The Devil's Backbone vs The Surrender
The Devil's Backbone has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 5.7/10 for The Surrender). The Surrender is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 1h 48m. The Devil's Backbone is the older of the two (2001 against 2025). Both are drama, horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Devil's Backbone
The Surrender| The Devil's Backbone | The Surrender | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 5.7/10 |
| Year | 2001 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 35m |
| Genres | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | Drama, Horror |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Guillermo del Toro | Julia Max |
| Main cast | Eduardo Noriega, Francisco Maestre, Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve | Neil Sandilands, Pete Ploszek, Kate Burton, Riley Rose Critchlow, Chelsea Alden |
Synopsis
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.
The Surrender
A fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead.
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