{ "id": "epjv5366gt", "slug": "the-day-of-the-beast", "title": "The Day of the Beast", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.horror", "label": "Horror films (individual works)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.horror" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.horror.comedy-horror-films", "label": "Comedy horror films", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.horror.comedy-horror-films" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.horror.comedy-horror-films.20th-century-comedy-horror-films", "label": "20th-century comedy horror films", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.horror.comedy-horror-films.20th-century-comedy-horror-films" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.weu.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.horror", "label": "Western Europe · 1946 to 2000: Horror films (individual works)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.horror", "path": [ { "id": "geo.weu", "label": "Western Europe", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1946", "label": "Western Europe · 1946 to 2000", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1946" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1946.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1946.culture" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1946.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1946.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1946.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1946.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.horror", "label": "Horror films (individual works)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.horror" } ] } ], "excerpt": "The Day of the Beast (El día de la bestia) is a 1995 Spanish-Italian horror comedy by Álex de la Iglesia: a priest, a metalhead, and a TV psychic hunt the Antichrist in Madrid at Christmas; six Goyas including Best Director.", "snippet": "The Day of the Beast (El día de la bestia) is a 1995 Spanish-Italian horror comedy by Álex de la Iglesia: a priest, a metalhead, and a TV psychic hunt the Antichrist in Madrid at Christmas; six Goyas including Best Director.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.horror.comedy-horror-films.20th-century-comedy-horror-films", "markdown": "# The Day of the Beast\n\n**The Day of the Beast** (Spanish: *El día de la bestia*) is a 1995 Spanish-Italian horror comedy directed by Álex de la Iglesia, in which a Basque priest who has spent twenty-five years decoding the [Book of Revelation](https://www.edgepedia.org/book-of-revelation) concludes that the [Antichrist](https://www.edgepedia.org/antichrist) will be born in Madrid on Christmas Day 1995 and sets out to commit enough sins to contact Satan and kill the child.[1](https://madridfilmoffice.com/produccion/el-dia-de-la-bestia/) • [2](https://cultura.cervantes.es/manchester/es/el-d%C3%ADa-de-la-bestia/168134) It was de la Iglesia's second feature, after *Acción mutante* (1993), and it became a commercial and critical success that changed how the Spanish public saw Spanish cinema and opened the way for a new generation of Spanish fantasy and horror filmmakers.