Nato – Hellboy Infant (Hellboy)
While some of you may argue that Hellboy isn’t a horror movie, we do have to remember one thing about the BPRD agent we’ve come to know and love – he’s a demon summoned from hell by Nazi occultists, and he’s summoned as an infant no less. Thankfully, he develops a hatred of Nazis because of this, and he’s discovered by Allied forces (the good guys!), so Red turns out to be a pretty OK demon thanks to the parenting ways of Professor Trevor Bruttenholm, who raises him as a normal boy. Kudos to Bruttenholm, because Red eventually turns into the character so famously portrayed by Ron Perlman – but it’s his younger years that are so fascinating.
We all remember the scared little demon running about and causing a ruckus, complete with his pint-sized rock hand, but there’s such a wonderful childlike whimsy about Hellboy. He’s just so funny and loveable – I mean, just look at that pot belly and those mischievous horns. Don’t you just want one yourself, before he turns into a gigantic paranormal killing machine? Hellboy running about in his infant form may only happen for a short introductory scene, but our brief encounter with the curious little soldier still remains one of my favorite parts of Del Toro’s franchise.
Oh man, just give him a tiny version of Red’s signature blaster and I’d be in heaven.