The Devil's Backbone Comments

  • Talia 2022-04-22 07:01:35

    Warm, but the ghosts and friends are very...

  • Abby 2022-04-22 07:01:35

    Del Toro likes the theme of this era very much, and it has paved the way for the future "Pan's Labyrinth"! I really like the soundtrack in the film, it's scary and...

  • Katlyn 2022-04-22 07:01:35

    The ring made of metal sheet really moved people's...

  • Antonina 2022-04-22 07:01:35

    This is a relatively early children's horror film. Although it is not very scary, the story is still very...

  • General 2022-04-22 07:01:35

    What is a ghost? A tragedy destined to repeat itself? A moment of pain, perhaps, alive and dead. An emotion frozen in time, like a faded photo, like the flying insect in...

  • Marcelina 2022-04-22 07:01:35

    What is a devil, is a man. "Hive Spirit", "Ghost Children's Home", "Orphanage", "Pan's Labyrinth", the inheritance of Spanish children's supernatural series. A bloody world in the eyes of children....

  • Jany 2022-04-22 07:01:35

    The image of the little ghost boy is...

  • Julianne 2022-04-22 07:01:35

    A world where desire and innocence are intertwined, an exercise by Pan...

  • Autumn 2022-04-21 09:02:38

    This film is considered to be De Toro's best film. The overall yellow tone blends with the dilapidated walls of the orphanage, forming a contrasting color with the sky. The bomb in the courtyard is a symbolic expression, that is, the ghost's revenge has not been completed. The bomb didn't...

  • Fidel 2022-04-21 09:02:38

    There are many similarities with the later "Pan's Labyrinth", which are the background of war. Guillermo del Toro's films have never been about horror, ghosts have always been figurative, focusing on the stories and human nature behind...

Extended Reading
  • Brittany 2022-01-01 08:02:10

    "Ghost Children's Courtyard": a black fairy tale with light

    On the rainy night when Little Sandy was killed by Jacinto, a bomb fell from the sky, and it stuck in the yard without exploding.

    This is the source of the whole story of "Ghost Children's Courtyard", with a trace of bizarreness, a trace of mystery, or-very "Gilmo del Toro". As a Mexican native of...

  • Herminia 2022-01-01 08:02:10

    Heavy rain and fighter jets overhead

    Children also have ghosts, and they are ghosts who never forget revenge. This fictitious fact makes people shudder at first.
    Said that this film reflects the cruel humanity in the war. I don't take it seriously. War is a background and a cover. In fact, this is the real world that boys face....

The Devil's Backbone quotes

  • [repeated line]

    Santi: Many of you will die.

    Santi: [to Carlos touching his face] Bring Jacinto To Me

  • [last lines]

    Casares: [Carlos weeping over Casares returns his rifle to his side or lap as Jamie forces Carlos to get going]

    [voice over narration]

    Casares: What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? An instant of pain, perhaps. Something dead which still seems to be alive. An emotion suspended in time. Like a blurred photograph. Like an insect trapped in amber. A ghost is me.

    [last lines]

    Casares: [Owl is carried out by Jamie followed by Galvez using his spear as a crutch to join those others left]

    [narrating from beyond the grave]

    Casares: A Ghost

    [last to leave is Carlos looking back]

    Casares: That Is What I Am

    [Casarers now a ghost is at the doorway observing them heading out to the horizon]