The trailer opens with scenic shots of the trees, rocks, and hills of Appalachia.

But it quickly becomes clear that something is deeply wrong here.

Smells like death, Kesys Hellboy proclaims.

“Hellboy: The Crooked Man” trailer

Jack Kesy in ‘Hellboy: The Crooked Man’.Ketchup Entertainment

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The first twoHellboyfilms were directed byGuillermo Del Toroand starredRon Perlmanin the title role.

Since then, subsequentHellboyfilms have stuck closer to the source material.

Hellboy the Crooked Man

Jack Kesy in ‘Hellboy the Crooked Man’.ketchup entertainment

Over the decades, Mignola’s Hellboy comics have featured long-term epic sagas and self-contained short stories.