This Day in Halloween: Guillermo del Toro’s ghost story "The Devil’s Backbone" premieres at the Telluride Film Festival in 2001. / Illustration by Paige Garcia
The Devil’s Backbone premieres at the Telluride Film Festival in 2001. The first screening of Guillermo del Toro’s ghost story and political allegory about the Spanish civil war generates a buzz in North America, propelling the film to becoming an award-winning hit.
