S4 Ep 7: Children in Horror - The Devil’s Backbone
Update: 2024-05-14
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Our last children in horror episode is the 2001 horror mystery ‘The Devil's Backbone’, directed by Guillermo del Toro. 👹🔙🦴
We talk about how the characters function as allegories for the many different political allegiances within the Spanish Civil War. We also delve into horror as a political tool and how ghosts frequently symbolise the repressed trauma of a collective. Finally, we discuss how this film problematises how we view innocence, showing how men are denied empathy during war.
The Coven: Louisa, Tyia and Zeba
Theme and ‘Witch of the Week’ Music by: Sebastian Pizzaro
*CONTENT WARNING*
Violence, murder, discussions of death (specifically, death of a child), war (specifically, the Spanish Civil War) and fascism
We talk about how the characters function as allegories for the many different political allegiances within the Spanish Civil War. We also delve into horror as a political tool and how ghosts frequently symbolise the repressed trauma of a collective. Finally, we discuss how this film problematises how we view innocence, showing how men are denied empathy during war.
The Coven: Louisa, Tyia and Zeba
Theme and ‘Witch of the Week’ Music by: Sebastian Pizzaro
*CONTENT WARNING*
Violence, murder, discussions of death (specifically, death of a child), war (specifically, the Spanish Civil War) and fascism
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