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6.7/10 • 6.8K

2004-04-022h 2m

FantasyAction

From the dark side to our side.

In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.

Directors
Guillermo del Toro
Writters
Mike Mignola, Peter Briggs
Editors
Peter Amundson

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  1. Ron Perlman

    Ron Perlman

    Hellboy

  2. Selma Blair

    Selma Blair

    Elizabeth 'Liz' Sherman

  3. Doug Jones

    Doug Jones

    Abraham 'Abe' Sapien

  4. John Hurt

    John Hurt

    Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm

  5. Rupert Evans

    Rupert Evans

    John Myers

  6. Jeffrey Tambor

    Jeffrey Tambor

    Tom Manning

  7. Ladislav Beran

    Ladislav Beran

    Karl Ruprecht Kroenen

  8. Bridget Hodson

    Bridget Hodson

    Ilsa Haupstein

  9. Karel Roden

    Karel Roden

    Grigori Rasputin

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Gimly

Oct 5, 2018

8/10

I love the Mike Mignola Hellboy comics, and this movie is a pretty massive deviation from that source material. Oddly though, I'm kind of not bothered by that. In fact in some cases, like that of the character of Karl Ruprecht Kroenen, the film version is actually an improvement. A regular re-watch of Hellboy is a pretty frequent occurrence in my household. Final rating:★★★★ - Very strong appeal. A personal favourite.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$66,000,000.00
Revenue
$99,318,987.00
Keywords
nazisacrificesuperheroparanormal phenomenablack magicadoptive fatherbased on comicsteampunknarration from graveapocalypsedemonsupernatural creaturemonolithoccultsuper strengthfather figurereanimated corpseduringcreditsstingerother dimensionpsychic powerspyrokinesis