Scooby-Doo has had an…interesting lifespan. It started out strong in 1969 with Scooby Doo, Where are you? and continued with through the 80s with a string of shows that got progressively worse as it went along. Then, in 1998, Scooby Doo on Zombie Island came along. And thanks to it being absolutely awesome, the Scooby Doo franchise was revived. The movie takes place several years after the Mystery Inc. gang have gone their separate ways. Now a popular TV show host, Daphne, and her cameraman, Fred, are suddenly feeling nostalgic. They gather their scattered pals, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby Doo, and set forth on a roadtrip for a new segment in Daphne’s show. They’re out to find real ghosts. Their journey eventually leads them to New Orleans, where they learn of a mysterious haunted house on secluded Moon Scar Island. The gang investigates the island and discover many strange happenings. Then zombies burst out of the ground...The movie takes the franchise in a noticeably darker direction than previous Scooby cartoons. Indeed, this movie seems to have aged with the audience, if you can believe that. The zombies are gruesome and, well, actually kind of scary for something supposedly aimed at little kids. The origin behind the zombies is particularly dark and violent, involving lots of brutal deaths (all shown off-screen, of course). Future Scooby Doo animated movies would “lighten up”, and as such, this remains the darkest and most violent story in Scooby Doo history and, in my personal opinion, the greatest thing the series has ever produced. Even if you never liked Scooby Doo, I think you’d be pretty pleased with this movie. It’s very different from most Scooby material before and after it and it's worth a look.
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