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Old 12-27-2011, 06:06 PM
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Does anyone know if "666" made an ominous appearance in a T.V. pilot called "Fear No Evil" (or a T.V. movie called "Crowheaven Farm")?
I assume you mean the 1970 TV movie Crowhaven Farm. No idea.
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Old 12-27-2011, 06:31 PM
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You might find this of some interest...

http://www.movie666.com/top-666-movie-list
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Old 12-28-2011, 11:44 AM
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Yes, you missed it. From the wikipedia entry on the film:

A few weeks later, Rosemary learns she is pregnant and is due on June 28, 1966 (6/66).

And:

At the Castavets' New Year's Eve party, Roman raises an equally cryptic toast: "To 1966: the Year One." Rosemary sees that Hutch has marked photographs and passages in the book. Using the clue given to her in the cryptic message, Rosemary deduces that Roman Castevet is really Steven Marcato, the son of Adrian Marcato, a former resident of the Bramford who was accused of being a witch and of worshiping Satan, and was a martyr to the cause
This source contradicts your source.

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The 666 connection? The baby is born in the year 1966… in August. Seems odd the filmmakers would miss the obvious choice of birthing the baby in June, the sixth month, to complete the unholy triangle, but apparently Polanski didn’t feel like playing the numerology game… or did he?
www.movie666.com/top-666-movie-list
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Old 12-28-2011, 12:01 PM
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You might find this of some interest...

http://www.movie666.com/top-666-movie-list
Thank you.

According to that site, Rosemary's Baby doesnt really count.

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The 666 connection? The baby is born in the year 1966… in August. Seems odd the filmmakers would miss the obvious choice of birthing the baby in June, the sixth month, to complete the unholy triangle, but apparently Polanski didn’t feel like playing the numerology game
And an avant gard film by Kenneth Anger (1972) may have been the first (but it's not clear on whether that film actually contained any direct reference to this number.)
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Old 12-28-2011, 06:16 PM
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666 has no real magical meaning outside of horror flicks.

As for 1966, this was also the year Anton LaVey founded the Church of Satan.
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