TY - ADVS AU - Toro,Guillermo del AU - Trashorras,Antonio AU - Muñoz,David AU - Paredes,Marisa AU - Luppi,Federico AU - Tielve,Fernando AU - Garcés,Iñigo AU - Visedo,Irene AU - Ojea,Berta ED - Deseo, S.A. ED - Tequila Gang (Firm) ED - Producciones Anhelo TI - The Devil's backbone PY - 2002/// CY - UK PB - Optimum Home Entertainment KW - Ghost plays KW - Drama KW - Orphanages KW - Spain KW - History KW - Civil War, 1936-1939 KW - lcgft KW - Thrillers (Motion pictures) KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films N1 - Originally released under title El espinazo del Diablo in 2001; Special features: Commentary from the director Guillermo del Toro -- Behind the scenes featurette -- Storyboard to screen sequences -- Special effect sequence breakdown --Thearical trailer -- Optimun trailer showreel; Executive producers, Agustin Almodóvar, Bertha Navarro ; camera, Guillermo Navarro ; editing, Luis de la Madrid ; music, Javier Navarrete ; director of photography, Guillermo Navarro; Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Irene Visedo, Iñigo Garcés, Berta Ojea; BBFC rating: 15 years and over N2 - Because of Spain's Civil War, Carlos arrives at the desolate Santa Lucia School, now a makeshift shelter for war orphans, where an unexploded bomb rests in the courtyard. More frightening are the odd things that keep happening to Carlos, strange shadows, voices, and nightly visits by the "One Who Sighs." ER -