![]() ![]() The group’s first few efforts wind up being a string of the usual wires and projectors and men in masks, but a seemingly chance encounter in New Orleans leads them to Moonscar Island, with the promise of honest-to-god ghosts. ![]() ![]() She’s promoting her investigative journalism show, and the gang has since gone their separate ways.įortunately, it isn’t too long before they’re reunited as a birthday present for Daphne put together by Fred, then it’s off on a cross-country road trip to try and find footage of the real-life supernatural for her show. The film opens on the all too familiar scene of the gang investigating a run-down gothic castle, only to reveal it as simply a story being retold by Daphne. The film would prove to be one that effectively brought the franchise roaring back to life: a new series would come four years later and Zombie Island would prove to be the first of over thirty direct-to-video films made for the franchise.įrom its very first moments, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island strikes a near-perfect balance between the classic feel of the original show while also pulling it in a darker, more compelling direction. Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island actually started life as a direct-to-video movie, ordered by Time Warner to try and capitalize on this newfound popularity. Those Cartoon Network reruns were in fact what led the franchise back to a late ’90s resurgence in popularity, after a number of follow-up iterations of the show that led to increasingly diminished returns and would eventually wind down in 1991 with A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. cartoons that Cartoon Network would air on the weekends. Some of my best memories from growing up were the Saturday mornings spent at the edge of my parent’s bed, watching the reruns of classic Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. The Scooby-Doo franchise isn’t just one I love, it’s a foundational piece of both my love of horror and my love of animation alike (and thanks to Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost, likely to blame for my soft spot for goth women). So it was with a little bit of apprehension that I approached the idea of rewatching Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island for its twenty-fifth anniversary, as the film was a personal favorite of mine growing up. What once thrilled us as children often loses some of its appeal as we grow older-or worse, we realize that a childhood favorite is nowhere near as good as we remember it being. There’s always some risk involved when revisiting something you loved growing up. ![]()
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