why no blood?
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haroldbishoplives — 15 years ago(August 07, 2010 07:52 PM)
Apart from facial cuts and when that guy gets bled to resurrect Rasputin I don't remember seeing any blood from guns or knife wounds. It was a little distracting!
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ubercanadian9 — 14 years ago(February 23, 2012 09:34 AM)
According to the trivia section:
The filmmakers decided not to make the film too bloody so as to avoid an R-rating and thought of things they could substitute for the blood. While filming the fight between Hellboy and the monster in front of the people in the subway, actor Ron Perlman suggested that Hellboy could grab a gumball machine and start beating the monster over the head with it, with the flying gumballs standing in for the blood. Instead, Hellboy rips a payphone off the wall and beats the monster over the head with the phone, with the coins that go flying out standing in for the blood.
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mrmovielover — 14 years ago(February 25, 2012 08:39 PM)
Budget concerns. It had a 66 million budget which was big for an April film especially in 2004. R movies wont make as much. But i'm surprised because the director's cut has more gore but still little blood
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Reef-Shark — 13 years ago(July 06, 2012 02:35 PM)
There was no reason for blood because Guillermo del Toro clearly wanted to share Hellboy with a wide audience. del Toro is not one to shy away from violence, so the fact that there is little blood in the Hellboy films is very intentional. He didn't want them to be like Blade.
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MaximumMadness — 12 years ago(March 04, 2014 06:37 PM)
I understand. I just didn't find it distracting. I thought the lack of blood was somewhat more realistic than the blood fountain most films have.
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prydain17 — 9 years ago(January 04, 2017 11:40 PM)
Every scene with the assassin guy and his blades was highly distracting to me, I am not one for buckets of blood and gore but I'd like stylized violence to be realistic enough that I can go with the flow and not think "What the hell, they aren't even cut at all!" The museum scene was bad but when Clay is killed in the sewer and stabbed repeatedly, at close contact, he falls to the ground and we see his spotless, white shirt. LOL. I get not wanting to alienate a big part of your potential audience but broadcast television gets away with all kinds of gore, they could have at least put a few drops of blood here and there.
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