tomcomer-41751 One of the greatest scooby doo movies. Whilst a bit confusing at times this is a a classic for all of them

Dalton Kennedy Hi all! I just bought this DVD last night, since I hadn't seen it in years. I have no idea how I stayed away from it for so long! It is one my personal favorite Scooby-Doo movies yet! The plot is great. Mystery Inc. goes with horror writer Ben Ravencroft (voiced by Tim Curry) to his hometown for the Autumn Fest. Once they hear that Ben's ancestor, who was a Wiccan but was killed because they thought she was a witch, is haunting the town, the gang goes into action. The movie is very great, and just when you think the mystery's been solved, there is a BIG surprise. The music was also great. The Hex Girls songs are just awesome, and Billy Ray Cyrus was great singing the Scooby-Doo theme! This is a must watch for any Scooby-Doo fan!

Alexis (griffin84) Spoilers herein.If this movie happens right after "Scooby Doo on Zombie Island", we have toassume that Mystery Inc. has gotten back together, becoming the famed sleuths once again. The show opens up with the gain going after monsters in a famous museum, although they don't get the catch: Ben Ravencroft, a famous horrorwriter, apparently snuck in and gets to catch the bad guys! The whole ordeal doesn't hit the gang until the masked men walk away saying they "would havegotten away with it if it weren't for that meddling... writer!" Freddy does have to admit, he's glad that for once they aren't called kids (at this point, we have to assume by now the gang is in their 20's, possibly even 30's,). Ben invites the gang to his hometown in Massachusets and tells them about his ancestor, Sarah Ravencroft, who was rumored to be a witch; he says she was awiccan and was wrongly persecuted. Once arriving in town, they see that, supposedly, Sarah's spirit has been rising to haunt the village, bringing out tons of tourists! Naturally, Ben's not happy. He tells Velma about a journal that Sarah kept, and he's been searching for it so he can clear his family's name. Scooby & Shaggy go about their usual business of eating everything in sight,and come across an all-girl band named the Hex Girls (of course, not beforethinking they're witches). These girls play out the stereotypical goth band, down to the shredded clothes and prosthetic vampire teeth. Somewhere in this time frame, the ghost appears and starts to attack, throwing fireballs at Shaggy & Scooby. It's pretty obvious to the audience this ghost is a fake, shouting stupid lines about her persecution and dressed in typical witch clothing: pointed hat, rope belt, you wonder why the guys behind this didn't add a broomstick!For the sake of people who haven't seen this movie, I won't reveal who is behind the fake ghost (the whole thing gets a little complicated), but the mayor tells Ben he got the idea after accidentally digging up Sarah's grave! Ben's furious, but mostly upset that her journal wasn't there. Suddenly, Velma finds a clue (Jinkies ensue), and locates the journal. Of course, for those of us who have beenpaying attention, it's no surprise that it's no journal: it's a book of spells, and Ben wants to bring back Sarah's spirit (since her blood runs in his veins, he has warlock powers). He starts destroying the village, and pulls Sarah's ghost out of the book, but she's not very grateful... things start to go crazy as Mystery Inc. rushes to defeat both Sarah's ghost and Ben before the whole world isdestroyed!Though most Wiccans will be put off having their dogma thrown around like agag (and a lot of Christians won't be happy with how popular the Wiccanstereotype is viewed), most of the movie isn't half bad. Tim Curry does animpressive job as Ben. The most painful part, overall, is the Hex Girls music. Many a goth-fan or even those of us who understand goths know that theywould NEVER write lyrics like these. Guess Hanna-Barbara decided to dumbdown the lines so kids would understand. Not bad, but I'll stick with the classics any day of the week.

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.