(L-R) Actors Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Christian Bale and Morgan Freeman attend "The Dark Knight Rises" New York Premiere on July 16 in New York City. With a fixation on random violence, Gotham City... more 

(L-R) Actors Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Christian Bale and Morgan Freeman attend "The Dark Knight Rises" New York Premiere on July 16 in New York City. With a fixation on random violence, Gotham City dysfunction and the death of a star, the "Batman" movies have long been consumed with tragedy and terror. Now an unfathomable horror is forever linked to the series less