The BPRD complex was (according to Del Toro) was originally FDR's secret emergency bunker. The library where Professor Broom dies was the president's office and Hellboy's room (with the big vault door) was his fallout shelter, just in case Germany perfected the A-bomb first.
Movie news
Great sites
Mistakes
At the end when Hellboy is carrying Liz off the alter she hasn't got a top on. Later after Hellboy kills the behemoth she has got a top on. See more...
Movie Mistakes blog
Popular blog posts:
15 Transformers mistake pictures
15 biggest Harry Potter mistake pictures
Hellboy (2004) - 11 trivia entries
Directed by Guillermo del Toro, starring Jeffrey Tambor, John Hurt, Ron Perlman, Selma Blair (add more)
The BPRD complex was (according to Del Toro) was originally FDR's secret emergency bunker. The library where Professor Broom dies was the president's office and Hellboy's room (with the big vault door) was his fallout shelter, just in case Germany perfected the A-bomb first.
The corpse that Hellboy reanimates in the Russian cemetery is voiced by Guillermo Del Toro (Director).
The soundtrack for this film includes a very unusual instrument: a precision-played theremin. The theremin was traditionally used to create spooky sound effects, but it this film it's actually used for playing melody, which requires exceptional playing skill. It's most heard in the scene where the portal closes and Rasputin dies.
Director Guillermo Del Toro didn't want to show a lot of blood during fight scenes, so he came up with ways of alluding to it. When Hellboy is fighting Sammael in the subway and he grabs the pay phone off the wall and uses it as a weapon, we see coins flying every time he hits Sammael with it. The coins represent the splatter of blood without actually showing it.
At the beginning of the film, the Nazi who gets thrown into the portal lets out a Wilhelm scream as he disintegrates.
When they stop at the display area with the Spear of Longinus, look behind the spear; there's a golden box with two angels on top of it, fitting the classic image of the ark of the covenant.
The "gate" used to bring Hellboy to earth is very similar to the Revolution Studios (the film's studio) emblem.
David Hyde Pierce dubbed the voice for Abe Sapien, but refused a credit.
The Spear of Longinus (according to Christian tradition, a Roman soldier named Longinus used to pierce the dead Jesus at the cross), featured in the movie, actually exists exactly as it is depicted. The spear is a royal reliquary that can be traced back to around the year 900 (when it was most likely forged). The original spear is in exhibition in a museum in Vienna. http://www.nachlese.at/longinuslanze.htm.
When Professor Broom is leading Myer to meet Hellboy, they stop at a display area where Broom points out the Spear of Longinus. In a jar near the spearhead is what looks like a fetus preserved in amber liquid. This is actually a prop from Guillermo Del Toro's movie, "The Devil's Backbone." If you look carefully, you can also see the scarab prop from his movie "Kronos."
In angelic lore, Samael is the prince of the demons. The name Samael is etymologized as 'poison of God' or 'venom of God', a combination of the Hebrew words 'sam', which means poison and 'el', which means God.
You may also like: Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | The Dark Knight | Night at the Museum
Message boards
No discussions yet
Register as a member to post a message
The message boards are meant for discussing things with other users, rather than making submissions/corrections. By all means feel free to post what you like here, but for anything to be looked at properly and entered into the "official" section please use the "submit something" link in the navigation bar. Any members who post offensive content will have their accounts blocked. This is also not the place to contact Jon (who runs the site (although the members who help him check are a BIG help)) - for that, please use the contact form.