What a match up! The Batman against the Vampire Bat Man: Dracula! This movie has been played on Cartoon Network and is available to stream on MAX but the DVD has some fun extra features including an animated mini-documentary on the science behind the Dracula Legend and vampires.
They don’t spend a lot of time explaining how Dracula got to Gotham, but once he is accidentally awakened from his crypt, his mission is to convert all of Gotham to the ranks of the undead.
I was impressed by the animation of this relatively new version of the cartoon Batman. The style has a slight anime flavor but there is no doubt that this Batman is the action super-hero we’re all familiar with.
The fight scenes are well thought out. You wonder how the Batman can ever gain the upper hand with a truly supernaturally powered villain. On top of everything else, both the Joker and the Penguin are thrown into the fray. I won’t give away the ending, which is clever. However I highly recommend this DVD to Batman fans.
A version of this review originally appeared in Tigrikorn Comic Fanzine 33 (2005).
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