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Scooby-Doo! And the Witch's Ghost
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Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
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Directed By: Jim Stenstrum
Audience Rating: Unrated
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Theatrical Release: October 5, 1999
Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
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Starring: Scott Innes, Frank Welker, Mary Kay Bergman, B.J. Ward, Jane Wiedlin
From a mysterious museum to a haunted New England village, join Scooby-Doo and the Gang as they set out on their most spellbinding adventure ever! When world-famous horror writer Ben Ravencroft tracks down the Mystery Inc. team to figure out why a ghost has decided to haunt his hometown's popular Autumn Harvest festival, suspicious spirits are only the beginning! Before long, Scooby, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne and Fred find themselves delving dangerously deep into Ravencroft's family secrets. Was his beloved ancestor Sarah a kindhearted healer, or an evil witch whose legacy now threatens the town...and maybe even the world? With out-of-this-world excitement, spine-tingling thrills and supernatural fun, follow Scooby, Shaggy and the rest of the gang through every hilariously hair-raising twist of their all-new animated feature to find out!
User Submitted Scooby-Doo! And the Witch's Ghost Reviews
November 16, 2008
too few gags, too much pro-Wiccan time waste
We love Scooby and crew, but the series is supposed to be focused on humor, not on preaching in defense of Wiccans. There are several scenes here where Velma's character makes extended, and extremely boring, defenses of Wiccans as misunderstood kind-hearts. That's fine for the New York Times op-ed page, but it bores the kids. These Hollywood writers were so busy trying to annoy Christians, they forgot to write some jokes. Total waste of money and time.
October 30, 2008
Great Movie
My daughter loves this movie. She likes the Hex Girls' singing as well as Scooby Doo. I would say that I like it, but I have been forced to watch it on a daily basis since we got it. Be prepared to hear your little one singing, "I'm a Hex Girl, and I'm gonna put a spell on you!" Seriously, it's a good little movie, and the pleasure it brings is well worth the price.
October 12, 2008
One of Scooby and the gang's best!
I find it very sad that people will use anything, even our lovable Scooby and the Gang, to promote their particular religious and or political dogma. In reading the various reviews and comments on this site as well as others I found nothing unexpected from both the Christian Right and Wiccan/Pagan Left side of the coin. I encourage those who have written to try and read all of the posts again and although it will be hard for you to pry open your closed minds just maybe you'll notice the one really interesting thing, that the outraged "Christian" posts are almost identical to the outraged "Pagan/Wiccan/Witch" posts in tone and intolerance. As for the film I don't see this as being in any way scary but you should base that on what you know of your child's disposition. My daughter has been devoted to Scooby since she was 7 months old, she is now a year and 4 months. Of all the films this is her most favorite due in large part to the band of Gothic girls called the Hex Girls. Is this film a historically accurate depiction of those who call themselves "Wiccans, Witches or Goths", of course not. That is why it is not listed as a documentary. It is a cartoon with a talking dog that is now a family tradition every Halloween and Thanksgiving season
September 19, 2008
Scooby Doo teaching my children Wicca----Really?????
I found this totally inappropriate. I guess it's my fault for not reading the back of the dvd, but I didn't expect to have a Scooby-Doo movie attempt to educate my 3 and 5 year old about any religion.
May 28, 2008
Its Just a movie--Get a grip--Use your imagination!!!!!
People who said this movie was bad---it is just like any other scooby doo...scooby doo over all deals with monsters...so what if it deals with witches..I believe in Jesus too but I teach my kids the difference between reality and fiction..It is the parents job to do so...Its just imagination...get a grip..If you watched scooby doo back in the day...then you shouldn't have a problem with this one...isn't all monsters bad? My 3 kids all do prayer time and all are taught to believe in Jesus but we don't have a problem with movies overall because we know that they are just a movie...Parents do your job---Its not television or movies that teach kids---Parents should...Learn to know that movies with witches or monsters---you have to be smart enough to know that its just a movie...all scooby doo deals with some kind of ghost of monsters--hello that is what scooby doo is about--DUH! I watched scary movies back in the day but I am not going to act like the bad guy in the movie. I guess we who love the classic Wizard of Oz is evil--cause Geeze it has Witches in it!
