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The Day of the Beast

Original title: El día de la bestia

“A devilishly dark comedy.”

1995 · 1 h 39 min
Directed by Álex de la Iglesia
ActionComedyCrime

Cast

Álex Angulo Armando De Razza Santiago Segura Terele Pávez Nathalie Seseña Maria Grazia Cucinotta

Credits

Written by: Jorge Guerricaechevarría

Plot

A priest who has calculated the date of the Antichrist's birth in Madrid tries to find the devil by selling his soul, with a heavy-metal fan and a TV occultist, in a wild black comedy.

Sinekatalog’s take

A wild, funny and cult black comedy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (25,185 votes)
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