The frightening creatures and haunting visions of Guillermo del Toro’s films are striking examples of how fantasy cinema can conjure human monstrosity. The two films paired in this double bill bring forth the ghosts of Spain’s dark past: the atrocities committed during the Civil War and Franco’s regime. The oneiric worlds of this triumphs of imagination (and CGI animation!) are poignant allegories, evoking the horrors of a past that can now only be imagined.