[3](https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt155j8gh) • [4](https://windumanoth.com/y-madrid-olio-a-azufre-25-anos-de-el-dia-de-la-bestia/)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Director / writers | Álex de la Iglesia; screenplay by de la Iglesia and Jorge Guerricaechevarría[1](https://madridfilmoffice.com/produccion/el-dia-de-la-bestia/) |\n| Release | Premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 4 September 1995; Spanish theatrical release 20 October 1995[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112922/releaseinfo/) • [4](https://windumanoth.com/y-madrid-olio-a-azufre-25-anos-de-el-dia-de-la-bestia/) |\n| Runtime / format | 103 minutes, 35 mm color; Spain and Italy[6](https://www.noahcowanfilm.com/cult-cinema-italy/the-day-of-the-beast) • [1](https://madridfilmoffice.com/produccion/el-dia-de-la-bestia/) |\n| Principal cast | Álex Angulo (Father Ángel Berriartúa), Santiago Segura (José Mari), Armando de Razza (Professor Cavan), María Grazia Cucinotta, Terele Pávez[2](https://cultura.cervantes.es/manchester/es/el-d%C3%ADa-de-la-bestia/168134) |\n| Production | Sogetel, Iberoamericana Films Producción, and Canal+ España; executive producer Andrés Vicente Gómez[2](https://cultura.cervantes.es/manchester/es/el-d%C3%ADa-de-la-bestia/168134) • [6](https://www.noahcowanfilm.com/cult-cinema-italy/the-day-of-the-beast) |\n| Awards | Six Goya Awards including Best Director; Méliès d'Or (Brussels, 1996); Grand Prize at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival and at Fantastic Arts Gérardmer-Lorraine, 1996[1](https://madridfilmoffice.com/produccion/el-dia-de-la-bestia/) |\n| Reception | 77% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer (13 reviews); 85% Popcornmeter from over 5,000 ratings[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/el_dia_de_la_bestia) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Plot\n\nFather Ángel Berriartúa, a Jesuit priest and professor of theology at the University of Deusto, has spent twenty-five years studying the [Apocalypse](https://www.edgepedia.org/apocalypse) according to [Saint John](https://www.edgepedia.org/saint-john) and deciphering the hidden message behind the sacred text. His conclusion: the Antichrist will be born in Madrid on Christmas Day 1995.[2](https://cultura.cervantes.es/manchester/es/el-d%C3%ADa-de-la-bestia/168134) Aware of when the child will be born but not where, Ángel resolves to contact evil by committing sins, and, heavily armed, he launches into a spontaneous crime spree hoping it will bring him into contact with ordinary wickedness and, ultimately, with the infant Satan.[6](https://www.noahcowanfilm.com/cult-cinema-italy/the-day-of-the-beast) Through what he sees as a secret Biblical code, Ángel has determined that the Antichrist will arrive at midnight on [Christmas Eve](https://www.edgepedia.org/christmas-eve), and he intends to barter his soul for admission to the event so that he can slay the baby.[8](https://www.netflixmovies.com/the-day-of-the-beast-1995)\n\nOn Christmas Eve he meets José Mari, a violent but good-natured death-metal fan from the Carabanchel district, and later, after his kidnapping and conversion to the cause, Professor Cavan, a histrionic Italian expert on the occult and parapsychologist who hosts a television show.[4](https://windumanoth.com/y-madrid-olio-a-azufre-25-anos-de-el-dia-de-la-bestia/) • [2](https://cultura.cervantes.es/manchester/es/el-d%C3%ADa-de-la-bestia/168134) Together the three hunt the unborn Antichrist through a Madrid taken by moral and social misery that seems to announce, with the Devil or without him, the end of days.[4](https://windumanoth.com/y-madrid-olio-a-azufre-25-anos-de-el-dia-de-la-bestia/)\n\n## Production and influences\n\nDe la Iglesia wrote the screenplay with his regular collaborator Jorge Guerricaechevarría; the two had been friends since school, from the age of four.