The Day of the Beast

Oct 20, 1995

1h 43m

★ 7.2

A devilishly dark comedy.

Overview

The story revolves around a Basque Roman Catholic priest dedicated to committing as many sins as possible, a death metal salesman from Carabanchel, and the Italian host of a TV show on the occult. These go on a literal "trip" through Christmas-time Madrid to hunt for and prevent the reincarnation of the Antichrist.

Genres

Horror

Comedy

Action

Production Companies

Canal+ España

Iberoamericana Films Produccion

Sogetel

The Day of the Beast Trailers

Cast

Ángel Berriatua

Álex Angulo

Professor Cavan

Armando De Razza

José María

Santiago Segura

Rosario

Terele Pávez

Mina

Nathalie Seseña

Susana

Maria Grazia Cucinotta

Priest

Saturnino García

Producer

Gianni Ippoliti

Toyota 1

Jaime Blanch

Toyota 2

David Pinilla

Toyota 3

Antonio Dechent

Toyota 4

Ignacio Carreño

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