That Time Batman Fought Dracula

[@Mangakamen]

Hap[y Halloween everyone - Be sure to leave a like, a comment, and share the video - If you enjoy this content, this helps push me into making more and more videos like this.

[@chasehedges6775]

Happy Halloween 🎃🎃🎃🎃

[@Kurotaisa]

Wait didn't this video already come out- 0:18 ah, okay

[@WeirdedOutShiba]

Great video, just one thing, Dracula could go out in the sun and it didn't harm him in the book, it just made him weaker, the movie ' nosferatu' started the whole vampires sunlight weakness.

[@JordanDavis-l8f]

I was born in 2000 and I remember watching this when I was five

[@bigyoshi5170]

*”THERE ARE NO INNOCENTS! NOT ANYMOR-“* oops sorry, wrong Dracula!

[@connortripp99]

We’ll, at least Godbrand’s here voicing him.

[@Logan-yt1lj]

*It’s morbing time* wrong one again

[@legendarycryptid2629]

This is still one of my favorite Batman movies. Vampire Joker, Penguin becoming Dracula's servant, the darker tone with all the blood... favorite scene is when Joker gets himself electrocuted since he realizes how badly he goofed right before hitting the water.

[@chasehedges6775]

Soooo true. 💯

[@chasehedges6775]

Penguin being Dracula’s servant is gold.

[@nicholase82]

I think this is the last days it's free on roku

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

I still remember some of the promos for this movies "The Dark Knight vs the Prince of Darkness." a No Bullshit Batman fighting a Vampire movie and it is legit creepy, those scenes of the vampires gradually attacking citizens every night, increasing their numbers, is haunting to watch, kind of like 30 Days of Night almost.

[@khristian625]

Point of order, in the book, Dracula didn’t burn to death in sunlight; he just loses his powers.

[@LeonardoMattei900]

Its better of Murnau put it

[@Chaos_Vergil]

So, it was more like Red Sunlight than Kryptonite in the novels.

[@chadpeterson5698]

Yeah, but if Dracula was only held back like that in his first fight with Batman, Dracula would have killed him. So they kinda had to include the “Dracula dies in the sunlight” trope.

[@RabbiSteve1]

khristian625 that’s actually a “point of information”(“pi”).l A “point of order” (po) is when someone raises a problem in the way something is being done, as in a meeting protocol. So, an example of a po might be “you should not have raised the issue of Robin, because that does not belong in this video” A “poi” is correcting a problem of information. As you did here.

[@mas8705]

Definitely one of my favorites growing up. So many “what ifs” we can see for Halloween specials, but this one was brilliantly done to make Batman fight Dracula and how and how he could win. Overall, it was always a delight when this popped up around Halloween.

[@lukaspedraza5194]

Bro, I felt so called out when he spoke to the artists putting the video on for background noise, I was LITERALLY drawing a character design while he was saying that, lmao

[@Mangakamen]

It's funny how that happens lol

[@lukaspedraza5194]

@ hey man, I wanna tell stories with my art, what better way to improve at it than listening to a review video of a story, right? Love your videos, bro, they’re awesome.

[@brayenmorrison3199]

Batman vs. Dracula. From one of the Best Batman Animated Series.

[@jackieec]

Hell yeah it was my favorite intro to the character. I always looked forward to watching it when it aired on Kids WB ❤

[@carminewhite8786]

That was one of my favorite movies as a kid. Nice to see a darker story to a show aimed at kids/young teens

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

The scenes with the Ghouls are legit terrifying as they are shown to be borderline mindless animals yet strong and coordinated enough to where even Batman runs from them, meaning that every night they claim more victims and Batman can't do anything about it, meaning there's a ticking clock element.

[@nidhoggsvrede]

One thing I would like to note: 07:50. Dracula being weak to Sunlight wasn’t a thing in the original novel. That idea first came with the Nosferatu movie.

[@mandalorianhunter1]

It's crazy how that movie made it the standard of Dracula being weak to sunlight in most adaptations.

[@BradLad56]

And you can't blame Hollywood for that one since it was a German production.

