The Day of the Beast
1995
A devilishly dark comedy.
Directed by Álex de la Iglesia
User Rating
Intensity
When a rogue priest discovers the exact date the Antichrist will be born, he enlists a Death Metal record store clerk and a cheesy TV psychic for an urban spree of gore, sacrilege and twisted humor to prevent the Apocalypse.
Where to Watch
Details
- Director
- Álex de la Iglesia
- Written by
- Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Álex de la Iglesia
- Produced by
- Andrés Vicente Gómez
- Composer
- Battista Lena
- Cinematographer
- Flavio Martínez Labiano
- Editor
- Teresa Font
- Makeup FX
- José Antonio Sánchez, José Antonio Sánchez
- Sound Designer
- Ray Gillon
- Origin country
- Spain
- Production countries
- Italy, Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Language
- Spanish
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 7.2/10 (632 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 77% Fresh
- IMDb
- 7.3/10 (25,749 votes)
Awards
- WonFangoria Chainsaw Award— Best Limited Release Film(2000)
- WonBrussels International Fantastic Film Festival— Golden Raven(1996)
- WonGérardmer Film Festival— Grand Prize(1996)
Cast
Álex Angulo
Ángel Berriatua
Santiago Segura
José María
Armando De Razza
Professor Cavan
Terele Pávez
Rosario
Nathalie Seseña
Mina
Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Susana
Saturnino García
Priest
Gianni Ippoliti
Producer
Jaime Blanch
Toyota 1
David Pinilla
Toyota 2
Antonio Dechent
Toyota 3
Ignacio Carreño
Toyota 4
El Gran Wyoming
New Cavan
Pololo
Grandfather
Higinio Barbero
Satan
Javier Manrique
Delivery Man
Aitor Fernández
Editor 1
David Gil
Editor 2
Crew
Keywords
Links
Trailer
Appears in
Related Films
Notes
Join the discussion
Notes are for the conversation around a film — theories, close reads, the details worth arguing over.
Just logging a quick reaction to a watch? That lives in your Log.