HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN Gets A Much Better - And More Gruesome - Second Trailer

A second trailer for Hellboy: The Crooked Man debuted during Sam Diego Comic-Con, and we can see this new footage going over a lot better with fans of the beloved character...

By MarkCassidy - Jul 28, 2024 11:07 AM EST

Filed Under: Hellboy

A second trailer for Hellboy: The Crooked Man has been released online after debuting during San Diego Comic-Con, and while our first look at the movie received a bit of a mixed response (we're probably being kind there) from fans of the beloved character, we can see this footage going over a lot better.

Helmed by Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and Crank co-director Brian Taylor and starring Jack Kesy (12 Strong, Deadpool 2) as the demonic hero, The Crooked Man definitely seems to be leaning more into the horror aspect of the comic than the previous adaptations.

The 3-issue Crooked Man miniseries was a period adventure set in 1956 which saw Hellboy attempt to retrieve a man named Tom's soul from a powerful demon deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. Though this movie may make a few changes, the trailers suggest that it's going to stick pretty close to the source material.

The Crooked Man was co-written by Mignola and Christopher Golden, who has previously with the Hellboy creator on other related comics. We're sure many fans will be disappointed that Guillermo Del Toro (who directed the first two movies) and Ron Perlman aren't involved, but maybe this latest live-action outing for Big Red will still manage to capture the spirit of the character?

Check out the new trailer below, and let us know what you think in the comments section.

Something crooked this way comes. Check out the new trailer for Hellboy: The Crooked Man, coming this fall! Directed by Brian Taylor and written by Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden. Starring Jack Kesy, Adeline Rudolph and Jefferson White.#Hellboy #TheCrookedMan pic.twitter.com/oiU6Xypirj
— Hellboy (@HellboyMovie) July 28, 2024

"Stranded in 1950s rural Appalachia, Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent discover a small community haunted by witches, led by the Crooked Man, a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy's past."

Adeline Rudolph (Resident Evil) co-stars as a rookie agent of the BPRD (the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense) who teams up with Hellboy to protect the residents of Appalachia from the creepy Crooked Man, who is collecting souls for the devil. The movie also features Jefferson White (Yellowstone) as Tom Ferrel, Leah McNamara as Effie Kolb, Joseph Marcell as Reverend Watts, Hannah Margetson as Cora Fisher, and Martin Bassindale as the Crooked Man.

An official release date (we're going to assume this one will be heading direct to Digital/streaming) has not been announced, but the movie is expected to debut later this year.

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27 Comments

ItsNotForMeWahh - 7/28/2024, 11:23 AM

harryba11zack - 7/28/2024, 11:24 AM

still looks like cheap b movie b0ll0cks, the character deserves better.

DocSpock - 7/28/2024, 11:25 AM

Poo incoming.

Danger Will Robinson!!

MarvelZombie616 - 7/28/2024, 11:28 AM

I loved every Hellboy movie so far.
This one will be no different.

Matchesz - 7/28/2024, 11:28 AM

Looks like Netflix’s Hellboy

Gizmoduck - 7/28/2024, 12:32 PM

@Matchesz - looks better than the trash we got last with david harbor. I liked perlmans version, but ill give this a try, love the hellboy character - this looks interesteing.

BillyBatson1000 - 7/28/2024, 11:31 AM

I'm more interested in this than the previous 'reboot'. However, with respect for the low budget, the action/blocking looks damn amateurish.

Batmangina - 7/28/2024, 11:40 AM

Why the [frick] is EVERYTHING desaturated AF these days?

Batmangina - 7/28/2024, 11:42 AM

@Batmangina - Del Toro's Hellboys are [frick]ing glorious - even when he went to Fairyland and decidedly Non Mignola in the second one - they're [frick]ing beautiful to look at.

This thing looks like a 15 year old's CapCut concept of Hellboy.

