The most epic news ever – Guillermo del Toro’s THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE is getting a 4K restoration and we can’t even handle it 🤩🎉. I mean, who needs personal relationships or a social life when you can have a beautifully curated 4K UHD Collector’s Edition box set of this masterpiece? 🤑💔. It’s not like we’re going to spend the next 48 hours binge-watching this film and eating nothing but pizza and ice cream… 🍕🍦. Oh wait, that’s exactly what we’re going to do 🤣.
So, STUDIOCANAL is marking 25 years since THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE first terrified and moved audiences with a stunning new 4K restoration of Oscar-winning Guillermo del Toro’s highly acclaimed 2001 masterpiece. Because, you know, the original film wasn’t spooky enough – now it’s going to be even scarier in 4K 🎃😱. Presented for the first time in a beautifully curated 4K UHD Collector’s Edition box set, and also available digitally from 13 April, THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE stands as a haunting and deeply emotional work of modern horror from one of cinema’s most distinctive visionary voices. Widely regarded as one of del Toro’s finest achievements – and a spiritual companion piece to his later classic PAN’S LABYRINTH – the film showcases his unparalleled talent for blending the supernatural with historical trauma, transforming ghost stories into powerful meditations on memory, innocence, and violence. Produced by Pedro Almodóvar, the film boasts an excellent Spanish cast, including Fernando Tielve, Eduardo Noriega, Marisa Paredes, and Junio Valverde, alongside Argentina’s Federico Luppi.
As General Franco’s fascists close in on victory during the final days of the Spanish Civil War, 12-year-old Carlos arrives at a remote orphanage for children of left-wing families. Soon after arriving, Carlos discovers the orphanage is haunted by Santi, a dead boy who stalks the building’s dark hallways and seeks revenge for his tragic death… because, you know, that’s not a recipe for disaster or anything 🙄. You can pre-order the Collector’s Edition here and pretend you’re a functioning member of society 📚💼.
From visionary director Guillermo del Toro, THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE is a deeply moving yet haunting tale of war, loss, and the ghosts we leave behind. The Collector’s Edition will include copies of the film on 4K UHD and Blu-Ray, two posters, including new artwork by visual artist Krishna Bala Shenoi, a 64-page booklet, and an extensive offering of bonus material, including audio commentaries, deleted scenes, ‘Behind the scenes’, ‘the Making of’, and an original EPK featurette, plus a brand new introduction by Guillermo del Toro himself. Because, you know, we didn’t already have enough reasons to buy this Collector’s Edition 🤑.
Following on from a limited run of the new restoration in cinemas in December 2025, THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE will also screen at the BFI later in 2026 as part of a Guillermo del Toro retrospective. So, if you’re feeling fancy and want to watch the film on the big screen, you can check out the BFI’s website here and pretend you’re a cultured person 🎥👏.
In conclusion, if you don’t buy the 4K UHD Collector’s Edition of THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE, you’re basically a monster and don’t deserve to call yourself a film fan 🎃👻. So, go ahead and treat yourself to this amazing Collector’s Edition and spend the next 48 hours binge-watching this film and eating nothing but pizza and ice cream… we won’t judge you 🍕🍦👀.
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