Scooby-Doo! And The Legend Of The Vampire Movie
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TAGLINES PLOT SUMMARY
On vacation in Australia, Scooby and the gang attend a music contest held at Vampire Rock—where the legendary 'Yowie Yahoo' Vampire is kidnapping the musical acts, including the Hex Girls. Masquerading as heavy-metal band 'Those Meddling Kids,' Scooby and the others must discover the identity of the Vampire's minions.
| Casey Kasem | Norville 'Shaggy' Rogers |
| Frank Welker | Scooby-Doo, Fred 'Freddy' Jones |
| Nicole Jaffe | Velma Dace Dinkley |
| Heather North | Daphne Blake |
| Jeff Bennett | Jasper Ridgeway, Jack, Lifeguard #1 |
| Kimberly Brooks | Luna |
| Jennifer Hale | Thorn, Queen |
| Tom Kenny | Harry, Stormy Weathers, Barry, Lightning Strikes |
| Scott Jeralds |
5.40 out of 10 (256 votes)
Visitor Reviews
One of the better of the recent Scoobys
posted on 22 Apr 2009I wasn't sure if taking the gang out of their usual locale of haunted mansions and creepy amusement parks and sending them to Australia was a good idea. While it is still a cool movie it would have worked just as well in Death Valley than in the Outback.The villain this time is a Vampire called Yahoo-Yahweh, a bit of stupid name. It never sounds right when the characters say it. That minor quibble aside it's another solid entry in the recent Scooby Made For TV feature-length mysteries. Frank Welker (who's birthday it is today, coincidentally) is back as Fred and Scooby and Kasey Kasem is back as Shaggy (tho Scott Innes was perfect in the previous instalments and it puzzles why he didn't do Scooby's voice in the movie). It feels like a slickly animated version of the original show. Especially considering how Warner have decked the characters in their original clothes after fans objected to the modern clothes in the previous efforts. I have no opinion on this matter.It was cool to see the Hex Girls return and the music this time has a slightly hipper, more techno feel and lacks the orchestral fantasy of Louis Febre's scores for Alien Invaders and Cyber Chase. It's a shame there's no soundtrack CD for this one. I'd definitely buy it.The extras consist of a childish game and a commentary by Shaggy, Scooby and Fred. Which should be fun. The DVD is presented in bright and colorful 1.33:1 full frame (as drawn) with an above average Dolby 5.1 soundtrack.
Neat and Fun
posted on 31 Aug 2008Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire is funPlot: After solving a mystery aboard a cruise ship while on a vacation to Austraila the gang, Fred (Frank Welker), Daphne (Heather North), Velma (Nicole Jaffe), Shaggy (Casey Kasem), and Scooby-Doo (Frank Welker) are looking forward to a relaxing vacation. They get word of a concert way out in the Outback and head on over. When they arrive they meet the concert's finalists, The Hex Girls and The Bad Omens. They also learn about the Yowie Yahoo, a vampire who is kidnapping the finalists and turning them into vampires. The gang thinks there is more to the mystery than meets the eye and agree to investigate. Their search propels them forward and learns that their is a connection between the Yowie Yahoo and a band that disappeared last year. After the Hex Girls are kidnapped the gang heads up to Vampire Rocks where the Yowie Yahoo lives to end the madness once and for all.The Good News: For once there are some great action sequences towards the end that lead logically from one event to another. The animation is suburb for a direct-to-video and the director knew what he was doing as the film looks like it actually could be transferred into theaters. The voice cast is better than before and the returning actors and actresses have matured well into their roles and the new voices are a welcome addition. The scriptwriter designed a clever and ingenious script and the film moves along at a fast pace, never slowing down. It is also never boring and is sure to leave you hooked till the end. The addition of vampires as the monsters is nice and the setting of the outback is used to it's full purpose. This is also very straight forward and that is another bonus and it never detours from what it is supposed to be. My favorite scene has to be where Fred, Daphne, and Velma going looking for clues in the managers trailer and not only does it have a laugh that gets me every time the whole scene is a reminder of the early episodes with searching for clues or being somewhere your not supposed to be. The running time is short so it doesn't take to much time.The Bad News: Several of the jokes where not funny and the revelation of the vampires is a throughly confusing one and takes many times before you finally get it.Conclusion: The bad jokes and the confusing ending should not let you stop from seeing this Scooby gem as it is truly one of the best. Rated: Not Rated
Not Nearly As Good As 'Zombie Island' But Average...
