Gaston Leroux’s classic tale, The Phantom of the Opera, is one of the most adapted literary horror stories to date — only beaten out by Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein and Bram Stoker’s Dracula — so it’s a bit surprising that it took Scooby-Doo and the gang this long to give us their take on this classic…
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Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow (2013) – Review
When it comes to animated Halloween specials, the all-round king would be It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, but when it comes to horror for the holidays, one must still give props to Scooby-Doo and the gang. In 2013, an all-new episode titled Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow was released on a two-disc DVD called 13…
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire (2012) – Review
Music has been a key element to Scooby-Doo since the very beginning, from the nonsensical pop songs that highlighted the chase sequences of the original Scooby-Doo, Where are You!, to the appearance of the rock group Hex Girls in Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost, but now with Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire, we get the…
Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (2012) – Review
Continuity and the Scooby-Doo franchise has always been an “oil and water” sort of thing, with retconning and rebooting happening with almost every new incarnation, but in the case of Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon, two beloved characters were basically retconned out of existence.
Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays (2012) – Review
With Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays, we aren’t talking about another animated movie; instead, we’re talking about a Direct-to-DVD Christmas Special that simply runs a little no longer than an average episode. It premiered on the Cartoon Network before being released as part of the 13 Spooky Tales: Holiday Chills and Thrills DVD, and if not as engaging…