superhero

Batman Returns is one superhero genre film that satisfies fanboys and holiday nuts alike.

action-beat 'em up

Batman Returns is a 1992 side-scrolling action-beat 'em up video game developed and published by Atari Corporation in North America and Europe exclusively for the Atari Lynx.

superhero flicks

Powered with great visual effects, mind-blowing background scores, and strong performances from the lead cast, Batman Returns has a special place in the pantheon of superhero flicks.

Action/Crime/Romance/Thriller

Batman Returns» (also known as 'Batman 2', 'Batman - il ritorno', '') is an Action/Crime/Romance/Thriller film directed by Tim Burton, and written by Sam Hamm, Bob Kane, and Daniel Waters, released in the USA on June 16 of 1992 , starring Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough and Michael Murphy.

vigilante superhero/Christmas film

Batman Returns is a 1992 vigilante superhero/Christmas film directed by Tim Burton, based on the DC Comics character Batman, “The Dark Knight.”

action-platformer

Batman Returns is an action-platformer that was originally released on the Sega Game Gear in 1992.

that has grabbed the tenth position among the best superhero movies

A sequel to Batman, Batman Returns is a 1992 American movies that has grabbed the tenth position among the best superhero movies.

an adventure game with fighting sequences,

Batman Returns is an adventure game with fighting sequences, based on the movie of the same name.

in realizing the hyper-commercial Christmas superhero movie's director’s idiosyncratic vision

Batman Returns is a film of deliberate excess, less concerned with fulfilling audience expectations and the demands of the hyper-commercial Christmas superhero movie than the hyper-commercial Christmas superhero movie is in realizing the hyper-commercial Christmas superhero movie's director’s idiosyncratic vision.

a hodge-podge of elements from adventure, action, and role-playing genres

, Batman Returns is a hodge-podge of elements from adventure, action, and role-playing genres, the whole of which is much less than sum of sum's parts.

side scrolling beat OCsem up game

Batman Returns is a side scrolling beat OCsem up game, a very popular genre at the time.

a dark, twisted comic book movie that relishes in weirdness

Batman Returns' is a dark, twisted comic book movie that relishes in weirdness, while 'The Batman' is a gritty, grounded take on the dark knight's early days as the hero of Gotham.

film noir

But more than any other superhero flick (besides The Dark Knight), Batman Returns is a modern film noir.

grim-and-gritty

The current grim-and-gritty motion picture Batman traces its roots to Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, though Nolan’s series has gone on to become a thing of a thing's own, thanks to a thing's not-a-superhero-but-really-a-crime-picture story beats, and a transcendent performance by the late Heath Ledger in the trilogy’s middle installment.

a licensed single player SNES-exclusive brawler from Konami starring the Dark Knight

Batman Returns is a licensed single player SNES-exclusive brawler from Konami starring the Dark Knight.

one of the most beloved fan fiction superhero of all times

Batman is one of the most beloved fan fiction superhero of all times.

Fan films

Fan films set in the Batman universe are a jumbled bag of rough pebbles and shining gems, with some stellar examples using strong performances, agile camera work, atmospheric music and moody lighting to extend the Bat mythos.

detective thriller

Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, this action-packed detective thriller deftly redefines what we have come to know as a “Batman show.?

noir fiction

The game has a lot of noir fiction elements that everybody loves about the Batman series.

H.P. Lovecraft-inspired monsters

The story places Batman as a pulp hero adventurer in the 1920s where Batman battle against H.P. Lovecraft-inspired monsters.