Kryptic vs The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 4.8/10 for Kryptic). Kryptic is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 48m. The Devil's Backbone is the older of the two (2001 against 2025). Both are drama, horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Kryptic
The Devil's Backbone| Kryptic | The Devil's Backbone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.8/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2001 |
| Length | 1h 36m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Drama, Horror, Thriller | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Kourtney Roy | Guillermo del Toro |
| Main cast | Chloe Pirrie, Sarah Hayward, Jason Deline, Jennifer Copping, Patti Allan | Eduardo Noriega, Francisco Maestre, Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve |
Synopsis
Kryptic
A woman’s search for a missing cryptzoologist leads to her own riveting cosmic quest for identity.
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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