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This year’s Holiday Gift Guide is being sponsored by several amazing companies, including Mondo, Anchor Bay Entertainment, DC Entertainment, and Magnolia Home Entertainment, who have all donated an assortment of goodies to help you get into the spirit of the season. Daily Dead also recently teamed up with Texas-based artist Dustin Pace of Duddy in Motion to create an amazing Stranger Things print (see below) that all of our giveaway winners will receive with our amazing prize packs that feature a collection of items, including movies, graphic novels, the Duddy in Motion Stranger Things print,...
- 11/26/2016
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: July 30, 2013
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Ghostly apparitions haunt a rural orphanage in The Devil's Backbone.
The 2001 horror film The Devil’s Backbone is probably the most personal film ever made by Guillermo del Toro (Cronos, Mimic), along with being one of his most frightening and emotionally layered.
Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, The Devil’s Backbone tells the tale of a ten-year-old boy (Fernando Tielve) who, after his freedom-fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets.
The ever-adept Del Toro effectively combines gothic ghost story, murder mystery, and historical melodrama in a stylish concoction that reminds us—as would his later Pan’s Labyrinth—that the scariest monsters are often the human ones.
Presented in Spanish with English subtitles, the DVD and Blu-ray editions of the film contain the following features:
• New 2K digital film restoration,...
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Ghostly apparitions haunt a rural orphanage in The Devil's Backbone.
The 2001 horror film The Devil’s Backbone is probably the most personal film ever made by Guillermo del Toro (Cronos, Mimic), along with being one of his most frightening and emotionally layered.
Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, The Devil’s Backbone tells the tale of a ten-year-old boy (Fernando Tielve) who, after his freedom-fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets.
The ever-adept Del Toro effectively combines gothic ghost story, murder mystery, and historical melodrama in a stylish concoction that reminds us—as would his later Pan’s Labyrinth—that the scariest monsters are often the human ones.
Presented in Spanish with English subtitles, the DVD and Blu-ray editions of the film contain the following features:
• New 2K digital film restoration,...
- 4/23/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Though he may be known for such fantastical creature designs as what was on display in the Hellboy films, Pan’s Labrynth, and the upcoming Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro’s most simplistic and yet creepy film is the historical ghost story The Devil’s Backbone. More of a drama than anything, del Toro’s third feature film uses the symbol of a large bomb that landed in the square of a boy’s orphanage and failed to detonate to tell the story of restrained emotions and a hidden past that’s waiting to explode forth. Horror fans should certainly check out this 2001 film not only to see how the now famous Mexican director got his start but to also see some striking and beautiful imagery.
The Blu-ray and DVD will be released by the Criterion Collection on July 30, 2013. They are both currently available for pre-order. Check out the features...
The Blu-ray and DVD will be released by the Criterion Collection on July 30, 2013. They are both currently available for pre-order. Check out the features...
- 4/17/2013
- by Michael Haffner
- Destroy the Brain
Guillermo del Toro's highly acclaimed loose remake of the 1968 classic Hasta el Viento Tiene Miedo (Even the Wind Is Afraid) entitled The Devil's Backbone is finally getting the Blu-ray treatment, and you can read on for details right here!
Look for it in stores on July 30th.
Special Features
New 2K digital film restoration, approved by director Guillermo del Toro and cinematographer Guillermo Navarro, with 5.1 surround DTS-hd Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition Audio commentary featuring Del Toro Video introduction by Del Toro from 2010 New interviews with Del Toro about the process of creating the ghost Santi and the drawings and designs made in preparation for the film ¿Que es un fantasma?, a 2004 making-of documentary Spanish Gothic, a 2010 interview with Del Toro about the genre and its influence on his work Interactive director’s notebook, with Del Toro’s drawings and handwritten notes, along with interviews with the filmmaker Four deleted scenes,...
Look for it in stores on July 30th.
Special Features
New 2K digital film restoration, approved by director Guillermo del Toro and cinematographer Guillermo Navarro, with 5.1 surround DTS-hd Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition Audio commentary featuring Del Toro Video introduction by Del Toro from 2010 New interviews with Del Toro about the process of creating the ghost Santi and the drawings and designs made in preparation for the film ¿Que es un fantasma?, a 2004 making-of documentary Spanish Gothic, a 2010 interview with Del Toro about the genre and its influence on his work Interactive director’s notebook, with Del Toro’s drawings and handwritten notes, along with interviews with the filmmaker Four deleted scenes,...
- 4/16/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Criterion just announced their July Blu-ray lineup, which includes the release of The Devil’s Backbone on July 30th:
“The most personal film by Guillermo del Toro is also among his most frightening and emotionally layered. Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, The Devil’s Backbone tells the tale of a ten-year-old boy who, after his freedom-fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets. Del Toro effectively combines gothic ghost story, murder mystery, and historical melodrama in a stylish concoction that reminds us—as would his later Pan’s Labyrinth—that the scariest monsters are often the human ones.”
Director-approved Special Edition:
New 2K digital film restoration, approved by director Guillermo del Toro and cinematographer Guillermo Navarro, with 5.1 surround DTS-hd Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition Audio commentary featuring Del Toro Video introduction by Del Toro from 2010 New...
“The most personal film by Guillermo del Toro is also among his most frightening and emotionally layered. Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, The Devil’s Backbone tells the tale of a ten-year-old boy who, after his freedom-fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets. Del Toro effectively combines gothic ghost story, murder mystery, and historical melodrama in a stylish concoction that reminds us—as would his later Pan’s Labyrinth—that the scariest monsters are often the human ones.”
Director-approved Special Edition:
New 2K digital film restoration, approved by director Guillermo del Toro and cinematographer Guillermo Navarro, with 5.1 surround DTS-hd Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition Audio commentary featuring Del Toro Video introduction by Del Toro from 2010 New...
- 4/15/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
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