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An opulent gothic romance in the vein of Jane Eyre or Rebecca rather than a by-the-numbers horror film.

The film takes standard ingredients of a good horror movie - the sinister setting, the horrible crime, the ghostly presence, the newcomer - and uses a surprisingly gore-free, old-fashioned way of scaring the audience.

There is a magnetism to it all.

What does it mean to be a real boy? Perhaps the answer doesn’t lie in flesh and bone.

Hellboy holds his head high above the mass of superhero characters thanks to a terrific performance by Ron Perlman.

Cinema is full of monsters, but few in recent memory have been so capable of eliciting our sympathy and understanding.

Mexican director, Guillermo Del Toro, does not follow Hollywood's traditional approach to nature's abnormalites. Fear is suggested, rather than flung at the screen.

From its first kindlings it draws breath from your lungs as surely and as steadily as it draws your eyes.

The battle scenes are nothing short of astonishing.

A masterpiece of accomplishment.

Hawkins has waited decades for a role like this, in which she can fully exercise her talents.