In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon, who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Raised by a scientist, sixty years later Hellboy serves the cause of good as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, protecting the world against dark forces.
Last year, while sitting through the Rings cycle (not the Wagner; the Tolkien, all three Peter Jackson epics back-to-back in one day on a big screen),...