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

Directors:

Victor Cook
Tad Stones

Writers:

Kevin Hopps (written by)
Mike Mignola (characters)
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Release Date:

10 March 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Horror

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Dark Horse Comics | Based On Comic | Based On Comic Book | One Man Army

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)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
J. Grant Albrecht	...	Oliver Trombolt (voice) (as Grant Albrecht)
Jim Cummings	...	Tom Manning (voice)
Grey DeLisle	...	Anna (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Sydney Leach (voice)
Dee Dee Rescher	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kath Soucie	...	Erzsebet Ondrushko (voice)
Cree Summer	...	Hecate (voice)
James Arnold Taylor	...	Young Broom (voice)

Directed by
Victor Cook
Tad Stones		(supervising)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Kevin Hopps		written by
Mike Mignola		characters
Mike Mignola		story
Tad Stones		story
Tad Stones		written by

Produced by
Sidney Clifton	....	executive 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
Guillermo del Toro	....	creative producer

Original Music by
Christopher Drake

Film Editing by
Matt Steinauer

Art Department
Nathan Chew	....	storyboard artist
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
Jody Thomas	....	foley artist
Otis Van Osten	....	supervising sound editor

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

Animation Department
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
Mike Medaris	....	information technology
Janine Scalise	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• IDT Entertainment

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• 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:

Near the end, during the flashback, among the items in Prof. Broom's office on of them is a statue of the Aztec Bat-God featured in Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006) (TV).

Goofs:

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

Quotes:

Liz Sherman: [installing surveillance equipment] All right, check the signal.
Sydney Leach: Well, it's decent. But wouldn't video cables cut down on interference, though?
Liz Sherman: Haven't used them since a poltergeist hung Ralph Furtado by his heels in the Whaley House.
Sydney Leach: Really?
Liz Sherman: Occupational hazard. Motion sensor goes down there.
[laughs]
Liz Sherman: He was upside down for four hours. We found him after two, but that guy was such a jerk.

Movie Connections:

References Hellboy (2004)

An Improvement, but still needs time

Sword and Stones was a good film, don't get me wrong. Tad Stones and Mike Mignola are really trying hard to make Hellboy a house hold name. Since the movie came out, I have been trying to read every comic and watch anything that remotes to the character.

But the problem with that film, and this one Blood and Iron, is the script and acting itself. We got a lot of great voice talent here like John Hurt, Ron Perlman, and Selma Blair. But with choppy dialog's (it seems like Ron only says 'crap' in both films), and just a sense of uninterest with the actors itself; it makes it a bit of a downer to watch.

The animation is great, the material is incredible. Although reworked for filming, there is a TON of comic references in both films. I just think that in order for this franchise to work, we need a better script. And try and make it more livier with the actors. It needs just abit more hard work to make this a great thing. Here's to the next film, The Phantom Claw.