[@mandalorianhunter1]

@@BradLad56 no one brought up Hollywood

[@BradLad56]

​@@mandalorianhunter1 I know but most people would probably think of it as a Hollywood invention.

[@AmericanBrit9834]

I'm stupefied we've haven't gotten more Batman stories with vampires. It's not just the bat-motif. You can also do something with Bruce Wayne and the aristocratic aspect of vampires.

[@joserobertoribeirodesouzan5720]

There's a trilogy of comics with that exact premise( which partially served as basis for this movie) and boy, those get dark...

[@AmericanBrit9834]

@@joserobertoribeirodesouzan5720 What's the title?

[@beavers1978]

​​@@AmericanBrit9834It's Elseworld Batman Vol. 2. There's three parts to the story: Part 1 is Red Rain Part 2 is Bloodstorm Part 3 is Crimsom Mist

[@AmericanBrit9834]

@@beavers1978 Thank you. I’ll see if I can check this out.

[@beavers1978]

@AmericanBrit9834 Glad that I could help.

[@N_DAnimationEnthusiast]

Oh sweet, you’re covering Batman vs Dracula. This is an understated movie in my book.

[@CyberDalek17]

It's a fun film, and like the show this does amazing with the lighting in the scenes. Especially using the lighting to censor the Blood Bank scene making the Blood look black instead of red, while they have shown red blood in previous scenes like with Penguin and Bruce's Nightmare, it probably would have been a little too much to show the red blood with Joker chugging it down like Gatorade or dancing in the blood rain

[@JustSomeMexicanwithaMustache]

You have no idea how much I love this movie as a kid, even though it scared the $hit out of me when I was younger. My favorite part of the movie is when Dracula was hiding behind Batman's shadow, with Dracula saying "You're Bruce Wayne". Then Bruce says "I'm Batman, and you're history" as Batman moves out of the way and let's the light kill Dracula.

[@Shylunar64]

Hellsing Ultimate abridged reference, based! That final fight against Dracula was awesome finale. Also despite it being a kid's movie it was unsettling at certain points. Great video Kamen.

[@barrybend7189]

"do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?" Another Batman "undead" villain.

[@topcat59]

Honestly I never remembered Dracula trying to revive his wife, since all I remember when I was young was Dracula trying to take over and make Gotham his new hunting ground while destroying Batman’s reputation.🐱

[@a1saiyan5]

One of my favourite moments of the movie was Dracula admiration for Batman he pulled up from the dead and was like damn nice to see someone continuing my bloodline respect

[@davekisman2763]

Dracula: So, there is another bat in Gotham. Batman: I'm not a vampire. Dracula: Wait. You're not some mortal man in a bat costume, are you? Batman: 😒😏

[@nidhoggsvrede]

Peter Stormare is awesome! Dude is also the same voice for Godbrand in Netflix Castlevania.

[@destructor3152]

"I'm Batman and your dust"

[@ztyran]

16:52 While not in the original tales, Carmilla was foreshadowed in Alfred's research. He even commented that if Dracula could find love, then there was hope for Bruce.

[@marxn6462]

My brother and I still to this day, quote the "A bold finish of wild cherries with a hint of oak" Don't know why we found it so funny as kids, but we did.

[@Belmonty32]

13:04 Fun fact: Peter Stormare voiced Godbrand in the Netflix Castlevania, guess he got his vampire begginings on here

[@TerryB01]

Happy Halloween 🎃 👻

[@emeraldphoenix5868]

The Batman 2004 is so Underrated.

[@Everyone4Everything]

I always love when characters like Batman fight or meet public domain characters like Sherlock Holmes(Who he met btw) Really hope we see Godzilla vs Cthullu(just don't make Cthulhu a generic mindless Kaiju, i would love for him to be just like his novel)

[@CMan-x7k]

Does Godzilla stand any chance against book Cthulhu?

[@kevinskywalker5539]

when you asked if he looked familiar, i instantly said "hotel Transylvania Dracula?" but you actually meant ras a' gul.

