The Day of the Beast is a 1995 Spanish black comedy

Black comedy

A black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor; and that, as humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes...

 film directed by Álex de la Iglesia

Álex de la Iglesia

Alejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, film producer and former comic book artist.Most of De La Iglesia's films reached cult status due to their weird sense of humour.- Biography :...

 and featuring Santiago Segura

Santiago Segura

Santiago Segura Silva is a Spanish film actor, screenwriter, producer and director.Santiago was born in the Carabanchel neighbourhood in Madrid. After studying Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid, he decided to pursue a career as a film-maker and in 1989 he directed the short Relatos de...

 and Álex Angulo.

Plot

The story revolves around a Basque

Basque people

The Basques as an ethnic group, primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country , a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.The Basques are known in the...

 Roman Catholic priest

Priesthood (Catholic Church)

The ministerial orders of the Catholic Church include the orders of bishops, deacons and presbyters, which in Latin is sacerdos. The ordained priesthood and common priesthood are different in function and essence....

 dedicated to committing as many sin

Sin

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s as possible (Angulo), a death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 salesman from Carabanchel

Carabanchel

Carabanchel is a district in the south western suburbs of Madrid, Spain.-Overview:The area was the scene of fierce fighting during the Spanish Civil War -especially in November 1936, during the Battle of Madrid, when Nationalist troops tried to fight their way into the area. Unacustomed to street...

 (Segura), and the Italian host of a TV show on the occult

Occult

The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus , referring to "knowledge of the hidden". In the medical sense it is used to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e.g...

 (De Razza). These go on a literal "trip" through Christmas

Christmas

Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...

-time Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

 to hunt for and prevent the reincarnation

Reincarnation

Reincarnation best describes the concept where the soul or spirit, after the death of the body, is believed to return to live in a new human body, or, in some traditions, either as a human being, animal or plant...

 of the Antichrist

Antichrist

The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to a leader who fulfills Biblical prophecies concerning an adversary of Christ, while resembling him in a deceptive manner...

.

Cast

• Álex Angulo as Father Ángel Berriartúa
• Armando De Razza as Professor Cavan
• Santiago Segura
  Santiago Segura
  Santiago Segura Silva is a Spanish film actor, screenwriter, producer and director.Santiago was born in the Carabanchel neighbourhood in Madrid. After studying Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid, he decided to pursue a career as a film-maker and in 1989 he directed the short Relatos de...
  
   as José María
• Terele Pávez as Rosario
• Nathalie Seseña
  Nathalie Seseña
  Nathalie Seseña is a Spanish actress. She began young, appearing in the children's series Celia and has become noted for her role in the TV series La que se avecina since 2007...
  
   as Mina
• Maria Grazia Cucinotta
  Maria Grazia Cucinotta
  Maria Grazia Cucinotta is an Siciian/Italian actress who has featured in many films and television series since 1990, she has also worked as a producer, screenwriter and model....
  
   as Susana
• Gianni Ippoliti
• Jaime Blanch
• David Pinilla
• Antonio Dechent
• Ignacio Carreño
• Saturnino Garcia
• Pololo: Aitona
• Higinio Barbero
• Daniel Cicare
• Javier Manrique
• Aitor Fernández
• David Gil
• Curro Summers
• Carlos Lucas
• Enrique Villén
• Rosa Campillo
• Manuel Tallafé
• Aquilino Gamazo
• Paloma Montero
• José Coromina
• Francisco Maestre
• Ramón Churruca
• Teresa Enric
• Antonio de la Torre
• Juan y Medio
• Ramon Agirre
• Antonio Chamorro
• Ignacio Ruiz
• José Sáinz
• Jimmy Barnatán
• Lourdes Bartolomé
• Mario Ayuso
• Otilia Laiz
• José Alias
• Ricardo Inglés
• Trinidad Corredor
• Bigarren
• José Luis Arrizabalaga
• Carmen Martínez
• Paco Araguetes
• María Bardem
• Salvador Pons
• El Gran Wyoming
  El Gran Wyoming
  José Miguel Monzón, also known as El Gran Wyoming or Guayo is an actor, director and humorist; he is licensed in Medicine but not an M.D.. He was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1955....
  
  
• José María González Sinde
• Ismael Martínez
• Victoria Vives