Hawkins has waited decades for a role like this, in which she can fully exercise her talents.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hawkins has waited decades for a role like this, in which she can fully exercise her talents.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A masterpiece of accomplishment.

~ Chris -

A masterpiece of accomplishment.

~ Chris -

The battle scenes are nothing short of astonishing.

~ Max Crawford -

The battle scenes are nothing short of astonishing.

~ Max Crawford -

From its first kindlings it draws breath from your lungs as surely and as steadily as it draws your eyes.

~ Andrew Robertson -

From its first kindlings it draws breath from your lungs as surely and as steadily as it draws your eyes.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Mexican director, Guillermo Del Toro, does not follow Hollywood's traditional approach to nature's abnormalites. Fear is suggested, rather than flung at the screen.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Mexican director, Guillermo Del Toro, does not follow Hollywood's traditional approach to nature's abnormalites. Fear is suggested, rather than flung at the screen.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Cinema is full of monsters, but few in recent memory have been so capable of eliciting our sympathy and understanding.

~ Anton Bitel -

Cinema is full of monsters, but few in recent memory have been so capable of eliciting our sympathy and understanding.

~ Anton Bitel -

Hellboy holds his head high above the mass of superhero characters thanks to a terrific performance by Ron Perlman.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hellboy holds his head high above the mass of superhero characters thanks to a terrific performance by Ron Perlman.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What does it mean to be a real boy? Perhaps the answer doesn’t lie in flesh and bone.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What does it mean to be a real boy? Perhaps the answer doesn’t lie in flesh and bone.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film takes standard ingredients of a good horror movie - the sinister setting, the horrible crime, the ghostly presence, the newcomer - and uses a surprisingly gore-free, old-fashioned way of scaring the audience.

~ Trinity -

The film takes standard ingredients of a good horror movie - the sinister setting, the horrible crime, the ghostly presence, the newcomer - and uses a surprisingly gore-free, old-fashioned way of scaring the audience.

~ Trinity -

An opulent gothic romance in the vein of Jane Eyre or Rebecca rather than a by-the-numbers horror film.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

An opulent gothic romance in the vein of Jane Eyre or Rebecca rather than a by-the-numbers horror film.

~ Rebecca Naughten -