[@smugbowkid9919]

PEAK SHOW, PEAK MOVIE, PEAK VIDEO

[@dontemorgan1517]

I do wish Batman has a definite Vampire villain. I'm not sure why it is so hard to give him one in the comics.

[@dejaypage1575]

The Mad Monk Nocturna

[@dontemorgan1517]

@dejaypage1575 Those are obscure villains. I mean like a recurring or major villain like The Joker, Two-Face, or Ra's al ghoul

[@dejaypage1575]

@@dontemorgan1517 mad Monk was literally one of Batman’s ORIGINAL villains in the golden age

[@dontemorgan1517]

@dejaypage1575 So as Nocturna and she too fell into forgotten category.

[@Harleyxjokerforever]

DC kinda seems to not really want Batman involved with the supernatural.

[@ekimmak]

So, I've actually been reading about Carmilla. The book's cover says "The Cult Classic that inspired Dracula". She was a lesbian. Does raise questions about every time a Dracula inspired media uses her. Why can't she just be cool on her own?

[@MikePhantom]

i want that "its a fictional product, it doesn't matter" clip

[@ZakaryaFFiFlSeSaFoFiScSe]

The king of bats VS The king of bats

[@videogamerzero1schannel]

Happy Halloween MangaKamen! Which yeah I watched this around this month & it was really great to see this be much darker than the actual show, especially to see Batman handle a supernatural threat especially when Dracula is the only few people to know Batman's identity before his demise, it's so good

[@ieuansmith518]

Ya know, I watched the film a while back, though through clips on KZbin- yes, I'm that kind of person, give me a break. But I thoroughly enjoyed the film. I found it fun, and I thought the art style did a lot for the film- especially Dracula, MY GOD! The voice, the design, and the cape, I love the cape they gave him, I'm sorry I had to say that. But I love everything they did with the film. Hell, it's that time of year I might give it a watch again. (PS: I never noticed Dracula looked like Ra's al Ghul. Thanks for that tidbit of information.)

[@leopoldmaximus145]

I just finally watched it a couple days ago and it was surprisingly good. I also saw it and Batman Under the Red Hood the day before on Tubi

[@arilumani6194]

Happy Halloween MangaKamen🎃👻🕷🕸🧛‍♂️🦇🧙‍♀️

[@ScottE-2]

Happy Halloween! Loved this movie when I saw it on TV. It still holds up quite a bit as well as the fun references to how Batman's costume and appearance really is inspired by Dracula. For this iteration at least.

[@Chrisezo]

This movie was one of the better home to video films in the 2000s, because I remember in that time period we were getting a bunch of other low quality trash especially from Disney, so it was nice that WB was making stuff like this back then.

[@morgant.dulaman8733]

My own two cents regarding the Alucard and art style bit: I think this is meant to be a more dramatically Ironic set up rather than a puzzle for the audience. The second they went for a Bela Lugosi look for the him, any hope to take the audience by surprise (sans kids of course) was done for, but what they *could* do was leave them wondering when he was going to do something to put them at the edge of their seats, and him catching a server, nearly having that server get Alfred, and the monster himself nearly getting Bruce himself will certainly do it. Now that's not to say it's completely flawless since we're talking about Bruce (Greatest Detective) Wayne here and so they could have given far more subtle hints while still having Alucard leave just enough for him to piece it all together, but considering the target demographic, I'd say it checks out. Also, on the topic of designs, while I didn't get into the series that much as a kid, I never really saw any issue. The DCU changed the character designs three times between the BTAS and Beyond, while Brave and the Bold (which came after this one) was a different show entirely. If I had any issue, it's that we have had of repeated origin stories and early days in modern media, but given when this series came out, I won't hold that against this show.

[@takeruneverborn4740]

Putting batman up against the supernatural will always be a spectical to behold because it push bruce pass the brink and even dracula himself is sophisticated enough to challenge the reason why bruce is drawn on being an Avenging knight in the image of a Bat a creature akin to Vampires just without the blood sucking

[@RabbiSteve1]

Thanks for this great and fun review. I do enjoy this one-shot DTV meeting of The Batman and Dracula. I have it on DVD. And have watched it twice. It might be time to revisit. Keep up the great work.

