In the classic horror film 'The Omen', American diplomat Robert Thorn and his wife Katherine adopt a newborn child, Damien, after their own son dies. As strange and terrifying events occur, they begin to suspect that Damien might actually be the prophesied Antichrist.
It gave satanic panic a prestige budget and marquee stars, making the idea that your own child might be evil feel like respectable, glossy tragedy.