Much superior to the other animated Hellboy film, "Blood and Iron" sees Hellboy and Professor Bruttenholm face down Elizabeth of Bathory in two different time periods, as well as her patron: the dread goddess Hecate. Here is the drive, the depth and the character investment in the story that I was missing in "Sword of Storms". It's still not quite capturing the particular feel and mood of the best Hellboy comics, but at times it's getting a lot closer than I expected. ( )