A deliciously dark horror, The Devil's Backbone tells the tale of a remote Spanish orphanage during the final days of the Spanish Civil War whose young inhabitants are brutally terrorised by Santi, a decomposing spirit who stalks the building's dark decaying hallways. But, as the film builds to a grisly, explosives finale, the children learn the true story of Santi's death and rise up to vow a deadly vengeance on his vicious murderer¿