[@guythatexists1135]

19:09 I mean,without the hints,Bruce would've taken much longer to figure out basic vampire analysis (such as their dislike of garlic), so I guess it was either foreshadowing or to get the pace going faster

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

Probably the scene I remember of this movie most is with the SWAT team, initially it seems like Batman is in trouble, only for us to gradually watch the SWAT guys get picked off one by one, with us quickly realizing it's Dracula. The casual speed an ease he takes out like 30 armed police officers and none of them are the wiser is truly chilling and really cements how much of a threat Dracula truly is.

[@YungandRekless545]

My heart stopped as you called me out while playing this video as I animate 😂😂

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

The quality of this movie is quite exceptional, makes me sad they never made any follow ups.

[@SpanIsh-k3w]

Dude, this movie freaked me the fuck out as a kid. I couldn't tell you why, it just scared me.

[@Dark_Peace]

02:47 WHAT DID I DO TO GET CALLED OUT LIKE THAT FINE ILL WATCH THE SCREEN

[@Inquisitor_Lelouch]

I love this movie! From the music to the design of the characters and setting to the fight scenes. This film is one of my favorite animated films.

[@Rabbitlord108]

Happy Halloween everyone.

[@dychrisshandonsmith1242]

Keep it up on your work and this video and channel I love this video and channel Thanks you for your video and channel

[@ztsquid3000]

I'm the Batman And you're dust

[@HSuper_Lee]

This is the first time I've been called out for not looking at the screen.

[@GenerusCrow]

There was a comic I read once that featured Batman vs. Dracula - it was some thpe of Elseworld and had there being no cure for vampirism and ended up with Batman becoming a vampire himself or something along those lines. It was interesting

[@shadowclaw7210]

As kid the Blood Bank was most scariest shit I ever saw. Like seeing just blood, was already scary. But once bloody rain starts, with Joker covered from head to toe in blood, only his white scelar and pupils being visible, was a thing of my nightmare for few lifetimes. Also my long HC was that Alfred somehow was related to one of main casts members from original Bram Stoker book

[@MetalGildarts]

I wanna see this now. Also forgot that Vicki Vale was always portrayed as a readhead. She's blonde in the Batman Arkham games.

[@madamaklee]

I'm not gonna watch the video (yet). But I referenced this so much, I'm leaving a like and a comment in passing. Appreciate it Kamen, and I'll probably put the vid on loop sometime soon

[@LucLightWolf121]

What makes this film masterpiece work for me are the story and the fact that they made their Dracula look like a vampiric Ras al'Ghul, the Dark Knight's equivalent to Professor Moriarty. We get the Prince of Darkness being a bona fide menace. And I absolutely love it.

[@zomebody5529]

2:50 I feel called out. I was doing this exact thing 🤣

[@greyworld6242]

Dracula should’ve used a fake name like Vladimir Orlok. Much better than Dr Alucard. But yeah this movie is still fun.

[@trevorsreya8277]

The thing I remember most about this movie was having a pretty bad fever the last time it was on. It was so bad, I believed if I recalled the ending of the movie, Dracula would read my mind and change the ending so that he'd win.

[@MasterLu2]

I remember seeing this special every Halloween on Cartoon Network good times.

[@thechuckjosechannel.2702]

Happy Halloween MangaKamen.

[@viruschris3160]

I love The Batman. When it first air I loved everything about it. A new take on Batman and while it was different from the Animated Series, I really enjoyed it even their take on Joker. Mr. Freeze not much even though it's based on his original comic origins, but it was fine. Now this movie... oh my gosh. This movie is incredible. A fantastic movie. Everything was just near perfect. Batman VS Dracula is such a cool concept. This series and movie have a special place in my heart.

[@movespammerguyteam7colors]

It was an interesting movie when I first watched it. It is complicated because Batman is forced to fight an actual supernatural entity partially unprepared.

[@thetimberwolf100]

This movie was awesome especially the fight scene

[@thecritic860]

YAY! Castlevania mentioned!

