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The Devil's Backbone movie the living embodiment of theOne of the most personal films by Guillermo del Toro, The Devils Backbone is also among his most frightening and emotionally layered. Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, it tells the tale of a twelve year old boy who, after his freedom fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets. Del Toro expertly combines gothic ghost story, murder mystery, and historical melodrama in a stylish mlange that,