[4](https://windumanoth.com/y-madrid-olio-a-azufre-25-anos-de-el-dia-de-la-bestia/) The picture was de la Iglesia's second collaboration with producer Andrés Vicente Gómez and his company Lolafilms, and the third feature to come out of an arrangement in which Gómez and Sogetel agreed to make roughly eight to ten films annually, an agreement that put the two partners at the leading edge of Spanish filmmaking.[3](https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt155j8gh)\n\n**Casting.** Álex Angulo, who had worked with de la Iglesia on the short *Mirindas asesinas* and held a major secondary role in *Acción mutante*, was the natural choice for Berriartúa from the screenplay stage onward. The role of José Mari was initially conceived for [Javier Bardem](https://www.edgepedia.org/javier-bardem), then passed to Gabino Diego, and finally went to Santiago Segura, for whom it became a generational icon.[4](https://windumanoth.com/y-madrid-olio-a-azufre-25-anos-de-el-dia-de-la-bestia/)\n\n**Sources.** De la Iglesia has traced the priest to his own years studying philosophy at the University of Deusto, where the library of Loyola holds one of the world's largest collections on demonology, and to the philologist Jesús Igal Alfaro (1920–1986), a professor of ancient philosophy whose out-of-step point of view on reality shaped Berriartúa's character. The film also draws on the horror of [H. P. Lovecraft](https://www.edgepedia.org/h-p-lovecraft) and the role-playing game *Call of Cthulhu* (first published by Chaosium in 1981); one interview with the director describes it as a Satanic comedy based on Lovecraft's stories.[4](https://windumanoth.com/y-madrid-olio-a-azufre-25-anos-de-el-dia-de-la-bestia/) • [9](https://julianwhiting.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ficha-de-visionado-el-dia-de-la-bestia.pdf)\n\nFilming used central Madrid locations including Calle Preciados, the KIO Towers, and the Plaza del Ángel Caído in the Retiro park, with additional locations in Navarra, Guadalajara, and Vizcaya.[1](https://madridfilmoffice.com/produccion/el-dia-de-la-bestia/)\n\n## Style and themes\n\nThe film mixes apocalyptic horror with pitch-black comedy, grotesque violence, and slapstick, in keeping with the Spanish humorous tradition of *esperpento*, in which a distorted version of reality is used to critique it.[10](https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-day-of-the-beast-1995-film-review-by-rebecca-naughten) Critics have interpreted the film as, at its core, a darkly inverted retelling of the nativity, and its biting satire strikes at the [Catholic Church](https://www.edgepedia.org/catholic-church), at rapacious consumerism (one pivotal scene unfolds beneath a huge [Schweppes](https://www.edgepedia.org/schweppes) neon sign), and at the stultifying influence of popular television.[11](https://letterboxd.com/joe_88/film/the-day-of-the-beast/) The Toronto International Film Festival program called it brimming with \"perverse violence, crazed speed metal, outrageous effects and vulgarity on every imaginable level\" and credited the effects team and cinematographer Flavio Martínez Labiano with creating surreal but absolutely credible worlds.[6](https://www.noahcowanfilm.com/cult-cinema-italy/the-day-of-the-beast) The score was composed by Battista Lena.[2](https://cultura.cervantes.es/manchester/es/el-d%C3%ADa-de-la-bestia/168134)\n\n## Reception and legacy\n\nThe film won six [Goya Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/goya-awards) at the 1996 ceremony: Best Director, Best New Actor, Best Art Direction, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound, and Best Special Effects, along with the Méliès d'Or in Brussels and Grand Prizes at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival and at Fantastic Arts Gérardmer-Lorraine.