El día de la bestia(1995).A basque priest finds by means of a cabalistic study of the bible that the anti-christ is going to be born on Christmas day in Madrid. Helped by a heavy-metal fan and by the showman of a TV esoteric program, he will try to invoke the devil to find out the place of birth and kill the baby. Written byMiguel A. Andrade <andrade@gredos.cnb.uam.es>... Synopsis El día de la bestia(1995)
Movie Title: El día de la bestia(1995)
Run Time: 103 min
Rating: 7.4 / 10
Genres: Action |Comedy |Crime |Horror |Thriller
Release Date: 23 December 1998 (USA)
Director: Álex de la Iglesia
Writer: Jorge Guerricaechevarría,Álex de la Iglesia... and other credits
Actor: Álex Angulo,Armando De Razza,Santiago Segura
A complete cult film in Spain.
I think Alex is one of the most original talents in nowadays cinema. And not only in Spain, all over the world.
You have to realize what it means to issue such a film, and what a danger you take. How he uses black humour and keeps tension on every scene is incredible. And he has shown that in every one of his films, specially in The perfect crime (a pearl of how to use black humour), 800 bullets and Common Wealth. These are films to take with an open mind, no previous thoughts of what are you going to find. I'm still surprised at each one of his new films.
A masterpiece, but not a film for everybody.
