Beast most often refers to: *

Non-human animal Personhood or personality is the status of being a person. Defining personhood is a controversial topic in philosophy and law and is closely tied with legal and political concepts of citizenship, equality before the law, equality, and liberty. Acc ...

Monster A monster is a type of fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion. Monsters are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive with a strange, grotesque appearance that causes terror and fe ...

Beast or Beasts may also refer to:

Bible

* Beast (Revelation), two beasts described in the Book of Revelation

Computing and gaming

Beast (card game) Beast most often refers to: * Non-human animal * Monster Beast or Beasts may also refer to: Bible * Beast (Revelation), two beasts described in the Book of Revelation Computing and gaming * Beast (card game), English name of historical Fre ...

, English name of historical French game, the first card game to use bidding *

BEAST (computer security) Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a cryptographic protocol designed to provide communications security over a computer network. The protocol is widely used in applications such as email, instant messaging, and voice over IP, but its use in securi ...

, a computer security attack *

BEAST (music composition) Beast is a music composition and modular synthesis application released as free software under the GNU GPL and GNU LGPL licenses, that runs under Unix. It supports MIDI, WAV/AIFF/MP3/ OggVorbis/etc audio files and LADSPA modules. It is capable o ...

, a music composition and modular synthesis application that runs under Unix *

Beast (lighting software) Autodesk Gameware is a discontinued middleware software suite developed by Autodesk. The suite contained tools that enable designers to create game lighting, character animation, low level path finding, high-level AI and advanced user interfaces. O ...

, a computer-graphics lighting software *

Beast (Trojan horse) Beast is a Windows-based backdoor trojan horse, more commonly known in the hacking community as a Remote Administration Tool or a "RAT". It is capable of infecting versions of Windows from 95 to XP. Written in Delphi and released first by it ...

, a Windows-based backdoor trojan horse * ''Beast'' (video game), a 1984 ASCII game

Film and television

* Beast (''Beauty and the Beast''), a character from the 1991 animated film ''Beauty and the Beast'' and sequels * ''Beast'' (2017 film), a British psychological thriller * ''Beast'' (2022 American film), an American thriller film directed by Baltasar Kormákur and starring Idris Elba * ''Beast'' (2022 Indian film), an Indian Tamil-language film * ''Beast'' (TV series), a 2000–2001 British sitcom * ''Beasts'' (TV series), a 1976 British horror programme by Nigel Kneale *Beast, a minor character in the television series ''Angel'' *Beast, a villain from the television series ''Doctor Who'' *Beast, a television series character from ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' (season 4) *Beast, stage name of professional wrestler

Matt Morgan Matthew Thomas Morgan (born September 10, 1976) is an American politician, actor and retired professional wrestler. He is a current City Commissioner in Longwood, Florida. He is known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is ...

in ''American Gladiators'' *

Beast Man Beast Man is a supervillain in the toy line and cartoon series Masters of the Universe; the savage right-hand man of Skeletor, he can control many wild creatures and has brute strength. Character history The 1980s The original design sketch of ...

, a character in the cartoon ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' *Beastly, a character from the ''Care Bears'' franchise *Beastur, a character in the animated television series ''My Pet Monster''

Literature

Beast (Marvel Comics) Beast (Dr. Henry Philip "Hank" McCoy) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is a founding member of the X-Men. Originally called "The Beast", the character was introduced as a mutant possessing ape-like su ...

, a Marvel Comics character * ''Beast'' (Benchley novel), a 1991 novel by Peter Benchley * ''Beast'' (Kennen novel), a 2006 novel by Ally Kennen * ''Beasts'' (Crowley novel), a 1976 novel by John Crowley * ''Beasts'' (novella), a 2001 novella by Joyce Carol Oates * ''Beast'', a 2000 novel by

Donna Jo Napoli Donna Jo Napoli (born February 28, 1948) is an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, as well as a linguist. She currently is a professor at Swarthmore College teaching Linguistics in all different forms (music, Theater (structur ...

