Okay, so this film has a few flaws. The lack of Casey Kasem voicing Shaggy is the biggest of these, although Billy West (aka Phillip J. Fry from Futurama) does a passable imitation. Also gone is the late great Don Messick, long-time voice of Scooby. Sadly, Messick died of a stroke the year before the release of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998), leaving the sorely underpar previous three Scooby-Doo movies as his latest legacy. Luckily, Scooby is a voice that's hard to get wrong, and Scott Innes fills in seamlessly.
Normally, the replacement of the two main voice actors for a cartoon would be devestating, but the previous three Scooby-Doo movies give Zombie Island nowhere to go but up. And up it goes, setting a tremendous new bar for SD movies to follow. And guess who we owe this renewed quality to? Who but the Japanese. For Zombie Island, Hannah-Barbera pass the reins over to a Japanese production company, and not a moment too soon. The previous three films' attempt at a slapstick humor format had nearly driven a once great franchise into the ground. The humor was abysmal, the lame puns were interminable, and the animation was downright deplorable. Zombie Island turns it all around.
For starters, no Scrappy. Let me repeat that. No stupid Scrappy-Doo. Thank fucking god. And better yet, the gang's all back! That's right, we get the original crew back: Fred, Daphne, Velma, and even the Mystery Machine. Hell, Zombie Island's clunky "getting the gang back together and filling in the gaps on where everybody's been" intro didn't even faze me, I was so overjoyed to have the original characters back.
Turns out, Daphne and Fred have been producing a television show, traveling around the country doing ghost hunter stuff. Unfortunately, all the "ghosts" have proven to be fake, in the tradition of the original "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" series. Feeling disaffected and looking for a change, Daphne and Fred enlist the help of their old partners in crime, and the gang head down to New Orleans to see if they can rustle up some real ghosts. After a few misadventures in the Big Easy, exposing convoluted plots involving fake ghosts, the gang head deep into the bayou on a tip about a real haunting.
Shortly after arriving on Moonscar Island, home of the hottest peppers in Louisianna, the gang encounter supernatural goings-on. The clues seem to point to the ghost of Moonscar the Pirate as the culprit, but is something more sinister going on here? As Daphne and Fred wrestle back and forth over a supernatural vs. earthly explanation, Scooby and Shaggy run afoul of the house's mistress and her numerous cats. What exactly is going on in the bayou? Why does the gardener act so suspicious? And are those real zombies rising from the swamp in the moonlight?
Zombie Island has thankfully abandoned the comedy format, although there are some good laughs in the film, derived mainly from a wry self-parodying humor. No stupid puns, no silly slapstick, no schtick. Instead, we see a return to the mystery roots of the show, and even a re-imagining of the traditional earthly explanation to supernatural events.
The animation here is superb, crisp and modern, yet retaining the high contrast and deep shadows prevalent in the original series. The cinematography is fun and inventive, utilizing flashbacks, fades, focus techniques, and unique camera angles that put the previous American-produced movies to shame. The score by Steven Bramson, while at times over-the-top, is exactly what this film needs. It's good enough, and professional enough, to denote this film as a serious effort in the Scooby-Doo catalog, and not just some piece of cinema trash or fluff. Even the incredibly cheesy montage/interlude songs and the Scooby Doo theme performed by Third Eye Blind (!?!!?) aren't enough to significantly detract.
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island marks a triumphant return to really good Scooby-Doo. God love the Japanese.
Storyline & plot: 7/10
Cinematography & effects: 8/10
Music & mood: 7/10
Performances: 5/10
The Reverend says: 7/10
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