Written and directed by del Toro, Pan 's Labyrinth and The Devil’s Backbone focus on the innocence of children, and their interactions with the supernatural. He created a new type of horror films, which are similar in narrative and structure as they are based off of fantasy and gothic aspects. While Labyrinth mixed fairy tales with a war storyline, Devil’s Backbone replaces the fairies with ghosts.
Pan 's Labyrinth concerns a little girl named Ofelia who discovers a magical faun that commands her to complete three tasks, each more difficult and terrifying than the previous to be reunited with her father, the king of the underwood’s. Like Labyrinth, the main character of Devil’s Backbone is also a child, however a young orphan boy this time. Carlos discovers the orphanage secret of the ghost who drowned year’s prior. The arrival of Ofelia at her …show more content…
Many of the things she sees are too painful to synthesize in the present moment by her status as a child. The children are confused and ignored in the period that followed the Spanish Civil war in Spirit of Beehives and that preceded the death of Franco in Raise Raven as they are forced to wait and watch rather than to act. Further linking these films is Ana’s consciousness is entwined with a supernatural that is not perceived by the adult characters.
What differentiates these two films from each other is the fact that in The Spirit of Beehives the focus is on loneliness and emptiness when discussing the Frankenstein movie and in Raise Raven it is focused on the death of Ana’s mother and her lose. In addition, in Raise Raven Ana is tapped in a large grim house and is secluded from the outside world. However, in The Spirit of Beehives Ana and her sister wander the countryside after seeing the “Frankenstein” movie in search of this kind
Pan 's Labyrinth concerns a little girl named Ofelia who discovers a magical faun that commands her to complete three tasks, each more difficult and terrifying than the previous to be reunited with her father, the king of the underwood’s. Like Labyrinth, the main character of Devil’s Backbone is also a child, however a young orphan boy this time. Carlos discovers the orphanage secret of the ghost who drowned year’s prior. The arrival of Ofelia at her …show more content…
Many of the things she sees are too painful to synthesize in the present moment by her status as a child. The children are confused and ignored in the period that followed the Spanish Civil war in Spirit of Beehives and that preceded the death of Franco in Raise Raven as they are forced to wait and watch rather than to act. Further linking these films is Ana’s consciousness is entwined with a supernatural that is not perceived by the adult characters.
What differentiates these two films from each other is the fact that in The Spirit of Beehives the focus is on loneliness and emptiness when discussing the Frankenstein movie and in Raise Raven it is focused on the death of Ana’s mother and her lose. In addition, in Raise Raven Ana is tapped in a large grim house and is secluded from the outside world. However, in The Spirit of Beehives Ana and her sister wander the countryside after seeing the “Frankenstein” movie in search of this kind