The Beast

The Beast may refer to:

Religion

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

Fictional characters

• The Beast, imaginary monster in William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies (1954)
• The Beast, demon in the Poltergeist film franchise (1982–2015)
• The main antagonist assassin in the film Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
• The main antagonist in the novel The Magicians (Grossman novel) (2009)
• The same character in the television series The Magicians (2015–2020)
• The Beast, a main character in the traditional fairy tale Beauty and the Beast (traced back for millennea, in publication since 1740)
• The Beast (Disney), from the animated Disney film Beauty and the Beast (1991)
• The Beast, mysterious humanoid antagonist in the miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014)
• The Beast, creature from the Doctor Who two-part story episodes "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit" (2006)
• The Beast, a split personality of the character Kevin Wendell Crumb and an antagonist in M. Night Shyamalan's film Split (2016)
• Beast (Marvel Comics), originally known as The Beast (1963–present)
• The canine main antagonist of the 1993 film The Sandlot

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 by Bertrand Bonello

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", (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 (active 1972–2023)
• The Beast (band), a hip hop and jazz band (2007–present)
• The Beast (album), by Vader, 2004
• The Beast (song), by Angus and Julia Stone, 2007
• "The Beast", a song by Concrete Blonde from Bloodletting, 1990
• "The Beast", a song by Darkthrone from Ravishing Grimness, 1999
• "The Beast", a song by the Fugees from The Score, 1996
• "The Beast", a song by Lady Gaga from Mayhem, 2025
• "The Beast", a song by Nebula from Atomic Ritual, 2003

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