It's no secret that Guillermo del Toro is fascinated with the supernatural world. There's a reason for that. The director has had his own personal experiences with it. One of his first films, The Devil's Backbone, was actually inspired by a ghostly encounter that haunts him to this day.

Thanks to Criterion we have this video of Del Toro sharing his childhood experience of encountering the ghost, and how it's connected to the boy phantom in The Devil’s Backbone.

Do you believe in ghosts?

