Showtimes 1

Select a showtime

No scheduled screenings

Tickets & extras 2

What’s on

Search for a film below

Results [0]

No results found

The Changeling & The Devil's Backbone
15

Double Billl

Tomorrow · 15:00

Journal

Phantom Offspring: The Spectral Child in Contemporary Cinema

10 Sep 2024 , programme

The Spectral Child on Screen series brings together a carefully selected programme of films from a range of historical periods and cinematic traditions, all of which have the motif of a ghost of a child at their heart.

Drama • Supernatural • Chilling

Part of reRUN

Part of The Spectral Child on Screen

The Changeling (15, 1980, 102mins)

Composer John Russell (George C. Scott) is vacationing with his family when a car accident kills his wife and daughter. Distraught with grief, Russell leaves his home in New York City for a giant, secluded house near Seattle.

Soon Russell starts to feel the presence of a ghost, a boy who drowned in the bathtub there. Russell seeks the assistance of Claire Norman (Trish Van Devere), who led him to the house initially, in uncovering the secrets of the boy's death.

The Devil's Backbone (15, 2001, 103mins)

Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, it tells the tale of a twelve-year-old boy who, after his freedom-fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets.

There will be a 10 minute interval between the films.

Also in the same season:

Link

The Little Stranger

During the long, hot summer of 1948, Dr. Faraday travels to Hundreds Hall, home to the Ayres family...

Details

Duration

4hrs 33mins

Director

Peter Medak, Guillermo Del Toro

Distributor

Park Circus

Year

1980, 2001

Strobe lighting

Guidance unavailable

Content guidance

Content guidance unavailable

“Del Toro expertly combines gothic ghost story, murder mystery, and historical melodrama in a stylish mélange that, like his later Pan’s Labyrinth, reminds us the scariest monsters are often the human ones. ”
The Criterion Collection

Strands & seasons

Part of reRUN

Our new strand exploring the depths of cinema’s rich history. Some films may be familiar, others might become new favourites – everything is ripe for rediscovery on the big screen!

+ More from this strand

Strands & seasons

Part of The Spectral Child on Screen

'The Spectral Child on Screen' series brings together a carefully selected programme of films from a range of historical periods and cinematic traditions, all of which have the motif of a ghost of a child at their heart.

+ More from this season