[@mrkaji8913]

“Your hamon training avails you nothing, it’s useless useless useless!” -dio

[@Ofxzh]

Batman casually ignoring his no kill rule

[@Ryusagi]

The one video I am watching with all the focus on it and I am being told "hey look at the screen for a change" 😢

[@kiryuknightly9411]

*Moon Knight pops from the Marvel universe* Moon Knight:* I got you now…..WHERE’s MY MONEY BLOOD SUCKER!?!”

[@leathmccaffrey1532]

This was my introduction to this series.

[@mrkaji8913]

8:32 not even Camula fro, yugioh

[@ABigBowlOfChips]

9:18 For once I feel sorry for the Joker being the innocent

[@Mister_Shoe]

After watching this movie for the first time when I was like 7 or something, I got so afraid of it I literally couldn't get anywhere near it for like 10 years

[@KaiserVarius]

Nice! One of if not my first movie when I was a child and I love my childhood show is getting more recognition slowly but surely. And I’m glad that you found some Things to criticize about this movie and I find that’s a good thing because criticism can be used to improve your enjoyment of something and improve one’s own craft. Seriously it’s mystery why it took 20 years for the Batman 2004 to finally get remembered and talked about but hey Bette relate than never, am I right?

[@NethanTheDrawer2]

I'm pretty sure this is how I learned what Vampires are.

[@skullbash190]

CLASSIC !

[@inkromancer_studios]

2:47 GET OUT OF MY WALLS MANGA! YOU WERE NOT INVITED!

[@Mangakamen]

I'M IN THE GOD-DAMN WALLS!!!!

[@FrostTheHobidon]

My second Favorite Batman, and I enjoyed this Movie Special of The Batman.

[@GraveWalkerT1123]

Vicky Vale did appear in the series. She just appeared at short snippets here and there.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

18:53 Hey, Kamen what are you talking about Yin not being in this movie, there she is on the left

[@thecapedcrusaderofgotham4133]

You beat me by over a month. lol I just saw the video today.

[@shotaaizawa1206]

Such an underrated Batman Film Nothing too epic but still really awesome I mean, it’s Batman vs Dracula, that’s awesome!

[@mrkaji8913]

I’m glad the show got its own film

[@wesdean4292]

This movie scared me as a child, man did I love it

[@tribacioustee2846]

I feel like if you're going to have a contrast between Batman and Dracula, giving Bruce a temporary love interest fits. Dracula was intimidating to women, after all, it can be considered a part of the Bram Stoker version

[@josephdent6825]

Bro, I never knew that John Abruzzi voiced Dracula! No wonder I liked this version of Dracula so much

[@patrickdees5256]

I remember this movie as a kid and joker as a vampire was my favorite part of the film

[@levievil9220]

There’s a theory that Dracula from this movie is the 2004 version of ra ah gul idk how to spell his name but you can definitely see some of ra’s features in Dracula

[@boohawk659]

2:47 I feel so... called out.

[@Megatron_95]

This series and the film is underrated. Especially when you have Peter Stormare, the man who played Lucifer in Keanu Reeves' Constantine film, that was a good pick

[@Dynaman21]

The Batman cartoon gets a mixed rep, but I think everyone agrees that this was a great little animated movie. Kind of a shame they couldn’t follow it up with their planned Hush movie.

[@SusiTerry]

There's also a lost Filipino film from 1967 where batman fights dracula

[@RodimusMinor1987]

I remember watching this and it was good, I did love the fight with Vampire Joker, Batman Joker VJ Undead and Kicking I agree that the party scene was dumb having Alucard heavily implying that he was Dracula to Bruce. This was definitely a really violent kids film

[@mrkaji8913]

10:34 this is a reference to Batman red rain

[@Kozuro_00]

2:46 DUDE DONT CALL ME OUT.

[@minakoarisato1506]

Happy Halloween 🎃

[@Mangakamen]

You too!

[@riotkitty]

Unlike the TV show I would indeed watch this again. Pretty good despite being an out there premise.

[@mrkaji8913]

12:56 he’s in 22 jump street

[@generalzeta7000]

I quite enjoyed The Batman. And seeing this Version of Batman taking on Dracula was fun to see.