[1](https://madridfilmoffice.com/produccion/el-dia-de-la-bestia/) On Rotten Tomatoes it holds a 77% critics score from 13 reviews and an 85% audience score from over 5,000 ratings.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/el_dia_de_la_bestia)\n\nIts commercial success, alongside [Alejandro Amenábar](https://www.edgepedia.org/alejandro-amenabar)'s *[Thesis](https://www.edgepedia.org/thesis-1996-film)*, is credited with propelling Spanish horror cinema into the new century: the film changed public perception of Spanish cinema and opened the way for a new generation of Spanish filmmakers working in fantasy and horror, a genre that had been nearly exhausted in Spanish production in the early and mid-1990s.[4](https://windumanoth.com/y-madrid-olio-a-azufre-25-anos-de-el-dia-de-la-bestia/) • [12](https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-store-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781003295075/05bbf2e0-0718-4ec8-9ea3-13a7cf01602e/preview.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=ASIAQFVOSJ573K44BTGI&Expires=1773380337&Signature=pNJkNRCDWy4lQ3NG9XsU7ojPdzU%3D&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B+filename%3D%2210.4324_9781003295075_previewpdf.pdf%22&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEL3%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIQDCVRmWV1y5phjZiFDk1xKdQxEdW%2B%2BSmQ7DhlauTfoDvAIgHvyYiJwukfj9LGP39Ti6s9EKLoTr6q3jzpmDpAYfX58qlgQIhv%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARAEGgwwMTIxNzcyNjQ1MTEiDDFrX6yB6rkfyQsepCrqAwMKa%2FyKYFFxq9Lm5T5JU4w51aBya2mONeGJ%2FfxP7VwboRfZMM%2BxUlTMUBA43BsgDmQJZbpPq%2FHZexkjq68aL6MJGuAkxX4iLvrummtR%2BBqhrzYINhK%2F8banqN4lbJ0ioXBSHXB8h7gfwEZCA04ulxEspwgZXgKEVc4ZJ1%2F9hC2nBcQieJO%2BHOsKa4Y0lZxx7BVpPgZ5Wagr1KagFf4CfCcfBaYNLV6Nb%2F8znCVgrcbyOSY2qMEPjsZh6dfkqqueUwX2mIGG7ZZQrC86Fc0QPrv0KSDBKKtbZbxZHoEYudWmZ%2F9q3AR8%2FFLhyfz0ZG7svO9o5xzR%2Fm9GMX3uw1Yxrh5amzaOaNBZIc5l5MKwWZcPSMngMJq%2B4BJZSSOad7hQ%2BH3qSY6HHa8dw3tv0F2dCW6X3fGY%2F8QAMbsxoJuuIoL9v6mHi6oByClEeFuw5FlRF9sxqoUI2a%2BQhDqcc4is6aUzLG9GxiC9Q7%2BkzU2DiT0Ls4nRz6U0kKjVQTbet0%2BVwjGf8dxJqHGZ1K9D75XKmczN66gDFU6O0Vo1Mr3idvJEWLSYSqmWCEbhlHaER%2FxoYvE%2FYyDsZ106LtsOpsfW8CKYLIQQyq4GkERF8zqdMF29MyZQugdFnbkap0OJkNYJM7vJhHPOnfjjMbIwtq7OzQY6pQFKBZXWDpYcEeJTS%2BsbZa%2F8vaDSWlUj1JaOK4WJKtt%2B%2F19HlagPRTHNG3eK%2FDxfFm1liUCz9kNw%2BeDfwTbVOPxgz93H4l%2FvJglcCrCuYId2rWpTT2iAYz4mcPbQT3Pjo%2Bv5jJIGeayp1KP4%2B5Ye3GsuTuYcAI8fvlwcup%2BiR1PsiQAG3KblQqQPS2nbVz7jIhUNcnR%2FQPEYFNTrIt3kJ%2FdfZZA7UB4%3D) A trade retrospective describes the film as a milestone in Spanish cinema, yoking full-on American genre tropes, a bloody against-the-clock search for an Antichrist, to a bathetic but very grounded Spanish reality of a downbeat boarding house, a local metalhead, and the tawdry star of an occult-themed trash TV show.[13](https://www.movistarplus.es/comunicacion/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/RESUMEN-DE-MEDIOS-24-2-2023.pdf)\n\n## Availability\n\nThe film streams in the United States on Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Fandor, Screambox, Midnight Pulp, Troma NOW, and several other services, with free ad-supported options including [Pluto TV](https://www.edgepedia.org/pluto-tv) and Fandango at Home Free.[14](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-day-of-the-beast) Kino Lorber released it theatrically on home video in the United States.