Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham

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Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham

PG-13

2023

1h 26m

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

Animation

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Inspired by the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Richard Pace and Troy Nixey, Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham is a 1920s-based tale that finds explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashing an ancient evil, expediting his return to Gotham City after a two-decade hiatus. The logic/science-driven Batman must battle Lovecraftian supernatural forces threatening the sheer existence of Gotham, along the way being aided and confronted by reimagined versions of his well-known allies and enemies, including Green Arrow, Ra's al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face, James Gordon and Bruce's beloved wards. Prepare for a mystical, often terrifying Batman adventure unlike any other.

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Tom Spoors

Loud and Clear Reviews

Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham delivers with some creative Lovecraftian versions of classic Batman villains, but its plot is rushed and overly confusing.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 7, 2025

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Mixes Lovecraft and Bill Finger’s characters in to such a memorable bit of animated horror.

Oct 3, 2023

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Rick Bentley

KGET-TV (Bakersfield, CA)

The alternate universe for Batman is never explained and that leaves the story too muddled and confusing to be entertaining. The saving grace is the animation is very strong.

Rated: C-

Aug 9, 2023

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

The central story is muddied by the gimmickry of origin stories for this or that character. It's yet another superhero animated movie that's best enjoyed by the fans, who will probably have a lot to argue about with this one.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 5, 2023

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Luke Y. Thompson

SuperHeroHype

A similar story that wasn’t full of spot-the-reference could be even better, but since this is DC, and they know their characters are the selling point, at least they’re going to crazy places.

Apr 5, 2023

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Jonathan Garcia

Dynamic Duel Podcast

A mysterious and well-paced Lovecraftian tragedy, showcasing pulp horror twists on familiar characters that will thrill fans of the Batman mythos.

Rated: 4.5/5

Apr 4, 2023

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Chris B

Lovecraft horror meets Batman . It's good not great. First 2/3 of film is great . 3rd act ruins the otherwise on track to be a great film.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/24/25

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David D

Lovecraft comes to Gotham. Starting at The Mountains of Madness....don't read the book....to an on world in Gotham story, this delivers.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/10/25

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Joshua m

Well that was different. It's enjoyable as long as you are open to a different genre of the batman universe.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/18/24

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Laurence S

A high critics score and a low audience score, nine times out of ten, means it is a shocker. This is the case here and I wished I had followed my own rule.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/09/24

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Benjamin A

This movie, or rather the reviews for this movie, provide a perfect example of why Rotten Tomatoes provides so much value in regards to fairly gauging the impressions of others. If you left it up to the Popcornmeter, one might infer that this movie was horrible. Thankfully, the critics' reviews are tallied separately... where you can read a far more unbiased and fair collection of impressions and opinions about this movie. This is a standalone story which very artfully uses characters from the Batman lore in much different ways... While still retaining the familiarities of each respective character enough for easy recognition. This is not your typical Batman fights the bad guys story... This is a completely separate universe and reimagining of the iconic characters we've already had in a different horror type story, based on HP Lovecraft material and specifically the Cthulhu mythos. If you are a fan of both HP Lovecraft work, not necessarily the man, and are a Batman fan or even just a comic book fan in general, and like to see different artists and writers reimagine original content, I believe you'll enjoy this. Ignore the reviews which cry about characters such as Harvey Dent being used oddly. Those same folks who took the time to rate this movie poorly can't STAND to see any form of artistic license taken with their beloved characters. Their prerogative of course, but keep that in mind. Very good film, very great story.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/26/24

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Isaac K

The worst Batman movie I have ever watched. The story is extremely lacking and everyone dies with a single side character surviving. It is a sort of origins film with Batman dying at the end. They manage to kill two robins for no reason by a character who also dies halfway in.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/27/24

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Inspired by the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Richard Pace and Troy Nixey, Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham is a 1920s-based tale that finds explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashing an ancient evil, expediting his return to Gotham City after a two-decade hiatus. The logic/science-driven Batman must battle Lovecraftian supernatural forces threatening the sheer existence of Gotham, along the way being aided and confronted by reimagined versions of his well-known allies and enemies, including Green Arrow, Ra's al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face, James Gordon and Bruce's beloved wards. Prepare for a mystical, often terrifying Batman adventure unlike any other.

Director: Sam Liu
Producer: James Krieg, Sam Liu, Kimberly S. Moreau
Screenwriter: Jase Ricci
Distributor: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Production Co: Warner Bros. Animation
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Disturbing Images|Brief Partial Nudity|Some Strong Violence)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 28, 2023
Runtime: 1h 26m

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