History YMMV / TheDayOfTheBeast

** Almost everything by Álex de la Iglesia, [[CreatorThumbprint who has a very recognizable style]]. The series ''30 Coins'' is perhaps the one that comes closest, featuring a Satanic conspiracy to bring the end of the world, an old BadassPriest in rural Spain bound to stop it, and all of it played straight instead of being a MaybeMagicMaybeMundane affair.

** Almost everything by Álex de la Iglesia, [[CreatorThumbprint who has a very recognizable style]]. The series ''30 Coins'' is perhaps the one that comes closest, featuring a Satanic conspiracy to bring the end of the world, an old badass priest in rural Spain bound to stop it, and even stop-motion devils.

** Almost everything by Álex de la Iglesia, [[CreatorThumbprint who has a very recognizable style]]. The series ''30 Coins'' is perhaps the one that comes closest, featuring a Satanic conspiracy to bring the end of the world, a badass priest in rural Spain bound to stop it, and even stop-motion devils.

** Almost everything by Álex de la Iglesia, [[CreatorThumbprint who has a very recognizable style]]. The series ''30 Coins'' is perhaps the one that comes closest, featuring a Satanic conspiracy to bring the end of the world, a BadassPriest in rural Spain bound to stop it, and even stop-motion devils.

** Almost everything else by Álex de la Iglesia, [[CreatorThumbprint who has a very recognizable style]].

* TrueArtIsAngsty: Yes, it's a TwistedChristmas movie in which some unhinged protagonists engage in a series of crazy and sacrilegious action setpieces for something that could be not real, all set in a WretchedHive oozing with HumansAreBastards tropes that presents a bleak social commentary... and the fans wouldn't have it any other way.

** The police immediately reaching for their guns and trying to shoot Ángel in a busy street [[PoliceBrutality without provocation]]? DudeNotFunny [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy Gunning down]] the actors playing the Three Wise Men while Ángel escapes? ''Hilarious''.

** The police immediately reaching for their guns and trying to shoot Ángel in a busy street [[PoliceBrutality without provocation]]? DudeNotFunny. [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy Gunning down]] the actors playing the Three Wise Men while Ángel escapes? ''Hilarious''.
* CultClassic: The movie received a warm reception and is widely considered one of Álex de la Iglesia's best films. Expect this movie to be brought up in discussions about horror-comedy gems from around the world. At one point there were even talks of an [[ForeignRemake American remake]] produced by Creator/MarilynManson.

* CultClassic: The movie received a warm reception and is widely considered one of Álex de la Iglesia's best films. Expect this movie to be brought up in discussions about horror-comedy gems from around the world. At one point there were even talks of an [[ForeignRemake American remake]] produced by Marilyn Manson.

** The shopping mall featured several times in the movie is the original Galerías Preciados building, which was sold to Fnac in 1993. The company disappeared after it was bought by El Corte Inglés in 1995.

** The police immediately reaching for their guns and trying to shoot Ángel in a busy street without provocation seems like an exaggerated example of PoliceBrutality. ''Then'' they [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy gun down]] the actors playing the Three Wise Men while Ángel escapes.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: After a priest gets crushed by a giant cross, we follow Ángel as he walks though Madrid committing [[KickTheDog sinful actions]], such as taking the money of a street beggar, harming a living statue and bidding a dying road accident victim to rot in Hell before stealing his wallet. ''And the movie has just begun''.

* SignatureScene: The trio's escape through the "Schweppes" neon sign. To a lesser extent, the moving shot of José María blasting a shotgun at a Three Wise Men parade, and his final confrontation with the Devil.

** Creator/SantiagoSegura's own Action-Comedy series ''Torrente''. Particularly the first from 1998, which is also set in a Madrid working class neighborhood and has Segura playing a character that is essentially a mix of José María and his mother Rosario. He also lives with a ScatterbrainedSenior (Torrente's father) [[spoiler:who dies after accidentally taking drugs]].