# The Day of the Beast (1995)

> A desperate Spanish priest recruits a black metal devotee and an occult scholar for a blasphemous race to stop the Antichrist’s birth.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/5782

## Facts

- Runtime: 104 min
- Genres: Horror, Comedy, Action
- Director: Álex de la Iglesia
- Cast: Álex Angulo, Santiago Segura, Armando De Razza, Terele Pávez, Nathalie Seseña, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Saturnino García, Gianni Ippoliti
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112922/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: irreverent, delirious, surreal, christmas eve, cult movie night

## Synopsis

A priest's desperate quest to thwart evil leads him into a world of sin and chaos.

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