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Scooby-Doo: Return to Zombie Island

Original title: Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
  • Video
  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
2.8K
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Matthew Lillard and Frank Welker in Scooby-Doo: Return to Zombie Island (2019)
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The gang is pulled out of retirement to investigate a mystery on a familiar zombie-infested island.The gang is pulled out of retirement to investigate a mystery on a familiar zombie-infested island.The gang is pulled out of retirement to investigate a mystery on a familiar zombie-infested island.

  • Directors
    • Cecilia Aranovich
    • Ethan Spaulding
  • Writers
    • Jeremy Adams
    • Davis Doi
    • Glenn Leopold
  • Stars
    • Frank Welker
    • Grey DeLisle
    • Matthew Lillard
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    2.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Cecilia Aranovich
      • Ethan Spaulding
    • Writers
      • Jeremy Adams
      • Davis Doi
      • Glenn Leopold
    • Stars
      • Frank Welker
      • Grey DeLisle
      • Matthew Lillard
    • 68User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Frank Welker
    Frank Welker
    • Scooby-Doo
    • (voice)
    • …
    Grey DeLisle
    Grey DeLisle
    • Daphne Blake
    • (voice)
    • (as Grey Griffin)
    Matthew Lillard
    Matthew Lillard
    • Shaggy Rogers
    • (voice)
    Kate Micucci
    Kate Micucci
    • Velma Dinkley
    • (voice)
    Janell Cox
    Janell Cox
    • Cat Person
    • (voice)
    • …
    David Herman
    David Herman
    • Jack
    • (voice)
    • …
    John Michael Higgins
    John Michael Higgins
    • Alan Smithee
    • (voice)
    Dave B. Mitchell
    Dave B. Mitchell
    • Driver
    • (voice)
    • …
    Cassandra Peterson
    Cassandra Peterson
    • Elvira
    • (voice)
    Roger Rose
    Roger Rose
    • Lead Cat Person
    • (voice)
    • …
    Travis Willingham
    Travis Willingham
    • Seaver
    • (voice)
    • Directors
      • Cecilia Aranovich
      • Ethan Spaulding
    • Writers
      • Jeremy Adams
      • Davis Doi
      • Glenn Leopold
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    5OmisaurusX

    Very Very Average Sequel

    Pros: -Good animation -A few funny moments -No political correctness, virtue signalling

    Cons: -Bad story -Disappointing antagonists -Unnecessarily stretched to make a 80 min movie

    Bottom line: Only watch it if you are a Scooby-Doo fan and have some time to spare.
    5sallyannandrew

    Disappointed

    So disappointed. I wasn't expecting much though to be honest. 'Scooby Doo on Zombie Island' and the few films that followed it - 'Scooby Doo and the Witches Ghost', 'Scooby Doo and the Alien Invaders' - were actually GOOD. But 'Zombie Island' was far and away the best. They updated the whole Scooby Gang, filled them out a bit, gave them something a little more three dimensional to work with, modern clothes, careers etc. But best of all, was the writing - it was solid, and entertaining and even as a grown up person, I still enjoy watching those movies. So then they go and do THIS. I'm being very generous giving this a 5. It is a typical, cheap, slap up sequel that distorts the original story, has no continuity - it is just plain old lazy. The animation is cheap and tired, the gang are back in their frankly ancient garb again. This is a vastly inferior offering.

    Look, Scooby Doo is part of my life, it's like comfort food. I am a fully grown up person now, bordering on middle age. I have small children, and I would follow Scooby and Shaggy off a cliff. Their enormous sandwiches make me laugh every.darn.time even though the gag is so over used. But honestly, don't tarnish a timeless classic by churning out these cheap, poorly written, tired old straight to DVD jaunts that bank on people watching them simply because we love Scooby Doo. Take a good, hard look at the original zombie island film and take notes - THAT is how you keep a franchise like this going. Please, please, no more cheap, badly written, badly animated sequels.
    6MinistryofDoom

    R'uh-Oh! They're back at Zombie Island!

    What better way to get into the Halloween season than with a new entry into the long-running Scooby Doo franchise? This claims to be a sequel to the original Zombie Island film, but it's unique enough that it doesn't require that kids (or adults) watch the 1998 film first or have any knowledge about it. In fact, you could just accept the fact that the gang were on this island before and that many years ago they solved a mystery there....as Mystery Inc. is known to do.

    In recent years, Warner Brothers has made strange decisions in redesigning the characters and changing the animation style. However, I'm quite happy that the animation and design of this film is very close to the original Scooby Doo cartoons. Frank Welker, AKA: the original Fred, is back, as is Matthew Lillard who, taking over from the late Casey Kasem and Billy West and has been acting as/voicing Shaggy since 2002.

    The plot lures you in with what you think will be a pretty straight forward story, as far as Scooby Doo cartoons go, but then it hits you with something entirely different, which I appreciated. Its very funny, entertaining, good for all ages, but still at 80 minutes it felt a little long. It could have been condensed to an hour. Overall, a pretty good entry in the Scooby Doo brand. I give this film a 6 out of 10.
    4JoBloTheMovieCritic

    Scooby Doo: Return to Zombie Island

    4/10 - an uninspired and rather bland mystery is a disappointment to the beloved franchise
    3icwhite

    Like, What the Actual F@$&!

    Story is very bland and uninspired. Sure they mention quite a lot from the first movie, but NEVER took it back to the things that made the first one unique. A complete waste of time, and a VERY disrespectful sequel to Zombie Island.

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    • Trivia
      In Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998), Mystery Inc. were presented as adults with jobs. Daphne and Fred were television journalists on a show where she was also the hostess, Velma owned a bookstore, and Shaggy and Scooby were US Customs agents. However, the floating timeline of the direct-to-video series has retconned them from adults back to teenagers. This movie is established as taking place less than a year after Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (2019), where they were stated to be on the verge of turning 18. This resulted in some impromptu, and often unconvincing, retcons to explain some of the scenes shown in flashback. For example, Daphne's journalism is changed to her being on a school project, which for some reason gained interest from Chris the talk show host. The bookstore and Customs bits are simply never mentioned.
    • Goofs
      Even though never shown in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998), there could have been a guest book for Mystery Inc. to have signed off-screen. Although it was a private residence, it more operated like a bed and breakfast to help Simone lure people to the island, in which case a guest book would make sense.
    • Crazy credits
      The ending credits feature "outtakes" from the movie-within-the-movie, accompanied by Elvira commentary.
    • Connections
      Edited into Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020)

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      • September 3, 2019 (United States)
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      • Warner Bros. Animation
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      • 1h 20m(80 min)
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