Hellboy: The Crooked Man

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Hellboy: The Crooked Man

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2024

1h 39m

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Horror

Fantasy

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Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent find themselves stranded in the 1950s rural Appalachia. They soon discover a community of witches led by a local devil who has a connection to Hellboy's past.

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Critics Consensus

Hellboy:The Crooked Man buckles under its constraints resulting in an uneven, third-rate bag of all tricks and no treats.

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Kim Newman

Sight & Sound

Dec 18

It respects its source to a high degree – actors are cast (or made up) exactly to resemble Corben’s grotesque faces – and at least manages to evoke proper dread.

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

10/11/2024

2/5

It’s all too much. The horrors are piled on in such quantities that any possibility of being scared or even slightly repulsed soon evaporates.

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William Bibbiani

TheWrap

10/10/2024

Taylor envisions a Hellboy where the horror matters more than the humor or poetry or romance or even the good vibes, and he’s made a film that proves his take is valid.

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Enrique Abenia

Cinemanía (Spain)

Feb 10

3/5

The Red Demon benefits from its foray into folk horror and, above all, from the episodic nature of the story. [Full review in Spanish]

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Ricardo Rosado

Fotogramas

Feb 7

3/5

The film gets lost on secondary paths, even turning the title villain into a poor ancillary, but the wicked charm of the forest creatures prevents it from sinking completely...[Full review in Spanish]

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Sean Fallon

Film Inquiry

Jan 14

Maybe The Crooked Man will only appeal to hardcore Hellboy fans who want to see another adaptation of their favorite character, but it is also a very enjoyable riff on folk horror and The Evil Dead with some comic book flourishes.

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Felix ngel P

@RT83500315 Jun 28

This movie is badly paced, with bad dialogue, bad CGI and bad cinematography. It thinks It's smarter than the viewer while being more stupid. The setting is supposed to be modern times but there is no internet, phones, electricity or water and there are mentions to a recent war that looks like WWII. Hellboy is a non character, could be a normal person and the story wouldn't change at all. The characters have no development until they scream their feelings out of nowhere. This seems like a bad horror movie that got the Hellboy IP slapped on top. It falls back on the disrespectful trope that ugly country people are inherenty evil. It is weirdly pro-american, in the sense that a random nobody in the middle of nowhere is incredibly knowdlegeable about witches and that a rich setteler is this huge evil able to controll time itself. If it were a Supernatural episode, It'd be middeling to bad, but as a standalone movie ment to reboot the franchise, It's offensive.

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The Dan G

@RT44855371 May 10

As a long time Hellboy comics fan, I believe this film was very well made for its lower budget. Hellboy isn’t always about action and fancy fight scene but focuses a lot on story and creepy tales such as The Crooked Man. I hope they can add more stories like this into upcoming Hellboy Films.

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Ryan R

@RMRProductionsEntertainment Apr 5

Very well done for it's small budget. Does look a little YouTube-like at times, but stays on topic and gives a very interesting horror take on the character. Overall I still really liked it.

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h2otoonz23 T.

@h2otoonz23 Apr 3

Im in love with hellboy (my biological father loved him so…). I love the Del Toro movies, i think the 219 one is a fun comedy (at times), and i love the Crooked man. It was a treat seeing it dive into the supernatural side of things while also still being “somewhat” funny.

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Renée B

@ReneeBusha Mar 2

I have watched all the Hellboys... this one, I truley enjoyed. Its better, less artificial. Like a good ol' classic, with a bit of creepy. Two thumbs up!!

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Angel T

@xXSavageGuy21Xx Mar 2

I think if David harbors version was in this one, it would be better. This is the worst hellboy movie. I'm sorry.

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Synopsis

Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent find themselves stranded in the 1950s rural Appalachia. They soon discover a community of witches led by a local devil who has a connection to Hellboy's past.

Director: Brian Taylor
Producer: Jeffrey Greenstein, Yariv Lerner, Mike Richardson, Sam Schulte, Robert Van Norden, Les Weldon, Jonathan Yunger
Screenwriter: Christopher Golden
Distributor: Ketchup Entertainment
Production Co: Dark Horse Comics, Dark Horse Entertainment, Campbell Grobman Films, Bulgarian National Film Center
Rating: R (Some Violent Content|Nudity|Language)
Genre: Action, Horror, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 8, 2024
Runtime: 1h 39m