Synopsis

From writer/director Guillermo del Toro (Blade II, The Devil's Backbone) comes

Hellboy, a supernatural action-adventure based on Mike Mignola's acclaimed

Dark Horse Comics series of the same name.

Born in the flames of hell 60 years ago during World War II, Hellboy (Ron

Perlman) was brought to Earth by evil madman Grigori Rasputin (Karel Roden) to

perpetrate evil. Destined to be a harbinger of the apocalypse, Hellboy was

rescued by Allied Forces led by Professor Broom (John Hurt), founder of the

clandestine B.P.R.D. (Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense), who

raised him like a son and developed his extraordinary paranormal gifts. Despite

his dark origins, Hellboy becomes an unlikely champion of good, battling the evil

forces that threaten our world.

At the B.P.R.D., Hellboy becomes part of an unlikely family that includes the

telepathic "Mer-Man" Abe Sapien (Doug Jones) and Liz Sherman (Selma Blair),

who is pyro-kinetic. Hidden from the very society they are assigned to protect,

they stand as a key line of defense against Rasputin — who seeks to reclaim

Hellboy to the dark side and use his powers to bring about Armageddon. As

Broom says of the B.P.R.D., "Make no mistake about it, there are things out there

that go bump in the night. We're the ones who bump back."