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goryhorroor · 13 days

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horror sub-genres: gothic

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raekleindogpaintings · 7 months

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Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997) // The Devil's Backbone (2001)

#shoujo kakumei utena #revolutionary girl utena #rgu #the devil's backbone #el espinazo del diablo #very reliable posts #watch the devil's backbone YES YOU THE GIRL READING THIS!#rgu spoilers

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aquitainequeen · 1 year

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I'm very late to be jumping on the bandwagon, but I'm so confused that some people are surprised that Guillermo del Toro, a person who helped create

a film where the protagonists are sheltering in an orphanage that's run by Republican loyalists and being targeted by Francisco Franco's bombs,

a film where the antagonists are occult Nazis (and Rasputin) who want to unleash eldritch beings upon the world,

a film where the major antagonist is a sociopathic Falangist captain who is hunting the Spanish Maquis, either murders or is responsible for the deaths of most of the rest of the cast, and might just be more monstrous than the child-eating monster with eyes in its' hands,

a book trilogy and a television series where one of the major antagonists is a Nazi, we're shown the wholly unsympathetic reasons for how and why he became a Nazi, he repeatedly targets, torments and tortures one of the major protagonists because he despises him for being Jewish, and in the final act of the story the vampires take over at least North America and put all the humans in camps to be farmed,

a film where the major antagonist is a cruel Colonel in the American army in the 1960s who tortures and plans to vivisect the imprisoned Amphibian Man, and is defied and thwarted by a mute woman, a Black woman, a gay man and a Russian spy,

and now a film where the characters suffer under the Italian Fascist regime, a little boy is forcibly recruited into the army alongside other children because he'll make 'the perfect soldier' and Mussolini is outright mocked to his face,

hates fascism???

Now where did that come from?????

#Guillermo del toro #I probably missed some other things he's done; apologies #The devil's backbone #Hellboy 2004 #Pan's labyrinth #The strain #The shape of water #Pinocchio netflix #Pinocchio 2022

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sirenofthegreenbanks · 18 days

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The Devil's Backbone (2021) | 《山河令》 Word of Honor (2021) | Dogfish, Mary Oliver | Between the rivers of happiness and sorrow my life flows, Viet Ha Tran

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fourorfivemovements · 7 months

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When I was a kid, monsters made me feel that I could fit somewhere, even if it was an imaginary place where the grotesque and the abnormal were celebrated and accepted.

Happy Birthday, Guillermo del Toro!

#now updated #Guillermo del Toro #Cronos #Mimic #The Devil's Backbone #Blade 2 #Hellboy #Pan's Labyrinth #Hellboy 2: The Golden Army #Pacific Rim #Crimson Peak #The Shape of Water #Nightmare Alley #Pinocchio #Birthday Post #My Edits #My Post

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buildarocketboys · 1 year

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(Putting the Hellboys together so they fit on the poll. This is just including the movies he's been at least both writer and director for according to Wikipedia.)

#guillermo del toro #pan's labyrinth #the shape of water #crimson peak #Pinocchio #Pacific Rim #hellboy #nightmare alley #cronos #mimic #the devil's backbone #have literally watched all of these except Mimic now I'm very proud #certified GDT stan #braced for a pacific rim sweep even tho it's probably my least favourite but I know tumblr loves it #(which is fair I just didn't vibe with it. need to rewatch it tho maybe so I can judge fairly)

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stcantarella · 7 months

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Actium + The Devil's Backbone (2001)

#250 #252 #actium #mark antony #Cleopatra #Augustus Caesar #octavian #the Devil's Backbone #this is crazyyy like... late roman republic web weaving

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do-you-have-a-flag · 7 months

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#the devil's backbone #iasip

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jingyismom · 7 months

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What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? An instant of pain, perhaps. Something dead which still seems to be alive. An emotion suspended in time. Like a blurred photograph. Like an insect trapped in amber.

– The Devil's Backbone (2001)

#the devil's backbone #guillermo del toro #el espinazo del diablo #just putting this here because i need it in my blog for easy reblogging

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ghostpoetics · 2 years

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Black Sails (2016) / Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (1847) / Aeschylus, The Oresteia (458 BCE) / Crimson Peak (2015) / The Haunting of Hill House (TV, 2018) / A Ghost Story (2017) / Shastra Deo, interviewed in Liminal Mag (2018) / The Devil’s Backbone (2001) / The Orphanage (2007)

#horror #horror films #guillermo del toro #ghost stories #black sails #wuthering heights #crimson peak #the haunting of hill house #a ghost story #the devil's backbone #the orphanage #emily bronte #bronte sisters #gothic #web weaving #my edit #my edits

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forthegothicheroine · 7 months

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30 Days of Horror, Day 14- favorite indie horror movie

The Devil's Backbone (2001)

"What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again?"

