The Day of the Beast (1995)
El día de la bestia
A devilishly dark comedy.
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.
- Date of release
- 1995-10-20
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (658)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Horror, Comedy, Action
- Director
- Álex de la Iglesia
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Madrid
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Ignotus Award for Best Audiovisual Production
The Day of the Beast 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.
Production
A Spanish-Italian 80%–20% co-production, the film was produced by Andrés Vicente Gómez' Iberoamericana Films Producción alongside Sogetel and M.G. S.R.L in collaboration with Sogepaq and Canal Plus España. It had a 300 million ₧ budget. A soundtrack for the film was released in Spain and Korea. It featured bands such as Ministry, HeadCrash, Pantera, Sugar Ray, and Def Con Dos.
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