Devil's backbone

2004* • UN

Written by Guillermo del Toro, Frederico Luppi, Marisa Paredes, Inigo Garces, Eduardo Noriega

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 children learn the true story of Santi's death, they rise up to vow a deadly vengeance on his murderer. [box cover note].