The Beast Explained

The Beast may refer to:

Religion

• The Beast (Revelation), two beasts described in the New Testament Book of Revelation

Fictional character

• The Beast in William Golding's Lord of the Flies
• The Beast in the Poltergeist film series
• The main antagonist of Kung Fu Hustle
• The main antagonist of the first season of The Magicians
• The Beast, from the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast
  • The Beast (Disney), from the 1991 animated Disney film Beauty and the Beast
• The Beast, from the miniseries Over the Garden Wall
• The Beast, from the Doctor Who 2-part story episodes "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit"
• The Beast, an Ork Warboss from Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 universe
• The Beast, a split personality of the character Kevin Wendell Crumb and an antagonist in M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 film Split.
• Beast (Marvel Comics), originally known as The Beast

Films

• The Beast (1916 film), a Fox Film film
• The Beast (1974 film), a French/Italian drama
• The Beast, also titled La Bête, a 1975 French film
• The Beast (1986 film), an Icelandic film
• The Beast (1988 film), an American film based on the play Nanawatai
• The Beast (1996 film), a television film based on the 1991 novel Beast
• The Beast (1995 film), a short film featured at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival
  • The Beast, a 2007 television film starring Ian Gomez The Beast (2019 film), a South Korean film
• The Beast (2020 film), an Italian film
• The Beast (2023 film), a French film

Television

Episodes

• "The Beast", A Scare at Bedtime series 2, episode 8 (1998)
• "The Beast", Adam-12 season 5, episode 17 (1973)
• "The Beast", Cavendish episode 1 (2019)
• "The Beast", Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight season 2, episode 7 (2023
• "The Beast", Neon Genesis Evangelion episode 2 (1995)
• "The Beast", Single Parents season 1, episode 8 (2018)
• "The Beast", Special Unit 2 season 2, episode 8 (2001)
• "The Beast", Supersex episode 3 (2024)
• "The Beast", The Bridge (2013) season 1, episode 5 (2013)
• "The Beast", The Butcher episode 6 (2019)
• "The Beast", The Case Study of Vanitas part 2, episode 16 (2022)
• "The Beast", The Dead Files season 3, episode 19 (2013)
• "The Beast", The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo episode 15 (1996)
• "The Beast", Tracker (Canadian) episode 6 (2001)
• "The Beast", True Blue episode 8 (1990)

Shows

• The Beast (2001 TV series), a short-lived American drama series created by Kario Salem
• The Beast (2009 TV series), an American crime drama starring Patrick Swayze

Music

• The Beast, a guitar owned by Bernie Marsden
• The Beast (band), a hip hop and jazz band
• The Beast (album), a 2004 album by Vader
• "The Beast" (song), a 2007 song by Angus and Julia Stone
• "The Beast", a song by the Fugees from their album The Score
• "The Beast", a song by the band Concrete Blonde from their 1990 album Bloodletting
• "The Beast", a song by Darkthrone from their album Ravishing Grimness
• "The Beast", a song by Nebula from their 2003 album Atomic Ritual

Books

Fiction

• The Beast, a 1910 novel by Ben B. Lindsey and Harvey J. O'Higgins
• The Beast, a 1924 novel by William Lacey Amy, under the pseudonym Luke Allan
• The Beast, a 1936 novel by Claude Houghton
• The Beast, a 1965 novel by A. E. van Vogt
• The Beast, a 1978 short story collection by Hugh Fleetwood
• The Beast, a 1981 novel by Jonathan Fast
• The Beast, a 1982 novel by Robert Lester Stallman, the third installment in his Book of the Beast trilogy
• The Beast, a 1984 novel by Martyn Godfrey
• The Beast, a 1986 novel by Sharman Macdonald
• The Beast, a 1994 novel by R. L. Stine
• The Beast, a 2003 novel by Walter Dean Myers
• The Beast (Roslund & Hellström novel), published in Swedish as Odjuret, a 2005 novel by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström
• The Beast (Mola novel), a 2021 novel by the pseudonymous Spanish writer Carmen Mola

Non-fiction

• The Beast: The Scandalous Life of Aleister Crowley, a 1959 book by Daniel P. Mannix
• , a 2013 translation of a 2010 nonfiction work by El Salvadorian journalist Óscar Martínez

People

• The Beast (nickname), a list of people
• The Beast (wrestler), ring name of Yvon Cormier (1938–2009), Canadian professional wrestler
• Brock Lesnar (born 1977), American professional wrestler and former mixed martial arts fighter
• Bob Sapp (born 1973), American mixed martial arts fighter
• Dan Severn (born 1958), American mixed martial arts fighter
• Daigo Umehara (born 1981), Japanese professional gamer
• Mark Labbett (born 1965), British TV personality known for his role as a Chaser on The Chase
• Adebayo Akinfenwa, British footballer
• Eddie Hall (born 1988), British strongman
• "The Beast from the East", the nickname of American professional wrestler Bam Bam Bigelow (1961–2007)

Other uses

• The Beast, the working title for the film King Kong
• La Bestia ("The Beast"), a Mexican freight train ridden north by migrants
• Presidential state car (United States), the state car of the President of the United States, nicknamed "The Beast"
• The Beast, a Rolls-Royce Meteor powered automobile, later based on a Rolls-Royce Merlin
• The Beast (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster at Kings Island near Cincinnati, Ohio
• The Beast (game), an alternate reality game promoting A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
• The Beast (newspaper), a Buffalo, New York newspaper
• The Daily Beast, an American news and opinion website
• 2014 HQ₁₂₄, a near-Earth asteroid nicknamed "The Beast"
• "The Beast", the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire in Alberta, Canada

See also

• Beast (disambiguation)
• Mr. Beast (disambiguation)
• Beastie (disambiguation)
• Beastmaster (disambiguation)
• La Bestia (disambiguation) ("The Beast" in Spanish)
• La Bête (disambiguation) ("The Beast" in French)