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Welcome to ‘Bradley’s Basement’ blog and I’m Tim Bradley!

I’ve finished checking out a collection of ‘Scooby-Doo’ films that I’ve been watching since I purchased the 4-disc DVD set in April 2024 when I was in Leicester attending the ‘Comic Con Mania Leicester’. I know it’s taken me a while to review these films, but I’m glad to have seen them at last.

As a reminder, I’ve had my fair share of ‘Scooby-Doo’ film reviews to share on ‘Bradley’s Basement’, including ‘Scooby-Doo Meets Batman’, ‘Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold’, the 2020 film ‘Scoob!’, and recently ‘Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase’. These four films are pretty enjoyable.

The first film is ‘Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders’, which was direct-to-video released in 2000. Apparently, it’s the third direct-to-video ‘Scooby-Doo’ film and it’s a film that has the monsters being on Mystery Inc’s side whilst the humans are the main villains, which I suppose is quite a twist here. 🙂

In the film, the Mystery Inc. gang of Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo are caught up in a case of cosmic proportions, including UOs, intergalactic intrigue and an out-of-this-world romance. Apparently, it’s Shaggy and Scooby who are involved in the out-of-this-world romance in this film. 😀

In terms of the voice cast, there’s Scott Innes voicing both Scooby and Shagg, Frank Welker as Fred, B. J. Ward as Velma and the late Mary Kay Bergman as Daphne. Apparently, this was the last ‘Scooby Doo’ film to have Mary Kay Bergman as Daphne, following her death in November 1999, which is sad.

Mark Hamill, well-known for playing Luke Skywalker in ‘Star Wars’, play three character in this film, including Steve, an Agent and a Fake MP. It seems that Mark Hamill did a lot of voice work in his career compared to his live action roles. After all, he did voice the Joker in ‘Batman: The Animated Series’. 🙂

I enjoyed checking out ‘Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders’, especially involving the scenes where Scooby and Shaggy were constantly chased by the so-called aliens. It was also nice to see Scooby and Shaggy having their romances with photographer Crystal and her dog Amber respectively in the film.

The second film I saw in the 4-film collection is ‘Scooby Doo and the Witch’s Ghost’, which was released in 1999 and it was the second of the direct-to-video films to be released, featuring Scooby and the Mystery Inc. gang. Yes, there have been these plenty of direct-to-video films over the years.

I don’t know why these films weren’t released in release order in the 4-disc DVD collection. Anyway, the film’s plot involves the Mystery Inc. gang to travel to the New England town of Oakhaven, on the invitation of horror writer Ben Ravencroft, who happens to be voiced by Tim Curry himself. Amazing!

I’ve seen Tim Curry in ‘Muppet Treasure Island’ and ‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’. It was nice to hear him voice Ben Ravencroft in the film. Whilst the reveal of the villain’s identity may be obvious, it was nice to have the build up to the reveal of the villain after a culprit was exposed to everyone. 🙂

Apparently, ‘The Witch’s Ghost’ features supernatural elements instead of traditionally fabricated ones that ‘Scooby-Doo’ is associated with. Thus, it gives the film its darker tone. Apparently, a novelization of ‘Scooby-Doo and the Witch Ghost’ was published after the release of the actual film.

Maybe I should check it out sometime. The cast also includes Scott Innes as Scooby and Shaggy, Frank Welker as Fred, Mary Kay Bergman as Daphne and B. J. Ward as Velma. There’s also the Hex Girls gothic rock band – Jane Wieldlin as Dusk, Jennifer Hales as Thorn and Kimberly Brooks as Luna.

The third ‘Scooby-Doo’ film in the 4-film collection is ‘Scooby Doo on Zombie Island’. This was the first direct-to-video ‘Scooby-Doo’ film released in 1998. I should check out these films chronologically should I ever have the opportunity to do a ‘Scooby-Doo’ marathon in future on my blog. 🙂

In the film, Scooby, Scooby, Fred, Velma and Daphne reunite after a year-long hiatus from Mystery Inc., as they investigate a bayou island said to be haunted by the ghost of the pirate Morgan Moonscar. At least the Mystery Inc. reunion feels genuine compared to the 2002 live action film.

‘Zombie Island’ has a much darker tone compared to most ‘Scooby-Doo’ problems. After all, there are actual supernatural creature like zombies and werecats featured in the film instead of people in costumes, and it’s considered one of the most popular ‘Scooby-Doo’ films ever made over the years.

Scott Innes voices Scooby-Doo in the film, Billy West voices Shaggy, Mary Kay Bergman voices Daphne, Frank Welker voices Fred and B. J. Ward as Velma. The werecats included Adrienne Barbeau as Simone Lenoir and Tara Charendoff as Lena Dupree. These werecat woman can be pretty scary. 😐

It was funny when Scooby-Doo was bent on chasing cats as soon as he saw them on the island. 😀 And it was funny when Scooby and Shaggy kept eating hot peppers in the film. There’s also Jim Cumming as werecat Jacques and (once again) Mark Hamill voices the aggressive Snakebite Scrugg. 🙂

The fourth and final film in the ‘Scooby-Doo’ 4-film collection is ‘Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster’. Sadly, no Zygons from ‘Doctor Who’ are involved. 😀 This film was released in 2004 and is the seventh in the ‘Scooby-Doo’ direct-to-video film series. This was fun and enjoyable film to watch.

It was intriguing and amusing to see how Scotland is depicted in the ‘Scooby-Doo’ world. In the film, Scooby-Doo and Mystery Inc. travel to Scotland to visit Daphne’s relatives at Blake Castle. I would never have thought Daphne would have a Scottish heritage in the time I’ve seen her in ‘Scooby-Doo’.

I wonder if Sarah Michelle Gellar can pull it off with a Scottish accent should she ever get to play Daphne again in a live-action ‘Scooby-Doo’ film. However, Blake Castle happens to be situated on Loch Ness, which is home of the Loch Ness Monster. Will our heroes solve a case on the creature? 😐

The film’s voice cast includes Frank Welker as Scooby and Fred, Casey Kasem as Shaggy, Grey DeLisle as Daphne and Shannon (Daphne’s Scottish cousin) and Mindy Cohn as Velma. It was funny when Scooby and Shaggy weren’t keen to have Haggis, as it has a sheep’s heart, liver, lungs and stomach.

I wouldn’t have been keen either. 😀 Apparently, this is the first ‘Scooby-Doo’ film to have Mindy Cohn voice Velma and Grey DeLisle returns to voice Daphne following ‘Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase’. All of the voice actors are from the ‘What’s New, Scooby Doo?’ TV series, which I’ve not seen properly.

The ‘Scooby-Doo!’ 4-film collection has been great to check out, especially with watching the films on DVD. I’m glad I purchased the DVD collection when I was in Leicester earlier this year in April, and it’s nice to have these films to watch and enjoy to, especially when unwinding after a very long day. 🙂

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now!

Tim 🙂