{"id":499587,"date":"2026-02-06T22:52:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T02:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/hellboy-the-crooked-man-bets-on-folk-horror-and-a-vision-closer-to-the-original-comic\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T22:52:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T02:52:38","slug":"hellboy-the-crooked-man-bets-on-folk-horror-and-a-vision-closer-to-the-original-comic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/hellboy-the-crooked-man-bets-on-folk-horror-and-a-vision-closer-to-the-original-comic\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Hellboy: The Crooked Man&#8221; bets on folk horror and a vision closer to the original comic"},"content":{"rendered":"The new cinematic installment of the <em>Hellboy<\/em> universe, titled <strong>\u201cHellboy: The Crooked Man\u201d<\/strong>, arrives with a different proposal than the previous adaptations of the character created by <strong>Mike Mignola<\/strong>, betting on a more modest aesthetic and an approach marked by folkloric terror.\n\nDirected by <strong>Brian Taylor<\/strong>, the film distances itself from the epic tone and high budget of the versions directed by Guillermo del Toro, to embrace a darker, more intimate narrative closer to B-movies, with clear influences from classic horror cinema and the spirit of the original work in vignettes.\n\nThe story emphasizes a disturbing atmosphere and the use of practical effects, prioritizing the setting and the supernatural component over digital spectacle. This creative decision seeks to offer a rawer and more personal interpretation of the character, aligned with the origins of the comic.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/entretenimiento\/cine-y-series\/disney-avanza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disney advances in the development of &#8216;Pirates of the Caribbean 6&#8217; with a new narrative approach<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<strong>Jack Kesy<\/strong> embodies Hellboy in this new version, providing a characterization that reinforces the independent tone of the film, in a production marked by budgetary limitations but also by the intention of giving the story its own identity.\n\n&#8220;Hellboy: The Crooked Man&#8221; is presented as an alternative proposal within the franchise, aimed especially at followers of the original material and lovers of horror with folkloric roots, moving away from conventional superhero cinema.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new cinematic installment of the Hellboy universe, titled \u201cHellboy: The Crooked Man\u201d, arrives with a different proposal than the previous adaptations of the character created by Mike Mignola, betting on a more modest aesthetic and an approach marked by folkloric terror. Directed by Brian Taylor, the film distances itself from the epic tone and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-499587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25XR","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Ana Laura L\u00f3pez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-29-at-1.45.56-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}