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Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

So yeah, Batman vs Dracula was a thing! Twice actually but the first is a very obscure 1940's film I believe.Here Penguin accidentally raises the legendary vampire from the dead who then goes on to make an undead army which also comprises of everyones favorite villian the Joker.From the outset I realised how poor the voice work was, even Peter Stormare didn't sound on form and Joker sounded/looked ridiculous. Yes the story is decent enough but I found myself struggling to take the whole thing seriously. Batman vs Dracula? Really!I can confidently say I've seen considerably worse DC animated movies but consider this nothing but a novelty Batman movie and nothing else. You need to suspend disbelief and just roll with it.Coming next year Spiderman vs Scooby Doo and the much anticipated Justice League vs The Goonies.The Good:Peter StormareFitting soundtrackThe Bad:Bizzare incarnation of JokerWeak voice talentThings I Learnt From This Movie:In Gotham City the sun rises 10x as fast as the rest of the world

The Batman vs. Dracula came out just four months after Batman Begins and it received immediately mixed reviews by critics. I thing that they were comparing it with the feature film and that is wrong ,of course the feature film is going to be better (not always ,but usually) ,so it like putting a young boxer against John Sena, yea no ,he don't even stand a chance. But to the point is it good?At first this is a direct to video film of the Batman series of 2004, which follows Bruce Wayne in his first days as The Bat as his rogue gallery comes in to view and he must faces them. This was my third series with Batman (or fourth) after the Justice League and Batman Beyond. When I was young, I though that it was awesome and flawless, but nowadays I think that, though not perfect it still holds up and it is a good series. So the title said all Batman vs. Dracula, which starts when the Prince of Darkness is awaken and now the Dark Knight has to find out who to stop him. A simple ,but awesome premise.The animation is good, not to the level of Justice League ,but still good. As for the voice cast they do their best and I give them that. In short not to bad and it has some awesome fight scenes!As a animated film of the DC, it isn't from the best but is enjoyable and if you are a big fan of the Caped Crusader give it a watch, it will be fun, if you disliked it, no hard feelings.

And this is not anything to do with not liking Batman. I happen to love Batman, right from the 60s series(camp but compulsively colourful fun) to the animated DC movies with Batman:The Animated Series being the real jewel in the crown. This said, I happen to not be a fan of the The Batman show. It is not a terrible show, it has its good moments, but I do prefer more darkness and Gothic pathos when it comes to Batman and there are elements that take some getting used to. I happen to think The Batman vs. Dracula is much better. It is not perfect, Joker's character design like the show does take a lot of getting used to, in all honesty I never really warmed to it, and Peter Stormare while voicing Dracula with just the right smooth menace has an accent that is very inconsistent. However, the animation is really great, much smoother than the show's and has much more atmosphere. There is also a haunting music score, smart intelligent writing that has a much mature tone than the show and some exciting action sequences, though there perhaps could have been more. The story is very dark and compelling, with some both intense and moving moments and perfectly paced. I would have liked to have seen the Vampyric lore element further explored but that wasn't enough to harm the story. The characters are great, Batman is much darker and more brooding, Penguin as always is great fun, he was a bright spot of the show always, and Joker is more menacing and twisted than ever before. Dracula in design may be more Ras Al'Ghul than Dracula, but is still a more than worthy adversary to Batman. The voice acting is very good too, Rino Romano sounds more comfortable and brooding, Tara Strong is a likable Vicki Vale. Tom Kenny voices Penguin with great enthusiasm without ever overdoing it while Kevin Michael Richardson's voice for Joker is in keeping with the character's more twisted personality here, it didn't work in the show for me because that psyche wasn't really explored. All in all, a very good movie and much better than The Batman show. 8/10 Bethany Cox

This review comes from a fan of Gothic vampire stories like Dracula, and someone who has sporadically enjoyed Batman in comic books but never cared about the film series - including Dark Knight. Batman VS Dracula: The Animated movie (2005) is refreshingly old-fashioned and successfully atmospheric story where Dracula has his Gothic style, including preference for eeriely beautiful graveyards. This is not some trashy upstart like vampires from cooler-than-thou garbage Blade - and to put it bluntly, the word "cool" makes me think sleazy bully who tortures fat nerds and sleeps in his own filth when drunk. One typical mistake - Dracula burns in sunlight, unnecessary twist added by movie makers in 1922 - is used in the film, but that does not affect the atmosphere, of course. Animated or not, this is one of the best vampire films of the decade, which has been full of trash.