4K RESTORATION
In between his debut Acción Mutante and his proudly depraved Perdita Durango, writer/director Álex de la Iglesia (HBO’s 30 Coins) delivered a “classic of modern Spanish cinema” (Screen Anarchy), winning six Goya Awards including Best Director.
When a rogue priest (Pan’s Labyrinth’s Álex Angulo) discovers the exact date The Antichrist will be born, he enlists a Death Metal record store clerk and a cheesy TV psychic for an urban spree of “gore, sacrilege and twisted humor” (San Francisco Examiner) to prevent the Apocalypse by summoning Satan himself.
A 4K restoration from the original negative, supervised by the director himself!
This series was developed in collaboration with Daniel Marino and David Del Valle.
Alex de la lgelesia a former comic book artist and admirer of classic horror films achieved Cult status in Spain in 1995 with his audacious The Day of the Beast. A vastly underrated horror comedy that takes on the Devil and all his works in a jaw dropping catalog of visual sight gags, deadbeat characters and a very camera ready Goat. I will not give away the many wonderful things that populate this Monty Python style horror satire. Let’s just say the Catholic Church and heavy metal never worked so hard to bring about the apocalypse. Set in Madrid during Christmas Eve of 1995 a priest named Father Angel believes the birth of the antichrist is at hand. It is a brilliant touch the director uses to full effect to set his film in Madrid since it maintains the only landmark statue of The Devil in the world—-The Fallen Angel which is used along with enough imagery in the capital to make one believe the Devil would choose this as the birthplace of the Lord of Flies. The acting is first rate, and the photography only highlights the story and keeps the production entertaining until the final countdown. This movie is what a cult film is all about and it should be better known outside the confines of Europe.
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