Dread vs The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 5.5/10 for Dread). The Devil's Backbone is the older of the two (2001 against 2009). Both are drama, horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dread
The Devil's Backbone| Dread | The Devil's Backbone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.5/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2001 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Drama, Horror, Thriller | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Anthony DiBlasi | Guillermo del Toro |
| Main cast | Shaun Evans, Laura Donnelly, Paloma Faith, Jackson Rathbone, Elissa Dowling | Eduardo Noriega, Francisco Maestre, Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve |
Synopsis
Dread
Three college students set out to document what other people dread the most. However, one of the three turns out to secretly be a sadistic psychopath who uses this knowledge to gruesomely torture the subjects.
The Devil's Backbone
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
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