The Devil's Backbone Comments

Dereck 2022-03-27 09:01:11

Why is it so good-looking... In fact, it is the only real ghost story in the three books including the Devil's Silver Claw and Pan's Labyrinth. It's more appealing to me than Pan's kind of break-through plot. Metaphors are everywhere, but just right. The moment I opened the door, I thought of The Shining, except that Gubrick was obviously warmer than Kubrick. Grandpa Lupi appeared again, but he still had to...

Ulises 2022-03-27 09:01:11

Vague ghosts, people who are scarier than ghosts, and unexploded bombs that symbolize the haze of history that cannot be dissipated. These elements are all inherited and carried forward by "Pan's Labyrinth". Like the sighing souls in the amber pool, all are poor insects trapped in the amber of war. The prototype of the dud from last year's "Under the Shadow" turned out to be...

Alexys 2022-03-27 09:01:11

In the dark fairy tales of the war era, people's greed and animal nature is the most terrifying, but unfortunately there is no guardian of ghost children in reality, and the ending is only more...

Evalyn 2022-03-26 09:01:07

7.8, I have seen all of De Toro's works, except for the "Hellboy" series, this is my favorite De Toro film, conspiracy, war, sadness, ghosts, death, the adventure and growth of a little boy. Far better than "Pan's Labyrinth" and...

Federico 2022-03-26 09:01:07

Guillermo del Toro's scripts are more or less fantastical, but in essence they have a deeper ideological connotation. Under the horror and suspense, this film actually tells about the scars of war and the growth of teenagers. I have to mention once again that mainland China has gathered the most contrived young actors in the world. The young actors represented by Fernando Tielve in this film are too...

Emery 2022-03-26 09:01:07

Director Ji's classic masterpiece really did not disappoint. This film is not full of horror, but sadness. Like "Pan's Labyrinth", it belongs to the same black fairy tale style. Through the perspective of a child, it examines a period of national ruin and family destruction. A tragic experience, the villain in the film is actually the beautiful male thief in "Burning Coins"....

Garry 2022-03-26 09:01:07

The ambience and tones are nice. The ghost is just an introduction, and this ghost can even be regarded as the sadness and fear in the protagonist's little boy's heart and the gradual understanding of the secrets in the orphanage. The story is ultimately about the sin of human nature's vicious war. Compared with the evil of human nature, ghosts are much kinder, and they are just a trace of resentment left in the world by the suffering life. The director later directed Pan's Labyrinth The Hobbit...

Marcus 2022-03-26 09:01:07

Awesome poster. I don't like Pan's indistinguishable boundaries between magic and reality, so I don't want to think too much about this direction. The surface of horror and the hidden criticism of war can make me understand this film...

Royce 2022-03-26 09:01:07

I'm rather surprised that CC would choose such a naive film to release... Maybe it can be seen as the prototype of Pan's Labyrinth, and there is a hint of Almodovar. Fans of Guillermo del Toro may be surprised by the director's simple and simple style in the early days...

Keith 2022-03-26 09:01:07

The orphanage must have been cursed, and all horror movies love to polish it. Like "Orphanage", there is a momentary broken soul hidden under the cloak of horror. The lines are clear, the story is rich, and the characters are...