Pyewacket vs The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 5.9/10 for Pyewacket). Pyewacket is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 1h 48m. The Devil's Backbone is the older of the two (2001 against 2017). Both are drama, horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Pyewacket | The Devil's Backbone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 2001 |
| Length | 1h 28m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Drama, Horror, Thriller | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller |
| Country | – | Spain |
| Director | Adam MacDonald | Guillermo del Toro |
| Main cast | Missy Peregrym, Laurie Holden, James McGowan, Nicole Muñoz, Chloe Rose | Eduardo Noriega, Francisco Maestre, Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve |
Synopsis
Pyewacket
A frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to invoke a witch to kill her mother.
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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