The film serves as a thematic companion piece to del Toro’s later masterpiece, Pan’s Labyrinth (2006). It uses the conventions of a traditional ghost story to explore the real-world horrors of war, fascism, and lost innocence.
: Following his father's death, 12-year-old Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucia orphanage, a remote refuge for children of Republican loyalists. He soon discovers that the grounds are haunted by the ghost of a boy named Santi and that the orphanage hides violent secrets. el espinazo del diablo dvdripspanishavi upd