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Yes. Hellboy is based on the Dark Horse comic book mini-series Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (1994) by Mike Mignola. The comic was adapted for the movie by Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro. A sequel, Hellboy II: The Golden Army was released in 2008.

David Hyde Pierce. The person in the suit is Doug Jones.

Though DHP agreed to do the voice of Abe, he refused to take credit for the role since he felt that the role truly belonged to Doug Jones who provided the body acting for Abe.

This is called a flipped shot. They filmed the shot with Ron wearing the RHoD on his right, but for whatever reason they decided to flip the shot during post production making it look like the RHoD was on Ron's left.

They are The Seven who are One: Amon, Nergal, Iira, Beuu, Nunn, Namrat, and Abad, together known as Ogdru Jahad. In creating them, Mike Mignola was very much influenced by the gods and monsters of pulp fiction, specifically those of H.P. Lovecraft (Cthulhu mythos) and Robert E. Howard (Conan The Cimmerian). The look of the dragon is highly Lovecraftian while its fictional birth place, Hyperborea, is a key location in the Conan universe.

In-between credit sequences, a quick scene of Manning can be seen radioing to ask where everyone is, asking for the group to hurry up and link with him as he's spooked. Despite vicious noises being heard by him nearby, it's merely used for comical effect. Jeffrey Tambor, who played the role of Manning, appeared in the sequel as well-- thus, Manning lived.

While it was originally planned for Abe to be in the final act of the movie, budget constraints forced Guillermo to write him out of the end. It would have cost another million dollars to keep him in.

Unfortunately, no. While not blatantly stated in the movie, Guillermo del Toro has stated that Clay didn't survive the night.

During the ending credits, we see Manning still in Kroenen's lair radioing the others to hurry up because it's spooky in there and then there's a couple of loud noises before the scene fades to black.

You get a little more than 10 minutes of extra footage. A more detailed description of what's been added and changed is noted here.