El espinazo del diablo, Devil's backbone
Type
Label
El espinazo del diablo, Devil's backbone
Language
spa
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rating: R; for violence, language and some sexuality
Main title
El espinazo del diablo
Medium
DVD
Runtime
108
Series statement
The Criterion collection, 666
Sub title
Devil's backbone
Summary
Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, The tale of a ten-year-old boy who, after his freedom-fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets. Combines gothic ghost story, murder mystery, and historical melodrama in a stylish concoction that reminds viewers that the scariest monsters are often the human ones
Technique
live action