Film critic Nigel Floyd will look back at the decade in horror films and introduce the screening. Del Toro’s stunning, timeless tale of the battle between good and evil is probably one of the most visually imaginative films of the last decade. Set against the backdrop of a fascist regime in 1944 Spain, it centres on a lonely, dreamy child living with her mother and a cruel stepfather intent on crushing the area’s rebel forces. She plunges deep into her imagination to a world filled with fantastical creatures… but the real beasts lurk closer to home.
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