[15](https://kinolorber.com/film/the-day-of-the-beast)\n\n## References\n\n1. [El día de la bestia, Madrid Film Office](https://madridfilmoffice.com/produccion/el-dia-de-la-bestia/)\n2. [El día de la bestia, Instituto Cervantes Manchester](https://cultura.cervantes.es/manchester/es/el-d%C3%ADa-de-la-bestia/168134)\n3. [The cinema of Álex de la Iglesia, JSTOR](https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt155j8gh)\n4. [Y Madrid olió a azufre: 25 años de El día de la bestia, Windumanoth (2020)](https://windumanoth.com/y-madrid-olio-a-azufre-25-anos-de-el-dia-de-la-bestia/)\n5. [The Day of the Beast (1995) release info, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112922/releaseinfo/)\n6. [The Day of the Beast, Toronto International Film Festival program note by Noah Cowan (1995)](https://www.noahcowanfilm.com/cult-cinema-italy/the-day-of-the-beast)\n7. [The Day of the Beast, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/el_dia_de_la_bestia)\n8. [The Day of the Beast (1995) on Netflix, NetflixMovies.com](https://www.netflixmovies.com/the-day-of-the-beast-1995)\n9. [Entrevista: ficha de visionado El día de la bestia, Álex de la Iglesia](https://julianwhiting.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ficha-de-visionado-el-dia-de-la-bestia.pdf)\n10. [The Day Of The Beast (1995) Movie Review, Eye for Film](https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-day-of-the-beast-1995-film-review-by-rebecca-naughten)\n11. [The Day of the Beast review, Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/joe_88/film/the-day-of-the-beast/)\n12. [Spanish Horror Film, Routledge preview](https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-store-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781003295075/05bbf2e0-0718-4ec8-9ea3-13a7cf01602e/preview.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=ASIAQFVOSJ573K44BTGI&Expires=1773380337&Signature=pNJkNRCDWy4lQ3NG9XsU7ojPdzU%3D&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B+filename%3D%2210.4324_9781003295075_previewpdf.pdf%22&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEL3%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIQDCVRmWV1y5phjZiFDk1xKdQxEdW%2B%2BSmQ7DhlauTfoDvAIgHvyYiJwukfj9LGP39Ti6s9EKLoTr6q3jzpmDpAYfX58qlgQIhv%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARAEGgwwMTIxNzcyNjQ1MTEiDDFrX6yB6rkfyQsepCrqAwMKa%2FyKYFFxq9Lm5T5JU4w51aBya2mONeGJ%2FfxP7VwboRfZMM%2BxUlTMUBA43BsgDmQJZbpPq%2FHZexkjq68aL6MJGuAkxX4iLvrummtR%2BBqhrzYINhK%2F8banqN4lbJ0ioXBSHXB8h7gfwEZCA04ulxEspwgZXgKEVc4ZJ1%2F9hC2nBcQieJO%2BHOsKa4Y0lZxx7BVpPgZ5Wagr1KagFf4CfCcfBaYNLV6Nb%2F8znCVgrcbyOSY2qMEPjsZh6dfkqqueUwX2mIGG7ZZQrC86Fc0QPrv0KSDBKKtbZbxZHoEYudWmZ%2F9q3AR8%2FFLhyfz0ZG7svO9o5xzR%2Fm9GMX3uw1Yxrh5amzaOaNBZIc5l5MKwWZcPSMngMJq%2B4BJZSSOad7hQ%2BH3qSY6HHa8dw3tv0F2dCW6X3fGY%2F8QAMbsxoJuuIoL9v6mHi6oByClEeFuw5FlRF9sxqoUI2a%2BQhDqcc4is6aUzLG9GxiC9Q7%2BkzU2DiT0Ls4nRz6U0kKjVQTbet0%2BVwjGf8dxJqHGZ1K9D75XKmczN66gDFU6O0Vo1Mr3idvJEWLSYSqmWCEbhlHaER%2FxoYvE%2FYyDsZ106LtsOpsfW8CKYLIQQyq4GkERF8zqdMF29MyZQugdFnbkap0OJkNYJM7vJhHPOnfjjMbIwtq7OzQY6pQFKBZXWDpYcEeJTS%2BsbZa%2F8vaDSWlUj1JaOK4WJKtt%2B%2F19HlagPRTHNG3eK%2FDxfFm1liUCz9kNw%2BeDfwTbVOPxgz93H4l%2FvJglcCrCuYId2rWpTT2iAYz4mcPbQT3Pjo%2Bv5jJIGeayp1KP4%2B5Ye3GsuTuYcAI8fvlwcup%2BiR1PsiQAG3KblQqQPS2nbVz7jIhUNcnR%2FQPEYFNTrIt3kJ%2FdfZZA7UB4%3D)\n13. [Resumen de medios, Movistar Plus (2023)](https://www.movistarplus.es/comunicacion/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/RESUMEN-DE-MEDIOS-24-2-2023.pdf)\n14. [The Day of the Beast streaming, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-day-of-the-beast)\n15. 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