Synopsis:

Hellboy: The Crooked Man is a divisive entry into the family of Hellboy films. The theatrical release disappointed viewers with an overall low budget, disjointed editing, a lackluster score, and an incohesive artistic vision. The goal of Hellboy: The Crooked Cut is to provide clarity to the viewer by fixing the superficial blemishes of the film, recutting scenes, and incorporating new musical elements.

Intentions:

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Change List:

Overall changes - Shifted the tone away from grindhouse and toward mainstream blockbuster. Incorporated whisper effects to enhance the crow clicks used by the theatrical cut. Gutted the soundtrack and replaced key moments with more interesting music. Tons of small edits to fix awkward moments. Removed all chapter cards. Took out most mentions of when this story takes place. INTRO - New music, my editing stamp, removed title Screen OPENING - Shook the frame in the train, added hallucinations for Hellboy Shortened train crash New title screen Switched the order of the 2nd spider fight and the recovering from said spider fight. Now it appears that Hellboy and Jo recover from the train crash then fight the spider again. Replaced scenes of Tom, Hellboy, and Jo walking through the forest with stock footage of hills and forests. Shortened Cora’s raccoon transformation Shook the frame and added sound FX during the church earthquake scene Shortened Effie and Tom’s fight Reworked Tom and Hellboy stumbling across Effie as an old woman. Tom doesn't turn Effie into a horse. Used AI to remove most of the music from the final convo between Jo and Hellboy. Then replaced it with music that bleeds into the next scene. Replaced all credit songs

Additional Notes:

I also put together a Spotify playlist of the songs in the movie and few songs strongly considered for the movie. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Mnl4g6cRKseFMRNbZ4k3c?si=85676160d0ca4ae1