Guillermo del Toro’s The Devil’s Backbone is a Spanish gothic horror film set in a remote orphanage during the final days of the Spanish Civil War. When a young boy encounters the ghost of a murdered child, the haunting gradually reveals buried crimes, political violence, and moral decay among the living. Blending supernatural horror with historical tragedy, the film explores innocence, memory, and the lingering scars of war.

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After Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets which he must uncover.