posted on 06 Jun 2008Not nearly as good as 'Zombie Island'. This movie was okay. It was kind of odd the way the characters had their old clothes, the theme music was similar to the original cartoon's music, and well, the story was kind of bad. I like 'Zombie' because it was original. I liked the way you see where the gang ended up after they split, not to mention a great storyline. Another thing that made that film great was the way they kind of spoofed the original cartoon (Fred's ascott consideration for his dinner clothes "nah"...excellent). This movie kind of throws the previous films of balance. But it's okay, not horrible, but just about watchable. Don't expect anything from the dvd (commentary by Fred, Scooby, and Shag) because it's not what you'd expect (would've been better for Zombie Island or The Witch's Ghost). Oh well. The movie is definetly the worst of all the latest Scooby Movies, all of which are excellent. But if you like Scooby, give the movie a chance. 5/10.
This Is What Comes After CyberChase??
posted on 01 Feb 2008Is that really true.....?? I was wondering exactly when the Scooby Doo Movie Specials started turning bad... They are too much like "What's New Scooby Doo" ( and this one is just like "Scooby Doo Where Are You?" ) and they are way too WB-Ish now..... WB now messes everything up that is a true classic... They try to make Tom & Jerry, after Chuck Jones and Filmation produced it, ( and Chuck Jones actually made the series better ) , to like the 40s instead.... They did the same thing with Scooby Doo... They really like the earlier days, because why did they change to the old WB Logo?! Another big mistake, but it shows just what they do now.... They also mess up Looney Tunes... But this is actually the worst of the WB Animation style these days.... which is unbelievable because they are all really bad... but this one is just like the early ( and kinda low budget looking ) days of the very first Scooby Doo Series... And How did they get the voices to sound just like they were back in the first series?! Daphne, and even Velma, now have their oldest voices, and they now have the Volkswagen, and "The Gang" sounds less intelligent then in Scooby Doo and Dyno-Mutt, and in The Scooby Doo Show, and the 4 First Movie Specials, They use the very old music, which hasn't been used for many years, and everything is just like it was when it just came out, like all the improvements never even happened... just like every other current WB animation production... I think that they could have done Much better, and they had those people from "The Witch's Ghost" and I just noticed that Scooby doesn't say much.....
Average
posted on 14 Oct 2007Voice actor Frank Welker is to voice acting what Lon Chaney & Lon Chaney Jr. were to acting through layers of makeup. But while Frank has done just about everything from people to animals to special creature vocalizations to killer robots (he voiced 13 of the original Decepticons on "Transformers"), to some people Frank will ALWAYS be the voice of Fred from "Scooby-Doo". But for some reason, Frank has been pulling double duty lately as both Fred and Scooby, who was previously voiced by Scott Innes, who got the job after the original voice of Scooby, Don Messick, died. Frank's still a good Fred, but despite his considerable vocal talent, his Scooby is something of a disappointment: he never quite captures Don's Scooby pitch the way Scott did and for the most part his Scooby sounds too much like Fred. Which is strange considering that Frank's been with Scooby from the beginning. That's just one of the dis-pleasures of this entry.The gang heads down under for vacation and ends up investigating the goings on at a rock festival which leads to a group of alleged vampires. Though colorfully drawn and full of gags, it never reaches the height of "Zombie Island", "Witch's Ghost", "Alien Invaders" and even the original show itself. The best bit is probably Fred carrying the whole gang across a rope bridge. Velma also sings with the voice of Jennifer Love Hewitt.Still, it's nice to have the old crew back together - Nicole Jaffe as Velma, Heather North as Daphne (though technically Daphne #2) and Casey Kasem as Shaggy (who was absent from the previous entries). The "commentary" by Fred, Shaggy and Scooby is mildly amusing.
Classic Scooby Where Are You?
posted on 20 Mar 2007I have to ask myself why do we get these classic cartoons and try to update them. What we have here is a stretched put episode of Scooby Doo which on its own would not be too bad, it is just when they try to modernise them that it fails to work and I for one can not see the sense in it. Surely from a quality and economic point of view it would just be better to shot kids the clearly superior originals (pre Scrappy obviously). Anyway the premise here is that the crew are holidaying in Australia and are due to go to The Vampire Rock Festival. As one would guess a mystery becomes apparent that the kids have to solve. Now the classic Scooby elements work well but where it goes wrong is when the try to bring it up to date with the gay references and the rock music (but still incredibly keep Fred in a cravat). This frankly does not work and would have been best left alone. I have seen worse updates of classics but still I would avoid this and stick to the originals.
