Pan's Labyrinth was a bizarre combination of movies. One part is set during the facist Franco government in Spain where the Army is hunting down and torturing the resistance fighters. The other part is a fairy tale featuring buzzing fairies, giant toads, and mosnsters with eyeballs in the palms of their hands.
This is not a kid's fairy tale movie. Loads of violence and guts, and not just in the military Spain setting. At one point, a pair of fairies get their heads chewed off! However, if you can handle the gore and the subtitles, this was an excellent movie. I do have to warn you that the beginning started a little slowly - my mother fell asleep next to me for a bit and was then confused for the rest of the movie.