March 11, 2008
Very, Very Unexpected Surprise
This movie is much better than any of the other Scooby movies. It plays closer to the real series than the other ones (Aladdin and Zombie, which are horrible) and adults can enjoy watching this movie right along with their kids. The soundtrack is awesome.
If you like Scooby Doo and the Gang, this is a must see.
January 28, 2008
Too scary for younger kids, odd storyline
This isn't nearly as good as the other Scooby films. It is darker and scarier and our young child who has no trouble with other Scooby shows was frightened in several spots, including the opening scene where the bad guys come after the gang with axes. And, as you know from other reviews, the witch is real and both she and the main human bad guy die in the end when they are entrapped inside a magic book which is then burned.
The Wicca stuff is more distracting than alarming and it's handled so confusingly there's no way anybody is going to be converted by this movie. However, they took so much time pointlessly trying to explain the differences between the good Wiccans, the evil witch, and the girl band members who just pretend to be Wiccan to sell more albums, that it detracts from the story. This is a comedy and exposition is never funny. So why is it crammed into a story that was already bloated? Perhaps the gang can solve that mystery in a future adventure.
January 24, 2008
scobby dooooooooooooooooooo!
i love scooby doo movies! funny and sort of scary at times but really a blast.
January 18, 2008
Scooby meets - REAL MONSTERS!
My son picked this movie out at Blockbuster... the first time we watched it, he was 3 and absolutely obsessed with Scooby and the gang. He loved the movie but was a bit frightened by it.
We let our children watch Scooby because, no matter how scary the monsters look... they are always just a man in a mask. The show used to point out how if you just use your brain you can figure out mysteries and that there are no real monsters. That whole theory was blown out of the water by this Scooby (and Zombie Island as well).
First off, the artwork is just a little different, the colors are bolder and the creatures are drawn scarier... much scarier than... say... the Miner 49er. Then as a parent who has probably already suffered through both the best and worst of Scooby (the Reluctant Werewolf being among the worst) you will have to suffer through a bunch of Wiccan girls in a rock band called the "Hex Girls" who pontificate on how wonderful the Wiccan religion is. I don't particularly care either way about the religion of the Hex Girls, and although I have nothing against the Wiccan beliefs... I just don't see where ANY religion belongs in Scooby Doo. Just about the point where you as a parent feel your breakfast about to make a reappearance over the constant yapping about religion... the Hex Girls sing... they aren't Bad... they just aren't good.
One of the better points of the movie is that Tim Curry makes a VO appearance... and is fabulous as always... Then we get to the point where the gang unmasks the bad guy... and you think to yourself... Okay FINALLY, this is over and I can get my TV back... but you are wrong. Instead of ending it where they should have, a REAL GHOST OF A WITCH comes back and terrorizes Scooby and the gang. I sat there in a fury after this was over. Who the heck wrote this? I thought... they missed the WHOLE POINT of Scooby... which is that the monsters are never real.
If I had been watching this with an 11 year old I probably wouldn't have had an issue with this... but the 3-6 group, who loves Scooby with all of their hearts, and drags their Scooby Stuffed animal around with them... should be able to count on Scooby and Gang always unmasking the baddie and it being the Gardener or the Butler, or the Old man from scene 1... there should NEVER be a real monster in Scooby.. NEVER.
4 stars on the Artwork
2 stars on the sound track
3 stars on the rest of the film
PS- If you are a religious fanatic of the Christian persuasion you will probably flip your lid at the Wiccan bits.
January 5, 2008
Good potential, but horribly flawed
The idea for this movie certainly had promise, and it's not like the idea (what would Scooby-Doo be like if the monsters were real?) couldn't be successful--Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island is clearly enjoyable. However, despite some strong points (the major plot twist isn't bad, and Tim Curry is better than memorable until overacting ruins it near the end), the plot drags in the middle and the big climax could have used some of the time the middle didn't need.
Also, there's a big build-up to the song the Hex-Girls (the Wiccan band mentioned in a few other reviews) are going to perform, and the show makes the mistake of having them actually perform it at the end. The song alone is bad enough that it moves me from not being sure whether to give this movie two or three stars to making it clear that it doesn't deserve more than two.
If you want to get one of these new Scooby-Doo movies, skip this one and get Zombie Island instead.
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