#30 days of horror #the devil's backbone #guillermo del toro #horror movies

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goryhorroor · 9 months

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horror for every year i've been alive • 1999-2023

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kindaeccentric · 2 years

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Thinking about Disco Elysium as a haunted house story in which the city is the house and it's filled with ghosts - disembodied voices, lost objects found and telling you a story, lost objects unfound leaving a hole shaped like whatever story it could tell, whispers carried by the wind, visions of the past, the present and the uncertain future, human remains, bullet holes in the walls and cracks in the pavement, ghosts of war, ghosts as memory, ghosts as both personal and generational trauma.

Like the quote from 'The Devil's Backbone' by Guillermo Del Toro:

'What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? A moment of pain, perhaps. Something dead which still seems to be alive. An emotion suspended in time. Like a blurred photograph. Like an insect trapped in amber.'

It's not without meaning that 'The Devil's Backbone' tells a story set in the final years of the Spanish Civil War, although the orphanage in the film is isolated from the outside world, but has a bomb sitting in the backyard. The bomb is said to have been disarmed, but there is a sense of constant unease it causes, especially with the stories kids tell each other about the supposed ticking still coming from inside the bomb as if it was still active.

Revachol is in a similar constant state of unease, similar state of suspension, waiting for destruction that might or might not come, forever doomed to remember the horrors of a war that caused a permanent divide between people. The real destruction however comes from greed, from desire to possess rather than any actual house (that represents your country, your nation, your entire identity, your home) being possessed.

#i probably have more thoughts but i can't think type and cough at the same time #disco elysium #haunted house #the devil's backbone #guillermo del toro

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lady-of-the-spirit · 9 months

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When the ghost is a tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again, when the ghost is an instant of pain, when the ghost is something dead which still seems to be alive, when the ghost is an emotion suspended in time, when the ghost is like a blurred photograph, when the ghost is like an insect trapped in amber

#i watched this movie less than 2 hours ago and i'm a wreck #the devil's backbone #El espinazo del diablo #guillermo del toro #i'm saying stuff

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zanniscaramouche · 11 months

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The Devil's Backbone - Sunday Snippet

this is a touch overdue for the @1daboficfest, but hopefully will still make the cut. Sadly (?) my fics keep turning into novels when they're supposed to be one-shots, oops

Decision made up, Louis steps to the riverbed and shucks his boots. “If you want a bath before you get on the train, this is your last bet.” Styles’ face hardens. “You’re taking us through the canyon,” he says like an accusation, gaze cutting to aforementioned canyons from which the stream stems. “Aye,” Louis huffs as he tosses off his shirts and works on his trousers. He does so without grace or finesse, he’s damn tired and his ass is saddle sore. He wants to soak and sleep and be done with this annoyance for the rest of his life. Seeing as how he’s not gonna get any of that for quite some time, he makes do and doesn’t make a show of it when he’s down to the pink skin he was born in. “After today there’ll be no water and no fires ‘til we make the other side, so hop to it.” Styles doesn’t move. He’s staring. Louis fucking hates alphas. “Are you listening or what?" he snaps. "If you want your shirt to dry before nightfall you’re gonna need to move it.” Styles blinks and raises his eyes, face blank as his hands slowly begin to work at his own clothes. He’s awkward and undignified as he works with his bound hands to strip his lower half, but Louis makes no attempt to help him. Serves him damn right.

would love to see a snippet from @zjofierose @mercurial-madhouse @larry-hiatus @nooradeservedbetter

#zanni writes #the devil's backbone #sunday snippet #larry #1daboficfest

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seanpgilroy · 1 year

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Well, this thing kinda got away from me. It was originally just going to be five of my favorite Guillermo del Toro monsters playing cards, but I kept thinking of more things to add until it got to the point were it felt weird not to go ahead and include something from all of his films. (I recently rewatched all of them, so I've kinda got this stuff on the brain right now) So, here we have:

The alchemist's device from Cronos (1993)

A giant roach from Mimic (1997)

Santi from The Devil's Backbone (2001)

The vampire overlord's ring from Blade II (2002)

Sammael from Hellboy (2004)

The Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth (2006) (greatest movie OF ALL TIME)

The head of a Golden Army soldier from Hellboy II: the Golden Army (2008)

A kaiju from Pacific Rim (2013)

Margaret McDermott (I think) from Crimson Peak (2015)

The Amphibian Man from The Shape of Water (2017)

The electric chair prop from Nightmare Alley (2021)

Death from Pinocchio (2022)

#my drawings #guillermo del toro #cronos #mimic #the devil's backbone #blade ii #hellboy #pan's labyrinth #el laberinto del fauno #pale man #hellboy ii: the golden army #pacific rim #crimson peak #the shape of water #nightmare alley #pinocchio #digital art

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