Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham

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Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham

PG-13

2023

1h 26m

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Adventure

Fantasy

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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

01/07/2025

3/5

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.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

10/03/2023

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

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Rick Bentley

KGET-TV (Bakersfield, CA)

08/09/2023

C-

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.

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

04/05/2023

2/5

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.

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Luke Y. Thompson

SuperHeroHype

04/05/2023

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.

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Jonathan Garcia

Dynamic Duel Podcast

04/04/2023

4.5/5

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

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Robert R

@RT13910936 Mar 30

"Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham" is not only slow, it's not even a slow burn. It drags so much. The writers try to change Batman lore. Now, I do appreciate a change, but not the entire lore in one film. It's as if the writers heard a few bits and pieces. They kill Dick Grayson and Jason Todd. Bruce and Oliver Queen's fathers along with Oswald Cobblestone were long lived, having first entered the new world in the 1500s. Oliver was a slobbering drunk, and they permanently turned Batman into Man-Bat. Sorry, DC you missed. Half a star.

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Gustavo G

@GusGutierrez Nov 27

The movie was so boring and slow. I don’t know what they were thinking. The drawings and animation are flat and without any life or something barely interesting. The colors are intentionally pale, grey, light green and brown. Bruce Wayne is so flat and lack of any personality, just as his bunch of young and generic assistants. Foolish actions like blowing up a completely iced cavern, which then is on fire (?) and "sealed" the naked, muscular and weird penguin is laughable. Worst batman film I’ve seen in my life. Dull, pretentious, and extremely boring. It’s a no for me!

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Cristian s

@cristiansj Sep 13

Una reinterpretación novedosa y extraña sobre el mundo de Batman. Un elseworld lleno de magia y criaturas lovecraftianas, buen ritmo y linda animación. Lamentablemente no me gustó mucho, en si estuvo buena pero la sentí muy apresurada y que perdió la esencia del encapotado.

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Leslie W

@RT14036247 Sep 3

It was weirdly religious the characters didn’t ace like them selfs and it feels uncomfortable to watch it felt like a bad poorly written Scooby doo move

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Chris B

@RT28138699 03/24/2025

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.

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David D

@David2026 01/10/2025

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

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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