arkmabat This is my absolute favorite Scooby Doo film released after the early 90s gap of no Scooby movies. To start off, the animation is well above par. There are beautiful hand-drawn scenes without the loads of computer editing and digital auto-correct painting we see in many shows today. A lot of time and money was put into the visuals. The characters really get into their personalities, both the voice acting and the animation, but the animation even more so. Classic animation principles such as "exaggeration" and "squash and stretch" are utilized to great effect in this film. The voice acting is done very well, with a special appearance from Cam Clarke, who many cartoon addicts will also know as the classic voice of Leonardo from the old Ninja Turtles series. One major and unfortunate disappointment is that Shaggy eats meat in this film and so Casey Casem (Shaggy's original and familiar voice actor) wouldn't do the voice acting for Shaggy in this film. Really though, how could he not eat meat in the South? It adds to its historical and geographical accuracy for me and what was needed to be done was done. Young viewers who haven't been to the South will learn a thing or two about southern food, that's for sure. Anyway...The soundtrack is one worth noting. I adore Steve Bramson's work, as well as the other various rock bands who play some 90s alternative rock for the film. I actually got around to emailing the composer and he mailed me back, saying: "My score to Scooby Doo on Zombie Island is also one of my favorites. Thanks for your interest in my work. As to background-that could be a long answer! l'll just say that I've been around music my whole life and absorbed from everything I've heard over these many years. As far as the theme goes, and I assume you mean the lyrical one (there's also a couple of other darker ones), I attribute that lyricism to my early years playing a lot of jazz and in so doing learning all of the classic songs, all of which had such great melodies. More specifically, I think I derive a lot of inspiration from the project itself: watching the video, getting into the story and mood. Somehow this translates to a musical idea and I'm off to the races! Certainly for Scooby Doo, I was drawing on the clichés of old horror movies and tried to have fun with that." Bramson composed music for the old intense TV show JAG and won the "Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction And Composition". Pretty big name for a cartoon, needless to say. Lastly, the plot is interesting and engaging but not historical at all. There were no colonies like the one depicted in the South around the 1800s and the idea of the fictional deity referred to in the film seems to be stolen from an episode of the classic show, season three, "Make A Beeline Away From That Feline". Apart from not being historical though, there are many interesting twists and turns that keep the viewer engaged. It's simple enough for a child to follow but potentially intriguing to a wider audience as well. Humorous antics between Shaggy and Scooby add a nice contrast to the slightly dark theme at hand. There is more violence in this film than probably any other Scooby Doo cartoon combined, so something to keep in mind if you have very young children. It would have easily received a PG rating and some have even suggested PG-13. Y7 seems like the most appropriate rating to give it though.Anyway, I hope this is helpful and as you can probably see, I love this movie to death, even now that I'm in college. Some films pass the test of time and for me, this one has.

zombiefan89 A must see for any Scooby fan. Capturing the essence of the thirty plus year old source material was a very hard to do, but they did it! My favorite was Frank Welker as the first, the last, and the only voice for Fred Jones in the series! With the majority of the original cast no longer with us, it's great to always have Frank voicing Fred. The opening is very touching. You can't even hear the age in his voice! He sounds just as youthful and natural as the rest of the cast! Seeing the gang separated after moving on with their lives and finally reunited was heart warming. It was reminiscent of close friends from high school, that post college, we only speak over the phone or via Facebook. The story was well written. The dialogue as well. It has some scary imagery that may give little kids nightmares. The detail on the monsters is quite something. Overall, as I said before, it's a must watch for Scooby fans. I would say age 7 to infinity!

morantjavonte This movie was great! Heck, all are great but this is one that is more than great...IT IS Awesome! Now the gang have retired from solving mysteries, Something that they all kinda regret doing. Velma is bored of selling books based on true mysteries. Fred and Daphne are stars of their own TV shows. And last, My favorite Pals are security guards of a airport. As life is getting harder, They decide to take a break and solve you know what again. But this time the Monsters are real. Its enjoyable and funny to me. I hope its the same to you. Note: It could be little scary for children ages 4-8. It would be better to watch it as a family.

TheLittleSongbird I love Zombie Island very much, one of the best Scooby Doo movies easily along with Witch's Ghost. The animation was very good(one of the best-looking Scooby films), and so was the very 90s soundtrack, Terror Time's extremely catchy. The voice talents, while not as great as the ones in the two films I mentioned, are extremely good. The standouts are Billy West and Adrienne Barbeau.(with a great french-sounding accent), I also really liked Tara Charendoff as Lena, so much better than she was in the Little Mermaid sequel, where her character was very annoying. I also really liked the sophisticated and very atmospheric plot, which was refreshingly different also, about a pirate's ghost haunting a Louisianna plantation, the scenes with the zombies are genuinely unsettling(at times too much so perhaps). I never predicted the ending, I really didn't, no other ending in a Scooby Doo has been more creepy or had as much staying power. I especially loved the scenes with Scooby chasing the cats(the peppers gags were even funnier), they were funny and captures the spirit of classic Scooby very well. My only real criticism was that very young children will find it very frightening, as my sister did when she was 7, so much so she refused to see it for ages. All in all, a very good film, that is up there with Witch's Ghost, Alien Invaders and Goblin King. 9/10 Bethany Cox