Armando De Razza, David Pinilla, Gianni Ippoliti
The story of a Basque priest who has been studying the Apocalypse according to St. John for 25 years. Through his studies, he comes to the inescapable conclusion that the antichrist is going to be bor...( read more
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Directed by: Alex de la Iglesia, Armando De Razza, David Pinilla, Gianni Ippoliti, Jaime Blanch, Jaime Blanche, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Nathalie Sesena, Santiago Segura, Terele Pavez, Álex Angulo
Release Date: June 18, 1999
Stats: 279 reviews
How has this film been around for 14 years without me hearing of it? This is exactly my cup of tea. Original, funny, exciting and dark. The Day of the Beast is about a priest that begins committing sins so that he can contact Satan and trick him into revealing the future birth pl...( read more)
De la Iglesia's perfect blend of horror with the most crazy, outrageous humour. the "three wise men" are superb in their roles, but Santiago Segura is the one who steals the show. Apocalypse will never be this fun.
Could bennefit from a better resolution (the one it has makes no sense at all) but all the film up to that point is very fun to watch. A "Don Quijote" spoof with a heavy metal fan instead of Sancho, and and all the demonic imagery you could ask for.
There has never been a film quite like "El Día de la Bestia" before. Hot on the heels of his surprisingly successful "Acción Mutante", Alex De La Iglesia decided to go all out and craft an irreverent, satirical, angry, violent and hillarious masterpiece about a Priest who embark...( read more)
Another late night channel 4 classic. How come they dont put on gems like this anymore?
This is what horror comedy is all about! A true masterpiece of demented, twisted, and probably perverted and ocassionally tasteless humor that never forgets its a horror movie but at the same time isn't all about the gross-out and the gore althought it does earn its R-rating. Its...( read more)
This film was insanely amusing about a priest teaming up with a metalhead to find out how to summon Satan. The situations were the priest had to do evil deeds were just awesome. Quality stuff!
This movie was pretty rockin'. Jose' Maria was really funny to me.
I got really amped whenever I recognized metal bands throughout this movie, like in the record store scene (I'm a dork...).
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