Konterr Brilliant and touching

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Jak Roc I will start by confessing that I have not seen all of the animated Direct-to-Video Scooby Doo movies. The ones I have seen, on cartoon network years ago, were the early ones and in my opinion the better ones. I have seen Zombie Island, Witch's Ghost, some of Alien Invaders, and The Cyber Chase.Zombie Island and Witches Ghost are by far my absolute favorites because their plots deviate far from the original series plot. It allowed for the Scooby Doo franchise to explore real horror elements and show events with supernatural elements.Note: Don't get me wrong. The Original Series is still one of the greatest shows ever.Now Witch's Ghost.It pulls off the supernatural-under-the-illusion-of-petty-masked-crime beautifully just like in Zombie Island. It gives the audience the same feeling like they are investigating another simple crime but realize that there really is a supernatural force at work without it being too far fetched.Tim Curry, one of my favorite creepy actors, gives an excellent performance as Ben Ravencroft a horror writer whose family name has some dark history that he wants to clear up. He delivers his role quite well and gives fruitful character development. The additional Hex Girls, a Gothic Metal band, are another very nice addition, if a bit darker and mature for very young minds. Led by Thorn, voiced by the veteran video game voice actress Jennifer Hale, The Hex Girls provide some additional metal music for their introduction and for the credits.These new characters as well the original gang provided an excellent cast for another grand supernatural adventure. This movie provides plenty of laughs, light scares, and a simple yet solid plot that anyone can appreciate.As Tim Curry, Jennifer Hale, Metal and Scooby Doo-fan My opinion may seem biased. But realize that this is a kid's family movie, a genre that has now degenerated into blatantly unintelligent works of absurd fiction without a shred of cleverness or brilliance. This and other Scooby Doo movies (not the live action ones) have stayed true to what can be called proper Family Film values. It has comedy without being a straight-up comedy, it has peril without being traumatic, it has horror without being nightmarish, and it has dialog (one very important key element) that is simple enough that children can understand it easily, but not so lame and dumb that anyone else would find it irritating. It is a film for all ages and a very good one at that. A must watch for fans of the original series, fans of the "What's New Scooby Doo" series, and anyone else who has kids for that matter.

topimdb The main problem with this Scooby outing is that the more recent seasons and films don't compare with the older Scooby Doo episodes of the golden years.Do you remember the glory years? The mysteries had the perfect balance of comedy and comic spookiness. The haunted castles, mansions, and murder mysteries with great setup, better vocal work, and delightful plots and jokes. Unfortunately, the series and films will never equal the glory years, but at least we will eventually be able to own them all on DVD and I'm sure they will continue to play forever on cable. Hell, they could make a Scooby Doo channel with the number of episodes out there.

DarthBill In this follow up to "Zombie Island", Velma finally gets a shot at romance when she and the gang meet Ben Ravencroft, a horror author with a shady family history - was his great, great, great grandma a witch of a wiccan? Well, someone's terrorizing his home town - is it a genuine witch or are the towns people trying to pull a scam? Do those creepy Vampire Singer girls have anything to do with it? The usual gags and calamity ensue.In addition to Velma's love story, another innocent observation is made about Fred & Daphne - namely that Fred is always pairing himself with Daphne when the gang splits up. Shaggy finally shows interest in women, which later becomes a big factor in "Alien Invaders". Shaggy also appears to be shorter here than he used to be; he was always the tallest of the bunch but now appears to be hunched over. Must be the new animation.But this is really about Velma and her long ignored need for love and affection (hinted at when she got all giggly around the rugged detective gardener at the end of "Zombie Island"). Never before has Velma ever had this kind of treatment in an animated Scooby feature, and odds are she won't get it again. And backing her up is the usual gang and good animation. Probably not for little kids though.

windows-2 I watched this movie when it came on Cartoon Network, a cable channel on October 31, 1999. I rated this movie a 10, the animation is much more realistic than the animation with Scooby Doo On Zombie Island which also was broadcasted on Cartoon Network last year on October 31. The soundtrack is really great, the music is much better too. I got bored of hearing the Zombie Island soundtrack which I recorded the whole movie on VHS cassette and a audio cassette so I put it somewhere. The two songs which I like is "The Hex Girls" and "Earth, Wind, Fire, and Air". The acting of the cast members is superb and is MUCH better than Zombie Island. Zombie Island was a great movie untill this year Hanna-Barbera released another Scooby Doo Movie. I hope next year (2000) there will be another Scooby Doo movie. I read somewhere that Hanna-Barbera is rumored to make a live action movie of Scooby Doo, possibly a live action version of Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost with all the cast members that they had in the animated version. I dunno about that but I like Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost, I think Hanna-Barbera is a great company.