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The Devil's Backbone
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Special Features

 

  • Behind the Scenes Featurette
  • From Storyboard to Screen
  • Special Effect Shot Creation
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Interactive Menu
  • Scene Access
  • Optimum Trailer Showreel

Review

 

From acclaimed Mexican horror maestro, Guillermo Del Toro, comes The Devil's Backbone, a truly terrifying spine-tingler combining state of the art special effects with towering performances from a combination of Latin legends (Federico Luppi and Marisa Paredes) and younger stars (Eduardo Noriega, from Alejandro Amenabar's Open Your Eyes).

A deliciously dark horror, The Devil's Backbone tells the tale of a remote Spanish orphanage during the final days of The Spanish Civil War whose young inhabitants are brutally terrorised by Santi, a decomposing spirit who stalks the building's dark decaying hallways. But, as the film builds to a grisly, explosive finale, the children learn the true story of Santi's death and rise up to vow a deadly vengeance on his vicious murderer. Produced by Pedro Almodovar and brilliantly photographed for maximum suspence by leading cinematographer Guillermo Navarra, The Devil's Backbone is a truly haunting, memorable ghost story.

Customer Reviews

 

Customer rating on The Devil's Backbone: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Average rating (9 reviews)

Customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars Very Good

jinkyjenks | 06/08/2009 | See all jinkyjenks' reviews (11) »

Like a lot of people (I presume), went to cinema to watch Pans Labrynth, got blown away and gone backwards to watch Del Toro's other films. Of the rest, this is the best....well acted, directed and the plot is great.

Customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars Excellent film, but the DVD.......

SandyRing85 | 02/05/2009 | See all SandyRing85's reviews (3) »

Great film, as all these posts say, I won't add to it. But be warned that the subtitling on the DVD is slightly askew. I don't know what Optimum were thinking here. The subtitles aren't well timed at all, appearing half way through a sentence or appearing after someone has said something, making the audience a little confused as to what's happening. It's distracting and annoying, but other than that it's a great movie.

Customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars The best in the Latin resurrection.

dracola | 18/12/2008 | See all dracola's reviews (19) »

Del Toro's best film, the best in Spanish horror alot better paced than the orphanage and genuinely creepy. Its just a shame this didn't get the publicity that pan's labyrinth got . If you liked pan's see this and see where the hype began.

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Technical Details

 

Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Frederico Luppi & Inigo Garces

Guillermo Del Toro

15 years and over

2001

Widescreen 1.85:1

Spanish - Dolby Digital (5.1)

English

1 hour and 43 minutes (approx)

Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.

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