Adam Savage Unboxes a 2004 Hellboy Movie Press Kit!

Let's hang out with Adam has he unboxes and checks out for the first time this artifact from the release of the 2004 Hellboy movie. It's a rare press kit that was sent out to film media ahead of the movie's debut, and comes courtesy of a friend on The RPF. Created as a way to introduce the movie's characters to journalists, the presentation of this press kit is in and of itself a lovely bit of world-building from the Hellboy universe!

Shot by Gunther Kirsch and edited by Norman Chan
Music by Jinglepunks

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[MatthewGaydos]

Adam not having a VCR in the cave is the most surprising thing in this video

[lifeimitatingdeath]

You know that whole "He must be protected at all costs.." thing? ...well.. that. For Adam Savage. This is the best person on the internet.

[joakimhansen]

Big thanks to Tom for letting Adam share this with us all.

[theboredengineer]

This is so freaking cool. The idea that they take some film journalist on a little adventure instead of just sending them a straight document about the movie seems like the most wholesomely fun thing to me.

[JonReevesLA]

As someone who saw a lot of press kits around that time, it's definitely one of the more impressive ones. Since that was around the time press kits were transitioning to being online only, I'm guessing that CD is actually a CD-ROM, probably containing most of the standard press kit material (bios, plot summary, credits, making-of stories, publicity stills). The VHS would normally include clips that could be used in reviews, and possibly some making-of footage, but it also could be something special.

[OmegaVestoLord]

this is my favorite kind of stuff, I love "in universe" immersive props like this

[mistgate]

My parents definitely had a DVD/VHS combo player when I was growing up. They're out there

[geekindailyy]

All the things in that shop and he doesn’t have a vhs/dvd player, love it.

[libertyauto]

Thank you Tom K for sharing with Adam, so he can share with us.

[armedelflander]

I have come to realise the best noise Adam make is oh oh oh ohohoho al peaks my interest so much.

[ARTofTY-TV]

Would be cool to see a vintage VCR restoration video with a Hellboy tape finale.

[Visuwyg]

Someone who poured their heart into these back in 2004 finally gets their vindication!

[AliFareedMC]

Never seen Hellboy on a Rectangular DVD before, thanks for sharing this 😀👍

[gaffyh]

So can we expect the box for this item in 6 weeks time? I'll put it in the calendar ;P

[Ironlegiontraining]

I actually had a Hellboy costume freak out a few years ago. I was getting fitted to work on a post civil war TV pilot and when I was walking out of the costume dept I noticed a particular coat hanging on the racks, 2 of them actually. That is when I noticed the BPRD patch on the shoulder, not sure why they had them unless they were going to repurpose them as dusters. Took everything I had not to grab one and run! :)

[newtinahumansuit]

one of my favorite collectors pieces is a Japanese press kit for Satoshi Kon's "Millenium Actress" from 2001. it came with a fully annotated storyboard manga, a poster for one of the fictional movies in the film and a bunch of post cards. Press kits really are some of the coolest things.

[AlexS-wvur]

God it took me too long to figure out that "press kit" didn't mean "press" as in the action/verb...but press as in like media release stuff. I was violently confused.

[thelostzelda]

The way he shuffled the papers out of order gave me anxiety.

[dwigtschrude]

I can’t believe Adam doesn’t know about VHS dvd combo players. They’ve been around since DVDs first came out

[billygowhoop]

This is like the OG Hunt-A-Killer box. They really should release this stuff to the public, especially with how much effort has clearly gone into it.