The Devil's Backbone vs Willard
The Devil's Backbone has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6.1/10 for Willard). Willard is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 48m. The Devil's Backbone is the older of the two (2001 against 2003). Both are drama, horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Devil's Backbone
Willard| The Devil's Backbone | Willard | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 6.1/10 |
| Year | 2001 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | Drama, Horror, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Guillermo del Toro | Glen Morgan |
| Main cast | Eduardo Noriega, Francisco Maestre, Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve | Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Ty Olsson, Laura Harring, Gus Lynch |
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.
Willard
Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother and his father's old partner, Frank. Soon it becomes clear that the brood of rodents is ready and willing to exact a vicious, deadly revenge on anyone who dares to bully their sensitive new master.
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