Overview
A priest's desperate quest to thwart evil leads him into a world of sin and chaos.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- irreverent
- delirious
- surreal
- christmas eve
- cult movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly celebrate the film as delirious, inventive, and diabolically funny, especially for its energetic fusion of horror and dark comedy.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The priest pursues extreme sin and occult methods to stop the prophesied birth of the beast, with the apocalypse treated through manic dark humor.
Ángel’s scheme is organized around deciphering and preventing the imminent birth of the beast.
The central trio joins priestly theology, black magic expertise, and José María’s black metal subculture in Madrid.
Madrid becomes the stage for exaggerated occult incidents, demonic imagery, and bizarre comic set pieces.
Films like The Day of the Beast, and why
The Witches
shared black comedy, occult horror, surreal escalation, and irreverent religious imagery
Braindead
shared horror comedy, eccentric outsider protagonists, grotesque fantasy, and anarchic tone
Gremlins
shared Christmas-season horror, dark humor, supernatural threat, and cult-film sensibility
Movie Details
- Director
- Álex de la Iglesia
- Release Date
- 1995-10-20
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (640)
Cast
- Álex Angulo
- Santiago Segura
- Armando De Razza
- Terele Pávez
- Nathalie Seseña
- Maria Grazia Cucinotta
- Saturnino García
- Gianni Ippoliti
- Jaime Blanch
- David Pinilla
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Eternal Family, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Troma NOW, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Chilling, Cineverse Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Day of the Beast about?
- A desperate Spanish priest recruits a black metal devotee and an occult scholar for a blasphemous race to stop the Antichrist’s birth.
- What is The Day of the Beast like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Day of the Beast as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Day of the Beast violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Day of the Beast as moderate.
- What did critics think of The Day of the Beast?
- Critics broadly celebrate the film as delirious, inventive, and diabolically funny, especially for its energetic fusion of horror and dark comedy.
- Which films are like The Day of the Beast?
- Films with a similar feel include The Witches, Braindead, and Gremlins.
- How long is The Day of the Beast?
- The Day of the Beast runs 104 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Day of the Beast?
- In United States, The Day of the Beast streams on Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Eternal Family, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Troma NOW, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Chilling, Cineverse Amazon Channel.
