The Day of the Beast (1995)

Original title

El día de la bestia

Directed by

Álex de la Iglesia

Genre

horror film, comedy horror, Christmas film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 618 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Basque priest learns the Antichrist will be born in Madrid on Christmas Eve. He teams up with a heavy metal fan and a fake occultist to try and stop it with extreme and unorthodox methods.

chaoticirreverentfast-pacedabsurdover-the-topgrittysatanicdarkly humorous

What happens

The Day of the Beast (Spanish: El día de la bestia) is a 1995 black comedy film co-written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia and starring Álex Angulo, Armando De Razza and Santiago Segura. It is a Spanish-Italian co-production. The plot concerns the unorthodox attempts of a Basque priest (Angulo) to avert the birth of the Antichrist in Madrid during Christmas Eve, teaming up with a metalhead (Segura) and an occult fraudster (De Razza). The film, marketed as "a satanic comedy", was well received by critics and audiences in Spain, and sparked interest in the director's filmography and style of directing. It earned numerous accolades, including the Goya Award for Best Director for Álex de la Iglesia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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