El espinazo del diablo (2001)

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El espinazo del diablo (2001)

Post by Michel » 29 May 2014, 13:34

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256009/

It is 1939, the end of three years of bloody civil war in Spain, and General Franco's right-wing Nationalists are poised to defeat the left-wing Republican forces. A ten-year-old boy named Carlos, the son of a fallen Republican war hero, is left by his tutor in an orphanage in the middle of nowhere. The orphanage is run by a curt but considerate headmistress named Carmen and a kindly Professor Casares, both of whom are sympathetic to the doomed Republican cause. Despite their concern for him, and his gradual triumph over the usual schoolhouse bully, Carlos never feels completely comfortable in his new environment. First of all, there was that initial encounter with the orphanage's nasty caretaker, Jacinto, who reacts even more violently when anyone is caught looking around a particular storage room the one with the deep well. Second, and more inexplicable, is the presence of a ghost, one of the former occupants of the orphanage named Santi. Not long after Carlos' arrival, Santi ...

TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5rJC1y_f6A

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EUROPSKI HORORI

Post by Michel » 29 May 2014, 13:34

El espinazo del diablo (2001) - za mene ovo najbolji Del Toro. Pogledao sam sve od njega, uglavnom velika razočaranja od filmova, ali ovo mu je pun pogodak. Priča je ovdje odlična i sami likovi + puno dramskih elemenata. Duh izgleda originalno, likovi pamtljivi. Nekoliko izvrsno snimljenih scena. Iako mu i tu zamjeram na nekom ajmo reći soft dijelovima oko samog duha.

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Re: El espinazo del diablo (2001)

Post by Michel » 20 Jul 2023, 11:11

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The Devil's Backbone (2001) - Guillermo del Toro donosi ghost horor na svoj način radnjom smještenom za vrijeme Španjolskog građanskog rata - film prati jedno sirotište i ljude koji se brinu o toj djeci. Odmah na početku vidimo kako je dječak postao duh iako kasnije saznajemo tko je ustvari krivac. Duh izgleda odlično, ima nekoliko jezivih trenutaka, ali zapravo su ovdje ljudi čudovišta. Klinci su odradili jako dobar posao, a del Torova režija je ovdje na visokoj razini. Onaj glavni negativac je baš gadljiv lik i oni njegovi pramenovi su komedija gejša :facepalm: satisfakcija je na kraju što dobro pobijedi zlo. I dalje vrlo vjerojatno najbolji del Torov film, redatelja kojeg inače nisam preveliki ljubitelj. 7.5/10

UTJECAJ/ZNAČAJ - teško je naći ovdje nekakav utjecaj jer je ovaj film napravio prije popularnog Bladea 2 i Hellboya pa je tako ovaj film pao nekako u zaborav. Naravno, poznat je među horor fandomom ali čak znam i ljude iz horor fandoma koji nisu čuli za ovaj film. Utjecaj na buduće ghost horore nema tako da mu je utjecaj slabašan. A+, A, B+, B, C+, C
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