Something that made “Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island” a really memorable movie was its art style and mood.
But I don’t think a sequel to this movie is all that necessary or justifiable. I’m not the target audience for Scooby-Doo anymore so that’s out of my control. I don’t want to reject a sequel to this movie because it’ll “ruin my childhood”. It was also of great importance to my childhood.
It took the existence of supernatural phenomena in the Scooby-world (which wasn’t new) and engineered it to create a compelling, dark, and complex mystery. It held Scooby-Doo to a new standard (for the time). It’s reignited a new generation of love for the cartoon after a stagnant period in the 1990′s.
“Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island” is one of the most important pieces of Scooby-Doo media ever made. I’m admittedly weary about this for multiple reasons… So why now?īased on these recent references to that movie, Jesse Silver’s LinkedIn page, and the fact that the 50th Anniversary is the perfect time to celebrate the most celebrated and appreciated Scooby-Doo movie in the franchise, “Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island” makes sense. The Hex Girls make an appearance in that movie and Shaggy and Scooby are seen playing what appears to be a “Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase” video game in the Mystery Machine.īut “Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island” isn’t referenced again anytime after “Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost”. If I remember correctly, the only movie that does reference those four movies aside from “Gourmet Ghost” and “The Curse of the 13th Ghost” is “Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire”. Something to remember too is how the original four DTV Scooby-Doo movies (”Zombie Island”, “Witch’s Ghost”, “Alien Invaders”, and “Cyber Chase”) aren’t often referenced if at all outside of those movies. They’re very uncanny references to “Zombie Island”. And in “The Curse of the 13th Ghost” we see the unmasking of the Moat Monster in a photograph in Daphne’s bedroom. In “Gourmet Ghost” we can see a painting on the wall portraying what appears to be the Moonscar Mansion. I have yet to watch “Gourmet Ghost” myself but I did notice the “Zombie Island” reference in the “The Curse of the 13th Ghost” movie (reference my review of that movie). Then Tumblr user made a post regarding “Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island” easter eggs appearing in the two most recent DTV Scooby-Doo movies (”Scooby-Doo! And the Gourmet Ghost” and “Scooby-Doo! And the Curse of the 13th Ghost”). He had this project listed in his work experience along with a potential King Arthur-themed Scooby-Doo movie (both of these items have since been removed from his experience yet this screenshotted post remains). He wrote a most in July on his LinkedIn page stating that he had just finished work on “Return to Zombie Island”. Jesse Silver is an animator and cartoon artist who has a history (on LinkedIn) of work on various Scooby-Doo projects including direct-to-video movies and “Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!”. I’ve talked about this with other Scooby-Doo fans including the moderator for Scoobypedia. It hasn’t been a huge discussion topic and I find that shocking. Evidence is emerging on the Internet and in Scooby-Doo media that suggest an upcoming “Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island” movie. But something that hasn’t been discussed as prominently or been in the spotlight as much is the potential sequel we are going to be seeing this year to “Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island”. We’re beginning to see a fancy “50th Anniversary” logo popping up on Scooby merchandise, we received a movie that attempted to bring closure to “The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo”, and Shaggy suddenly became an all-powerful meme lord. The 50th Anniversary for the Scooby-Doo franchise has been interesting so far and it just started.
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