The Day of the Beast 4K 1995 SPANISH Ultra HD 2160p

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Father Angel, a Catholic priest, uses the Bible to calculate the day when the Antichrist will be born on earth. He knows the date, but does not know the place, so he goes all out for the Devil himself to sign a contract with him to buy a soul. The helpers of the holy father are a casual acquaintance from a heavy music store and a popular presenter of an occult TV show.

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Every Catholic priest tries to stay away from Satan by avoiding temptations and leading a virtuous life. But here's the irony: when the Antichrist is really needed, it is not so easy to reach him. You have to go all out for the Prince of Darkness to pay attention to you, and even spells with pentagrams do not guarantee anything. What if you desperately need to get in touch with the enemy of the human race?

Despite the fact that "Day of the Beast" is not the first directorial work of Alex de la Iglesia, it was from this tape, which won six (funny coincidence) Goya awards, that its meteoric rise began. He successfully straddled the wave - the eve of the year 2000 was marked by the appearance of such a huge number of delusional theories about the end of the world that a black comedy on this topic became a breath of fresh air. Popularity, of course, was given by the lawsuit about possible plagiarism - one young author swore that he had been stolen from a script that had once been sent to Pedro Almodovar's production company. However, of course, this is not the reason for the success. Iglesia burst into the world of cinema, possessing an already formed author's style, part of which is an unsurpassed ability to balance at the intersection of genres: drama, satire, absurd comedy, trash. He knew how - and still knows how, praise the gods - to swing the viewer on an emotional swing so that by the end you simply cannot draw a clear line between the funny and the tragic. For those who do not like this blur, it is generally difficult to find something suitable in the world of Spanish cinema.

"Day of the Beast" could be called an exemplary black comedy, if the director had the habit of isolating himself within the framework of a single genre. But the resulting Babylonian mixture is difficult to define unequivocally: it looks as if the novels of Dan Brown were filmed by the studio "Troma", but only an order of magnitude funnier and more absurd, although, it would seem, how much further. In the center of the narrative are three main characters: the Catholic priest himself, his metal assistant from a music store and a psychic charlatan from television. This textured trio travels through famous Madrid locations, including the local Capitol and the unfinished Gate of Europe. In the frame, something is constantly happening, so there is no time to be bored positively: the hero is looking for the right satanic music and the blood of a virgin, then he arranges a leapfrog in the hotel, then he is hiding from the law enforcement agencies ...

Of course, the school of Almodovar is felt here, but Iglesia, like any good student, found an individual path and is still faithful to it: a win-win way to never disappoint his fans. So if you like his work, then "Day of the Beast" is a must for viewing. For fans of more low-key black comedies in the style of Hitchcock's Trouble with Harry, the film may seem overly emotional and kitschy, but it's worth noting that it digs a little deeper and shows an impressive double bottom.