The newHellboyfilm, not surprisingly, is packed to the brim with monsters.

Shes just one of these pivotal characters.

Shes the icon of grandmother.

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Sometimes shes gonna help you, and sometimes shes gonna eat you.

Creature design and special makeup artist Joel Harlow sculpted Baba Yagas one-eyed visage from clay.

I wanted to go with something much more frightening and much creepier, something that really unsettled me.

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But then Harlow tasked contortionist Troy Twisty James to wear the costume, and the character was terrifyingly complete.

But when youre in Baba Yagas house, theres nothing that really makes you want to stay for dinner.

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