The Day of the Beast

Set in contemporary Madrid during the 1990s, the narrative unfolds over a single night around Christmas Eve. The plot reaches a crescendo at midnight, blending apocalyptic ambition with the city’s urban rhythm.

The film unfolds across central Madrid, with key action centered in a boarding house area linked to Carabanchel. Downtown streets, a record shop, and the Gate of Europe towers provide the urban backdrop for Ángel's quest and the plot's violent turns. The city itself functions as a living stage where sacred and profane collide.

✝️ Religious Obsession

Ángel's fixation on selling his soul exposes how zeal for the sacred can veer into dangerous compulsion. The story uses satirical extremity to critique how belief can be weaponized for power and notoriety. The consequences reveal the harm that can follow when faith is treated as performance.

🏙️ Urban Chaos

The Madrid setting becomes a living stage for occult fantasies and crime, with the city’s streets, boarding house, and public spaces absorbing the drama. Homelessness, gangs, and police presence collide as the ritual unfolds. The film uses the urban environment to explore isolation and the search for transcendence in a crowded metropolis.

🎥 Media and Myth

Professor Cavan’s occult TV show and the public exposure of the plan demonstrate how media can amplify myth over truth. The plot satirizes how mass culture can feed sensationalized beliefs and turn fear into entertainment. The pursuit of the Antichrist becomes a spectacle shaped as much by broadcasts as by occult lore.