U-Hellboy owenziwa nguRon Perelluma akazange abheme kuphela ugwayi, agcina amakati njengezilwane ezifuywayo futhi asindise umhlaba, kodwa futhi njenganoma yiliphi iqhawe elalinesithandwa, okudlalwa yi-selma blair. Akukho lutho olunjengalokhu, ngokusho kukaDavid Harbour, alibona kusengaphambili kusuka kumlingiswa wakhe.
"Omunye wemininingwane ethokozisayo yokuguqulwa kweGuillermo del Toro kimi ukuthi umlingisi ophambili wayenentshisekelo yothando. Ngokwami, ngicabanga ukuthi i-Helleboy ayinakuba yindoda ethandekayo. Akunakwenzeka ukuthi alale nabantu, njengoba kungagcina kube yinhlekelele ngenxa yomnyombo wayo wamademoni. Ukuhlala ezweni lesintu futhi uvikele ubuntu, udinga ukuzidela ingxenye yami, yemvelo yethu. Yilokho engifuna ukukuhlola kwifilimu yethu, "kuchaza iThebhu yethu.
Cishe kungukuthi akunakwenzeka ukusondela kubantu, njengokungokomzimba, ikakhulukazi nangokomzwelo, kuzodala ukuthi iHelleb entsha izwakale ingaphumi phakathi kwabantu. Yilokhu okuzokwenza isinqumo esinzima phakathi kwesintu ne-apocalypse, okufanele idale iqhawe. Khumbula ukuthi uHelboy uzodedelwa kwisikrini "esilinganiselwe" esivumelwaneni "esidala", okusho ukuthi izilaleli zidinga ukulungiswa hhayi i-adventure ethokozisayo kuphela, kodwa futhi nobuningi bezikhathi ezinonya nezivuselelayo.