Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007) (TV)

Directors:

Victor Cook
Tad Stones

Writers:

Kevin Hopps (screenplay)
Mike Mignola (story) ...
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Release Date:

10 March 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In 1939, young Professor Bruttenholm destroyed Erzsebet Ondrushko, a female vampire who bathed in the blood of innocents to stay young...

Plot Keywords:

One Man Army | Based On Comic Book | Martial Arts | Based On Comic | Violence

Cast

Ron Perlman	...	Hellboy (voice)
Selma Blair	...	Liz Sherman (voice)
John Hurt	...	Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)
Doug Jones	...	Abe Sapien (voice)
Peri Gilpin	...	Professor Kate Corrigan (voice)
J. Grant Albrecht	...	Oliver Trombolt / Additional Voices (voice) (as Grant Albrecht)
Jim Cummings	...	Tom Manning (voice)
Grey DeLisle	...	Anna / Harpy-Hag #2 (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Sydney Leach / Anna's Fiance (voice)
Dee Dee Rescher	...	Harpy-Hag #1 (voice)
Kath Soucie	...	Erzsebet Ondrushko (voice)
Cree Summer	...	Hecate (voice)
James Arnold Taylor	...	Young Broom / Father Lupescu / Additional Voices (voice)

Directed by
Victor Cook
Tad Stones		(supervising)

Writing credits
Kevin Hopps		(screenplay)
Mike Mignola		(story) &
Tad Stones		(story)
Mike Mignola		(Dark Horse comic book "Hellboy")

Produced by
Sidney Clifton	....	executive producer
Guillermo del Toro	....	creative producer
Lawrence Gordon	....	executive producer
Scott D. Greenberg	....	executive producer
Scott Hemming	....	executive producer
John W. Hyde	....	executive producer
Lloyd Levin	....	executive producer
Mike Mignola	....	consulting producer
Mike Richardson	....	executive producer
Tad Stones	....	supervising producer

Original Music by
Christopher Drake

Film Editing by
Matt Steinauer

Art Department
Nathan Chew	....	storyboard artist
Andy Chiang	....	model designer
Thomas A. Nelson	....	storyboard artist
Nir Paniry	....	storyboard artist
Adam Van Wyk	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Marti D. Humphrey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chris M. Jacobson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Lewis	....	dialogue recording engineer
Jason Oliver	....	supervising dialog editor
Carlos Sanches	....	sound effects editor
Jeff Shiffman	....	sound editor
Jody Thomas	....	foley artist
Otis Van Osten	....	supervising sound editor

Visual Effects by
Harry Eisenstein	....	main title design

Animation Department
Andy Chiang	....	model designer
Kirk Tingblad	....	storyboard assistant

Other crew
Bradley Cooper	....	information technology
Elaine De Mari	....	information technology
Rafael Hurtado	....	production coordinator
Steffie Lucchesi	....	retake & media coordinator
Charles McCaskill	....	information technology
Ginny McSwain	....	voice director
Mike Medaris	....	information technology
Anna Pagan	....	production executive assistant
Janine Scalise	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• IDT Entertainment

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (double feature with "Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms")
• IDT Entertainment (2007) (worldwide) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Dub Stage, The  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

"Hellboy Animated: Blood & Iron" - USA (DVD box title)

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | New Zealand:M | Netherlands:12

Company:

IDT Entertainment

Trivia:

Loosely based on the true story of Countess Erszebet Bathory (Elizabeth Bathory in English) of Transylvania, who reportedly had 300 young serving women put to death in a human sacrifice cult in the early 1600s.

Goofs:

Continuity: The wounds on Hellboy's chest disappear when he rips open Hecate's "iron maiden", then reappear.

Quotes:

Hellboy:You can't stay, Professor.
Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm:I'm no longer director of field operations, but I'm not ready to retire.
Hellboy:I'm not saying that. But you shouldn't be here. You're too-
Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm:Old? I'm sorry I don't share your seemingly eternal youth. You grew so fast at first. In no time at all, you were too big to spank.
Hellboy:Only 'cause the tail got in the way.

Movie Connections:

References Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006) (TV)

Could be more, but still fun to watch.

In the end, the main thrust of the story is largely dealt with by Professor Broom while the rest of his team fights off the other evils in the area. Hellboy himself gets a much more spectacular fight, but it is with a monster that almost seems added as an afterthought when they realized they didn't have enough for him to do.

Taking that into account, though, the story is fun enough to watch and Ron Perlman's wry delivery of Hellboy's lines is always fun. There is nobody who could give life to this character other than Perlman.

The animation is well done and the story moves along with efficient pacing. One thing that could prove confusing to some (though I found it an intriguing story device) is the use of flashback in this episode. The main story moves forward, but the flashbacks move progressively backward. It has the effect of putting both a beginning and an end at both the beginning and the end of the movie.