Before Pacific Rim and Crimson Peak, Guillermo del Toro wrote, produced, and directed two films: The Devil’s Backbone (2001) and Pan’s Labyrinth (2006). Editor Danel Olson approaches these movies as cinematic siblings whose quests are bound together. In addition to interviews, photographs, and concept drawings, international scholars offer ten essays on the themes of philosophy, sex, metaphor, feminism, fascism, music, fantasy, ghosts, and history in the films, as well as del Toro’s literary and artistic influences. Sharing reflections on making the movies are fourteen of the actors and four key members of the crew. Del Toro muses on the struggle to follow his film-dreams, Ivana Baquero (Ofelia) contemplates the deeper lessons of magic, and Fernando Tielve (Carlos) portrays the supernatural reality of being inside del Toro’s art. Drawings and sketches from the film are included, and the cover image of the faun is based on the sculpture work of Max Roudaut. This volume is an investigation of two of the early 21st century’s key films.