The Devil's Backbone

So I watched Guillermo Del Toro's the Devil's Backbone released in 2001, so was it good well yeah. Del Toro has an incredible artistic side, which I love. I even enjoyed the Hellboy movies, especially the second one because he creates such beautiful creatures, and imaginary worlds. He has a very distinct visual nature like say Tim Burton. This movie was not one of those movies, it had a creepy little ghost kid in it, but otherwise was just a straightforward good old fashioned ghost story without a lot of special effects. The story takes place in Spain during the revolution at an orphanage, and has mysteries set up in the opening sequence which are slowly solved over the course of the movie. It has complicated characters, and a really chilling feel to it without having any spill your popcorn surprise moments. It is simple, well acted, well written, and very interesting. I think of his films I would rank this second after Pan's Labyrinth.