Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham

PG-13

2023

1 hr. 26 min.

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

Animation

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77%

13 Reviews

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49%

100+ Ratings

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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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Lancelot O

The idea sounds original: set Batman and Gotham at the turn of the 18th-19th century and he has to stop some kind of Lovecraftian threat. Problem is they do very little with this beyond the artwork which is pretty good, but not overly interesting. Classic Batman and DC characters show up, but again nothing interesting is done with any of them, in fact, beyond name recognition, most of them are just boring side characters. The plot is full of mysticism and generic monsters for Batman to figure out and fight. Pretty lazy endeavor from WB, definitely one of the more forgettable animated movies which is saying something given how bland and boring a lot of recent releases have been.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/24/24

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Jay R

Great movie , it's always good to see animated movies steer away from the normal story lines ,

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/24/24

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Michael P

Throw away type of title. Was bored through most of it, some interesting ideas but ultimately everything felt flat. Definitely one of the worse DC animated movies I've seen to date.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/12/24

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Aaron K

I recently have been binge watching all the DC animated movies and I came across this one today and I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed how batman was portrayed in this movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/22/24

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Trina H

Personally, I did not care for this Batman movie. It was a bit too much & really did not have a proper ending. The ending did not make any sense at all.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/24

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Gaming U

So glad they had Herbert west in this movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/09/24

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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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Sergio Pereira

CBR

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham features the darkest knight so far.

Apr 3, 2023

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Synopsis

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
Executive Producer: Sam Register, Michael E. Uslan
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

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