THE DAY OF THE BEAST (Alex de la Iglesia, 1995) -- Severin Films, 2020

[bruce holecheck]

Another write-up from my Cinema Arcana FB page:

Some excellent news from Severin Films’ David Gregory, courtesy of a recent interview at ComingSoon – the company will be issuing a domestic Blu of Alex de la Iglesia’s macabre masterpiece, THE DAY OF THE BEAST (El día de la bestia, 1995)! The film follows the story of a Catholic priest who’s hell-bent on committing as many sins as he can to properly prepare to do battle with the Antichrist, whose foretold appearance seems imminent. He teams up with an overweight metal-head and a tabloid TV host for a crash course in evil, but is there enough time? A wonderfully twisted horror comedy from the consistently great Iglesia, THE DAY OF THE BEAST hasn’t seen a U.S. release since Artisan’s VHS tape, whch was not only brutally cropped but also saddled with an astoundingly awful English dub that ruined half the fun. Severin’s release will naturally rectify these issues, properly showcasing this insane film to a whole new group of potential fans.

The company is also domestically premiering the director’s cut of Alex de la Iglesia’s unbelievably wild follow-up, PERDITA DURANGO (aka Dance with the Devil, 1997) – a film that was completely destroyed for its original U.S. release.

Original Spanish trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTfq...ature=youtu.be

[El_Fez]

I caught this movie at the SIFF ages and ages ago -loved the hell out of it. Was tempted by the Spanish disc, but never got around to pulling the trigger. Once again, my apathy paid off!

Now lets get some of Alex's other work here like The Bar or Action Mutante released here!

[Damonstein]

I had gone to a screening a year and a half ago and every effects scene was in SD while the rest was HD. Did they do the effects on video in this one?

[The Geek]

I remember hearing great things about it and being so super underwhelmed when I finally saw it.

Willing to give it another shot for sure, though.

[bruce holecheck]

Some more details, courtesy of Josh Hurtado and ScreenAnarchy!

"Severin's brand new release will feature a 4K restoration from negative elements located in Madrid, as well as the US debut of Sitges Fantastic Film Festival programmer, Diego LF's feature length making of documentary, Heirs of the Beast. But that's not all, Severin are hard at work collecting more supplemental materials to make these the gold standard for de la Iglesia releases worldwide."

https://screenanarchy.com/2019/08/ne...rin-films.html