Hellboy: The Crooked Man

2024

Action / Adventure / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 49% · 40 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 49% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.5/10 10 16577 16.6K

witch spider based on comic coal mine 1950s

Plot summary

Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent get stranded in 1950s rural Appalachia. There, they discover a small community haunted by witches, led by a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy's past: the Crooked Man.

Director

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Brian Taylor

Top cast

Anton Trendafilov Photo
Anton Trendafilov as Tom's Father
Jefferson White Photo
Jefferson White as Tom Ferrell
Adeline Rudolph Photo
Adeline Rudolph as Bobbie Jo Song
Jack Kesy Photo
Jack Kesy as Hellboy
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by hadrianmosley 6 / 10

Its fine

I liked it but I can see why some wont.. It is very low key, low budget and quite like a Shudder streaming exclusive that you like but will never watch again. It leans highly on Horror and supernatural stuff like a Hellboy movie should. Acting is mostly bad but I really like this version of Hellboy. It needs a better director, some better actors and the story needs touching up.I'd love to see a sequel, they hint of a 60's theme (this is set in 1959) but this film will bomb as I only noticed it was out now and I pay attention to this stuff.I did like the last one so what do I know? It's worth watching on streaming.
Reviewed by ReviewsbyAustinSalameda 6 / 10

Faithful adaptation of chosen source material

Our introduction to Hellboy and possibly most of the general public was the 2004 movie directed by Guillermo Del Toro, which offered the comic book franchise it's push to mainstream. Hellboy felt at home in the hands of Del Toro who went on to spawn a second film 'The Golden Army' in 2008. While both being generally well received and are modest box office successes, a third Hellboy film with both Ron Pearlman (as Hellboy) and Del Toro never came into fruition - instead rebooting in 2019 starring David Harbour as the titular half-demon hero.To be fair, despite a good performance by Harbour, we were no fans of the action packed and gratuitously violent reboot, - mostly due to the comparative superiority of the first two Del Toro versions that also beautifully handled Hellboy and his peers' themes of othering and self-acceptance, which proved more appealing than doubling the action and blood. The reboot eventually bombed in the box office and was met with generally negative reviews leaving the franchise dormant.Now 5 years later, on its fourth live action iteration, this Hellboy movie is firstly, the only one with Mike Mignola, the creator himself, with direct writing credits for the screenplay. It is also the most faithful adaptation of it's chosen source material 'The Crooked Man'. It also has the lowest budget out of all the live action films and the shortest run-time clocking at 1 hour and 36 minutes only.As a fan of Hellboy, this was a very enjoyable watch, especially it's stripped down and claustrophobic feel that stands out against a plethora of explosive and bright blockbusters - these included the three prior Hellboy films. But, with an understandably lower budget, the creature special effects could use a little more polish. We do appreciate the rest of the film prioritizing the use of practical effects.Jack Kesy who portrays Hellboy, at least for this variant and theme, actually dons the character well. The rest are portrayed as they are in the comics, and it mostly leans on how people like the source material - which is great for us, but may leave much to be desired for the general viewer.Perhaps if this was the first Hellboy film, then maybe there's some leeway for more praise and less negative comparisons to, ultimately still, the better Del Toro films. We would argue however that it is above the overall experience of the 2019 reboot, and it uniquely stands out as a slow burning horror piece where-in you may seem less frightened knowing you have 'Anung Un Rama, Son of the Fallen one' on your side.
Reviewed by joacoCritico 5 / 10

A movie that respects the original comic but it has no enough budget

I have just watched this movie and it was OK. I have never seen hellboy's movies but I have read comics and I can say that this adaptation is decent. Jack Kesy's performance as Hellboy was good and the moments with crooked man were very scary.However, the special effects are mediocre, especially the 3D. The action is a bit borring and I would have liked more if it had been more violent. The photograpfy is very lazy and poor. I understand that the budget of this movie was not big but it looks like a B-Class movie sometimes.In summary, if you like the comics, you will like this adaptation; however, don't expect to be surprised because this movie is just OK.
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