NicolausCopernicus - 7/28/2024, 12:27 PM

@Batmangina - because of the arri alexa

SuperJefe - 7/28/2024, 11:42 AM

I’m a horror movie fan and just about over all the creaky bones, twisty crackles thing.

This movie really cranks up the celery-crunching noises haha.

Patient2670 - 7/28/2024, 12:11 PM

Still, any way you slice it, this is in fact a better trailer than the first.

TheVisionary25 - 7/28/2024, 12:17 PM

It looks alright imo…

I do like the smaller scale , more horror focused approach to the character but something about it feels generic for lack of a better word.

Jack Kesy seems to be doing a fine job though , feels reminiscent of Perlman and Harbour but doing his own thing aswell.

dracula - 7/28/2024, 12:17 PM

At least the last movie had the star power of David Harbor

What does this have?

Gizmoduck - 7/28/2024, 12:33 PM

@dracula - better looking everything, and even the cheesy b look seems better than the david harbor trash. he looked awful in that last hellboy and the story was 90% awful

HashTagSwagg - 7/28/2024, 12:43 PM

@dracula - It has a better tone, that's closer to the books than the cheesy slapstick tone we got with Harbours and even Tel Toro's 2nd film. That's about the only positive thing I can say from it. It still looks like cheap sh1t, made quickly solely to keep the license of the IP.

Demigods - 7/28/2024, 1:54 PM

@Gizmoduck - really? I loved the look they went with for Hellboy in that one. He looked like an absolute monster, and something that could really [frick] stuff up IMO. I agree that the story was trash though. I recently rewatched it and I think it was a little better than the first time, but it was still trash. I was hoping for much much better the first time around though.

MarkCassidy - 7/28/2024, 12:26 PM

I'm not saying it looks great, just that this is a better trailer! I'll prob give it a go on Digital.

tb86 - 7/28/2024, 12:27 PM

That trailer was better than the last one, but I dunno, especially if it comes from the Director of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance who also was one of the writers of Jonah Hex.

Tufasrox - 7/28/2024, 12:41 PM

Sold. I'll watch for sure.

BobGarlen - 7/28/2024, 12:54 PM

I'm actually pretty excited for this. I like that it's a lower budget horror movie. I like that it's not going to be a two-and-a-half-hour epic, I think for horror movies 90 minutes is great.

Thebronxknight - 7/28/2024, 1:04 PM

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ModHaterSLADE - 7/28/2024, 1:07 PM

After all these decades it would be nice to have another good Hellboy movie in live action.

clintthahamster - 7/28/2024, 1:11 PM

Sure, why not. I haven't liked a film adaptation of Hellboy yet. If this one doesn't do it for me, that'll be one more that I don't like. And if it works out, bonus! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

TheVisionary25 - 7/28/2024, 1:15 PM

@clintthahamster - damn , not e en the Del Toro ones?

I’m not familiar with the comics much albeit but I thought those were good and didn’t like the Harbour one.

clintthahamster - 7/28/2024, 1:19 PM

@TheVisionary25 - If I hadn't known the comics, I probably would have loved the Del Toro films. I Was certainly excited to see what he did with the property, as a fan of both the comics and his early films (especially Devil's Backbone and Blade 2.) But I felt it missed the mark by a yard, especially the romantic subplot with Liz and Hellboy, which never happened in the comics (or hadn't by the time I stopped reading.)

Demigods - 7/28/2024, 1:58 PM

I do agree that this trailer looks MUCH better than the last one, but the concerns of the last one are still pretty valid. It looks so cheaply made and I'm just not feeling this dude as Hellboy. They kept far too much of his face in there, and Hellboy feels too handsome because of it. Pearlman had a bit of an ape-like look from the comic, Harbour looked straight up demonic (which I personally loved), but this just looks like a dude with red skin and horns.

I will say that I'm a fan of the more horror-centric tone, which seems more consistent with the comics and cartoon movies. I just wish they pumped a bit more movie magic into the make up and production value.

I do hope it's awesome though.

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