Father Ángel () believes he has decoded the Book of Revelation and discovered that the Antichrist will be born in Madrid on Christmas Eve, 1995. Convinced that committing evil acts will help him commune with Satan and locate the child, Ángel does his best to descend into moral chaos, with hilariously mixed results.
Of course, we’re talking about 1995’s The Day of the Beast (El día de la bestia), written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia, a ferocious blend of horror, comedy, and social satire that announced the arrival of a bold new voice in Spanish cinema.
De la Iglesia’s manic and visceral filmmaking, with its aggressive camera movement and grotesque imagery, mirrors the film’s anarchic worldview. Beneath its outrageous humor and splatter-movie excess, Day of the Beast is a sharp critique of media sensationalism, religious extremism, and capitalistic emptiness.
Both blasphemous and oddly sincere, the film balances nihilism with slapstick, suggesting that the end of the world might arrive not with grandeur, but with confusion, greed, and television cameras rolling.
Join AC and his irreverent panel of guests (Aaron AuBuchon, S.A. Bradley, Jennifer Olson, Elena Romea) as we celebrate 30 years of this loud, messy, provocative, and unforgettable slice of Spanish Horror!
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