''Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell'' is a 2016 American

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featuring the superhero character

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. The movie takes its name from a 1970s

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book title. The film is set within the same continuity as '' Avengers Assemble'' and ''

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''. It is the second film in the Marvel Animated Universe after '' Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight!''.

Plot

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brings

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to assist fighting rampaging

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night, which were young teens stuck dreaming and changed into the monsters that they fear. During battle, Hulk randomly reverts to an unconscious Bruce Banner. Doctor Strange planned a trip to the Dream Dimension with the Hulk to get to the bottom of the monsters while confronting

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. Before this happens, they call upon the

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(consisting of

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form,

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, Vampire by Night / Nina Price,

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, and Minotaur / Benito Serrano) to watch over their physical forms and contain the rampaging monsters. Banner and Hulk split for their trip to other dimension with Banner using the dream version of Iron Man's Hulkbuster armor.

Cast

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, Waiter *

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, Countdown *

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as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange * Matthew Waterson as

* Edward Bosco as Vince Marcus / Warwolf,

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, Reveler * Jon Olson as Dr. Theodore "Ted" Sallis / Man-Thing, Rorgg, Sporr, Zzutak * Michael Robles as Benito Serrano * Mike Vaughn as

's Undead Form *

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as Eric, Kid Dressed as Ninja * Hope Levy as Gayle, Kid Dressed as Pirate, Kid Dressed as Princess *

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as Ana, Kid Dressed as Vampire, Kid Dressed as Football Player *

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as Nina Price / Vampire by Night, Bee Girl, Nurse

Production

The film is produced by

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Jamie Simone Jamie Simone is an American voice director and producer, best known for directing ''Naruto'', ''Sailor Moon'' and ''Tiger & Bunny''. He is the owner of the recording studio Studiopolis. In 2012, he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outs ...

serves as the casting and voice director.

Release

''Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell'' was first announced and had its world premiere at the 2016

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. The film was released on

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on October 21, 2016. In 2017, it was released on

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. In 2022, it left the streaming service. The film later became available to stream on

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Reception

Joe Garza of ''

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'' stated, "While this is primarily a Hulk flick, the inclusion of Doctor Strange and the haunted heroes of the Howling Commandos makes ''Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell'' an absolute blast." Gab Hernandez of ''

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'' included ''Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell'' in their "8 Best Adaptations of Doctor Strange In Movies and TV" list, writing, "While the movie is definitely more of a fun monster mash than a strong narrative, that's totally fine for a comic book movie meant for kids." Johnny Brayson of ''

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'' ranked ''Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell'' 10th in their "19 Best Animated Movies On Netflix Right Now" list. Ben Silverio of ''ScienceFiction.com'' ga