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Hellboy

also known as “Helboj,” “Hellboy - Call of Darkness,” “Pragaro vaikis,” «Хеллбой»
MPA Rating: R-Rating (MPA) for strong bloody violence and gore throughout, and language.
Moral Rating: Extremely Offensive
Moviemaking Quality:
Primary Audience: • Adults • Young-Adults
Genre: Supernatural Fantasy Action Adventure IMAX
Length: 2 hr.
Year of Release: 2019
USA Release: April 12, 2019 (wide—3,303 theaters)
DVD: July 23, 2019
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About Hell

What is the FINAL JUDGMENT? and WHAT do you need to know about it? Answer

What is ETERNAL LIFE? Answer

What is ETERNAL DEATH? Answer

HELL: Fact or Fiction—Is it an actual place? Answer

Why was Hell made? Answer

Is there anyone in Hell today? Answer

Will there literally be a burning fire in Hell? Answer

What should you be willing to do to stay out of Hell? Answer

How can a God of love send anybody to Hell? Answer

About God’s love and an answer to the questions: What is the true nature of God’s love? Is it biblically accurate to say, “God hates the SIN, but loves the SINNER”?

What if I don’t believe in Hell? Answer

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THE GOOD NEWS—How to be saved from Hell. Answer

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The Devil and his fallen ones

What are DEMONS? Answer

Who is SATAN, the enemy of God and all people? Answer

What is a DEVIL?

Is Satan a real person that influences our world today? Is he affecting you? Answer

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Occult

What is the Occult? Answer

THE OCCULT—What does the Bible say about it? Answer

Sorceress and sorcery

Dark magic

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The truth about death

What is DEATH? and WHY does it exist? Answer in the Bible

What is the FINAL JUDGMENT? and WHAT do you need to know about it? Answer

What is ETERNAL LIFE? Answer

What is ETERNAL DEATH? Answer


Paradise or Pain? Why is the world the way it is?
Why is the world the way it is? If God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and loving, would He really create a world like this? (filled with oppression, suffering, death and cruelty) Answer
Is Jesus Christ the answer to your questions?
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Featuring David HarbourHellboy
Ian McShaneProfessor Bruttenholm
Milla JovovichNimue the Blood Queen
Penelope MitchellGaneida
Sasha LaneAlice Monaghan
Daniel Dae KimBen Daimio
Thomas Haden ChurchLobster Johnson
Sophie OkonedoLady Hatton
Kristina KlebeLeni Riefenstahl
Brian Gleeson
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Director Neil Marshall
Producer Summit Entertainment
Millennium Films
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Distributor
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Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “Based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola, Hellboy, caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge. He comes to England, where he must defeat Merlin's consort and Nimue the Blood Queen. But their battle will bring about the end of the world, a fate he desperately tries to turn away.”

Hellboy movies:
• “Hellboy” (2004)
• “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (2008)
• “Hellboy” (2019)

  • Violence: Extreme— includes impalements, dismemberments, cannibalism, decapitations, gun violence, sharp weapons violence, much blood and gore, etc.
  • Vulgar/Crude language: Very Heavy— • f-words (30+) • s-words (12) • pr*ck • d*ck • d*ck-head • w*nker • t*dger • “Grow a pair” • b*llocks • cr*p (6) • a**hole (2) • a** (2) • b*tch / b*tching • son of a b*tch • b*stard • “Just like this but with strippers” • “Yellow as p*ss”
  • Profane language: • J*sus Chr*st (2) • Chr*st • G*d-d*mn (3) • d*mn (2) • H*ll (4) • G*d (2)
  • Occult: Very Heavy— • demons • witches • spirits • magic and magic spells • occultic practices • seer
  • Nudity: • topless young woman • topless males

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Secular Movie Critics
…Marshall and screenwriter Andrew Cosby went overboard with their R-rating, introducing so much gore and profanity that it, quite frankly, gets dull. The flat performances and incoherent story do not help matters. …
Alan Zilberman, The Washington Post
…frenetic and undercooked, full of limb-hacking, eye-gouging monster battles as well as an atmosphere of apocalyptic grunge that signifies next to nothing…
Owen Gleiberman, Variety
…gory, juvenile, and completely unnecessary…
David Sims, The Atlantic
…It's just lousy. …
John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter
…Exuberantly gross and proudly ridiculous…
Vince Mancini, Uproxx
…“Hellboy” is a thin, clumsy, and charmless attempt at rebooting… populated by forgettable characters motivated by confusing stakes, cheaply executed visuals, and distracting editing…
Meg Downey, IGN
…lands with a thud that’s loud and dark — but almost instantly forgettable…
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
…The race for worst movie of the year is heating up. …This awful, disgusting, unfunny, idiotically plotted comic book flick offends the senses as much as the rankest subway car on the hottest summer day.…
Johnny Oleksinski, New York Post
…This Hellboy leans more into super-gory horror comedy than its predecessors, trading nuance for ripped-off limbs and boasting as much subtlety as a stone fist to the face…
Brian Truitt, USA Today
…Over the course of two hours, the mania becomes exhausting and numbing…
Tasha Robinson, The Verge
…this is a reboot in need of a reboot…
John Nugent, Empire
…It couldn’t be more boring than this. …
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian (UK)
…In the end, the movie leaves us stuck with unmoving drama and increasingly numbing carnage…
Tom Russo, The Boston Globe
…The insanity was almost incomprehensible… a bloodthirsty zest for grime and gore… You don't so much as watch this movie as submit to being pummeled by it. …[2]
Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service
…At two hours, “Hellboy” feels closer to three. And yet there still seems to be something missing.
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle