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Hellbound (지옥) (TV series)

Hellbound (지옥) is a South Korean Netflix supernatural horror series directed by Yeon Sang-ho, adapted from his Naver webtoon Hell with Choi Gyu-seok. Season 1 (six episodes, November 19, 2021) and Season 2 (October 25, 2024) depict death decrees, hellish demonstrations, and the New Truth cult.

Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) is Tony Randel's sequel to Hellraiser, written by Peter Atkins from Clive Barker's story, following Kirsty Cotton and Dr. Channard into hell; it grossed $12,090,735 domestically and holds 53% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Hellboy

Hellboy, the red-skinned demon with a stone right hand, is a creator-owned Dark Horse Comics character created by Mike Mignola in 1993, first appearing in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2, with Seed of Destruction (1994) founding the series and del Toro's 2004 film adapting it.

Hellboy (2004 film)

Hellboy (2004) is Guillermo del Toro's supernatural action film adapted from Mike Mignola's Dark Horse comic, starring Ron Perlman; released April 2, 2004, it earned $99.4M worldwide and an 81% Tomatometer.

Hellboy (2019 film)

Hellboy is a 2019 American superhero horror film directed by Neil Marshall and starring David Harbour, a reboot of the franchise based on Mike Mignola's comics.

Hellboy (franchise)

Hellboy franchise: transmedia property around Mike Mignola's Dark Horse demon (1994, Seed of Destruction), spanning B.P.R.D. spin-offs, del Toro's 2004/2008 films with Ron Perlman, the 2019 Neil Marshall reboot, and 2024's The Crooked Man.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Hellboy II: The Golden Army, also known as Hellboy 2, is a 2008 American superhero fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro, the sequel to Hellboy (2004), starring Ron Perlman.

Hellboy: The Crooked Man

Hellboy: The Crooked Man (2024) is a folk horror film directed by Brian Taylor, adapting Mike Mignola and Richard Corben's 2008 comic. Starring Jack Kesy, it follows Hellboy and rookie BPRD agent Bobbie Jo Song in 1950s Appalachia against the soul-collecting Crooked Man.

Hellcats

Hellcats (2010-2011) is a one-season CW comedy-drama, created by Kevin Murphy and starring Aly Michalka and Ashley Tisdale, about a pre-law student who joins Lancer University's cheerleading squad after losing her scholarship; 22 episodes.

Helldivers

Helldivers: cooperative shooter franchise by Arrowhead Game Studios and Sony, set in satirical managed-democracy Super Earth. Began as 2015 top-down twin-stick PS4/PS3/Vita game; Helldivers 2 (2024) is a third-person, four-player live-service shooter with permanent friendly fire.

Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 (no native-script name) is a 2024 third-person co-op shooter by Arrowhead Game Studios, published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for PS5, PC, and later Xbox, with 15 million sales by November 2024, always-on friendly fire, and a Game Master-driven Galactic War.

Helle Helle

Helle Helle, born Helle Olsen in 1965 in Nakskov, is a Danish author known for spare, understated realism in everyday settings, winning major Danish prizes including the Critics' Prize.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Helle Thorning-Schmidt (born 1966) is a Danish Social Democrat, party leader 2005-2015 and Denmark's first female prime minister 2011-2015; her coalition fractured over the Goldman Sachs DONG Energy sale, and she later led Save the Children International and co-chairs Meta's Oversight Board.

Hellebore

Hellebore (Helleborus), also called Christmas rose or Lenten rose, is a genus of about 15 poisonous Ranunculaceae perennials native from Europe to N. China, flowering in late winter and spring, once famed in ancient Greek medicine as a cure for madness.

Helleborus

Helleborus, the hellebores, a genus of about 15-22 poisonous perennial species in Ranunculaceae native from Europe to the Caucasus, NW Africa, and N China; includes the Christmas rose H. niger and Lenten rose H. × hybridus.

Helleborus niger

Helleborus niger, the Christmas rose or black hellebore, is a poisonous Ranunculaceae perennial native to the Alps and Apennines, blooming white December to March, with cardiotonic helleborin and two subspecies, niger and macranthus.

Hellen Kimaiyo

Hellen Kimaiyo (Hellen Kimaiyo Kipkoskei, born 1968, Moiben, Kenya) is a Kenyan distance runner who raced the 1984 Olympic 3000m and 1992 Olympic 10,000m, with a 31:38.91 10,000m best and African champion honors. Distinct from Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai and Emmanuel Kimaiyo.

Hellen Obiri

Hellen Onsando Obiri, Kenyan distance runner (b. 1989, Kisii): two-time Olympic 5000m silver medalist, 2024 Olympic marathon bronze, 2017 and 2019 world 5000m champion, 2019 world cross country champion, and Boston and New York City Marathon winner.

Hellenic Air Force

Hellenic Air Force (HAF), Greece's air force, founded as the Air Force School in 1931. Operates F-16V Vipers, Dassault Rafale F3R, and incoming F-35s; conducts NATO Air Policing for Albania, North Macedonia, and Montenegro.

Hellenic Armed Forces (Ελληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις)

The Hellenic Armed Forces (Ελληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις) are the military forces of Greece, comprising the Hellenic Army, the Hellenic Navy, and the Hellenic Air Force.

Hellenic Football League

Hellenic Football League (uhlsport Hellenic Football League), English non-league competition founded 1953 at Steps 5 and 6 of the National League System, tiers 9-10, feeding the Southern League; unrelated to Greek football's Hellenic Football Federation.

Hellenic languages

The Hellenic languages, also called the Graeco-Macedonian languages, are a branch of the Indo-European family attested from Mycenaean Greek in the fourteenth century BCE, whose sole living descendant is Modern Greek.

Hellenic Navy

Hellenic Navy (Πολεμικό Ναυτικό), Greece's naval branch: 69 warships, 8 submarines, 13 frigates; modernizing with four French FDI HN Belh@rra frigates, first HS Kimon received January 2026, distinguishing it from the larger Turkish fleet.

Hellenic Parliament (Βουλή των Ελλήνων)

Hellenic Parliament (Βουλή των Ελλήνων), Greece's unicameral 300-seat national legislature. Directly elected for four years; 3% electoral threshold; current President Nikitas Kaklamanis since January 2025; traces to 1844 and 1864 constitutions.

Hellenic Trench

Hellenic Trench: deep seafloor depression system south and west of Greece marking the Hellenic subduction zone foredeep; about 2,000 km long, Mediterranean's deepest waters at 5,267 m, highest regional seismicity, and key sperm whale habitat.

Hellenism (Ελληνισμός) (modern religion)

Hellenism (Ελληνισμός), also called Hellenismos or Hellenic ethnic religion, is a modern polytheistic religion reviving worship of the ancient Greek gods through reconstructed ritual, recognized in Greece in 2017.

Hellenistic Arsenal

The Hellenistic Arsenal is a large rectangular building on the Kolonos Agoraios hill in Athens, built in the 270s or 260s BC and probably used for storing weapons.

Hellenistic art

Hellenistic art: Greek art of 323–31 BC, from Alexander's death to Actium, marked by royal patronage, realism, portraiture, expanded subjects, and lasting influence on Roman art.

Hellenistic Baths (Syracuse)

Hellenistic Baths (Syracuse), or Terme ellenistiche at Contrada Zappalà: a 3rd-century BC public bath complex near the Greek Theatre, with two circular tholos rooms, a central furnace, and the earliest recorded domed and vaulted bath structures.

Hellenistic Judaism

Hellenistic Judaism: Judaism of Greek-speaking Jews from Alexander's conquests to 70 CE, centered in Alexandria, marked by the Septuagint and Philo, and spanning Ptolemaic and Seleucid rule.