* ''Beast'', a graphic novel by

Marian Churchland Marian Churchland (born June 15, 1982) is a Canadian comic book artist and graduate of the University of British Columbia. They first came to prominence in 2009 with their debut graphic novel ''Beast'' for Image. Career Churchland began their c ...

, winner of the 2010 Russ Manning Award

Music

Groups

Beast (Canadian band) Beast was a Canadian electronic music duo based out of Montreal. Its members were vocalist and lyricist Béatrice Bonifassi and composer/producer Jean-Philippe Goncalves. Bonifassi was the main songwriter for the band and the music was composed a ...

Beast (South African band) Beast (often stylised as BEAST) is a garage rock supergroup from Cape Town. Formed in 2012, the band consists of Inge Beckmann (vocals) of Lark, Louis Nel (bass guitar) and Rian Zietsman (bass guitar) of Taxi Violence, and Werner von Waltsleben ...

Beast (South Korean band) Highlight (Korean: ) is a South Korean boy band formerly known as Beast (Korean: 비스트). The band consists of four members: Yoon Doo-joon, Yang Yo-seob, Lee Gi-kwang, and Son Dong-woon. Originally a six-piece band, Jang Hyun-seung departed ...

Albums

* ''Beast'' (Beast album) (2008) * ''Beast'' (DevilDriver album) (2011) * ''Beast'' (Magic Dirt album) (2007) * ''Beast'' (Vamps album) (2010) * ''Beast'' (V.I.C. album) (2008)

Songs

* "Beast" (Chipmunk song) (2008) * "Beast" (Mia Martina song) (2015) * "Beast" (Nico Vega song) (2006 EP version, 2013 single) * "Beast", by Jolin Tsai from ''

Muse In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses ( grc, Μοῦσαι, Moûsai, el, Μούσες, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the ...

'' (2012) * "Beast (Southpaw Remix)", by Rob Bailey & The Hustle Standard from the film soundtrack '' Southpaw'' (2015)

Other

Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre, or as it is more commonly known, BEAST, is a sound diffusion system specifically designed for the performance of electroacoustic music. It is a long-running project of the Electroacoustic Music Studios at ...

, a sound diffusion system

Other uses

Beast (Alton Towers) Alton Towers Resort ( ) (often referred to as Alton Towers) is a theme park and resort complex in Staffordshire, England, near the village of Alton. The park is operated by Merlin Entertainments Group and incorporates a theme park, water park, ...

, a roller coaster at Alton Towers, Staffordshire, England *

Beast Lake Beast Lake is a natural lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota, in the United States. A variant name is Wilson Lake. This lake has a surface area of . Beast Lake is located in Voyageurs National Park. The Beast Lake Trail is ranked "moderate" dif ...

, a lake in Minnesota, US *

Bengaluru Beast The Bengaluru Beast was an Indian professional basketball team based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. The team last competed in India's UBA Pro Basketball League as a member of the South Division along with three other teams. The team was establi ...

, an Indian basketball team *

Benjamin Butler (politician) Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Butler is best ...

(1813-1893), American politician and Governor of Massachusetts, American Civil War Union Army general nicknamed "Beast Butler" by Southern whites *

L.A. Beast Kevin Thomas Strahle (born January 6, 1984), better known as the L.A. Beast, is an American professional competitive eater who hosts a challenge-based channel on YouTube. Strahle started making videos in his hometown of Ridgewood, New Jersey, be ...

, the nickname of competitive eater Kevin Strahle * Beast (street artist), a contemporary artist from Italy, who produces public artworks of a political nature *

Presidential state car (United States) The United States presidential state car (nicknamed "the Beast", "Cadillac One", "First Car"; code named "Stagecoach") is the official state car of the president of the United States. United States presidents embraced automotive technology in ...

, the state car of the President of the United States, nicknamed "The Beast”