FINALLY! They nearly got it right!
posted on 20 Mar 2007With all those made-for-video Scooby-Doo movies by Warner Bros. Animation usually lacking the spirit of the older cartoons, Legend of the Vampire is back to the basics! So far, the first three of them were very dark and focused on real monsters, while the Cyber Chase one was better, going back to the fake-monster villains and containing some references to the older series. However, this one is even better! It seems to have been made to appeal to Scooby baby-boomers like me. The gang has their classic outfits, many of the old H-B sound effects are back, and the character design is just like classic H-B! The old voice talent is back, even Nicole Jaffe as Velma at long last! It was a thrill to hear the original Velma we all know again. However, I still think Frank Welker's Scooby voice is nice, but I prefer Don Messick Scooby's voice (even over Scott Innes as Scooby!) Welker's Scooby sounds more like Brain the Dog (of "Inspector Gadget" fame). The music is well-done remixes of the classic Scooby underscore (it sounds like it was made on an electric synthesizer,)and the animation is nice and fluid (MUCH better than usual Termite Terrace animation.) Also they ditched the new H-B Scooby logo to remake the classic zooming Hanna-Barbera end logo (with the big, abstract orange "H-B" coming up to the screen), which I find odd since this film, like the other 1998-2001 Scooby video movies, were made at Warner Bros. Animation instead of Hanna-Barbera. But it is still neat. Also, although it is done in a full "retro-mation" style, they still have modern references, such as using the Internet on laptops, as well as the Yowie-Yahoo being a gigantic monstrous vampire (which makes it a bit more like the previous films). The surprise-twist during the unmasking scene is also cool. However, there is a minor flaw with this film. The audio mixing was done very poorly. It's in 5.1 surround, but not all of the sound effects come out clearly. (You'll need a surround-speaker set to notice this.) So far, I discovered nighttime ambiance sounds hidden beneath the music during night scenes, and during the big thunderstorm at the beginning, among the new, digitally-recorded lightning strikes, the old H-B "Castle Thunder" sounds can be heard. That is the only problem, so far. This slightly reminds me of how they produced "Krypto the Superdog" and Spumco produced "Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon" (reusing most of the old voices and H-B SFX, "classic" drawing artwork, etc.) Plus, with the DVD edition here, you get audio commentary made by Fred, Shaggy and Scooby, as well as specially-produced outtakes, and more! All in all, if you like the classic Scooby-Doo cartoons of the sixties and seventies, this is the film for you!
average Scooby-Doo adventure
posted on 13 Jan 2007i wasn't overly impressed with this Scooby-Doo adventure.i found it fairly slow for the most part.i also didn't think the story was really very interesting.it just wasn't very developed,even by most animated Scooby adventures.there is also not much air of mystery in this one.i do like Scooby-Doo animated movies and i have seen some pretty good ones.this one ranks lower on the scale than most that i have seen.but there is a bit of good news.there are a few funny moments.unfortunately i didn't' think there were enough of them.this movie is just over 70 minutes,including end credits,but it seemed like a lot longer to me.i guess this movie is average at best.for me,Scooby-Doo!And the Legend of the Vampire gets a 5/10
From a loyal fan of the original Scooby Doo
posted on 12 Nov 2006After annoyingly sitting through the previous recent feature films that modernized this classic cartoon, I am happy to see that the Scooby Doo creators are getting back to their roots. Why mess with something good? I'm so happy that the gang is back in original gear, riding in the classic Mystery Machine, and grooving to tribute tunes. If they have to update the animation, at least they are leaving the content the same. If I wanted change or "creativity" with style, I'd watch a NEW cartoon.
Good Scooby Doo movie
posted on 19 Jul 2006After watching this movie I thought it was good. It could have been better but it was not horrible unlike some other stuff tagged as "Scooby Doo".The Good: The plot was good (After Mystery Inc arrived at Vampire Rock) And it makes sense.The return of Casey Kasem voicing Shaggy was great.Seeing The Hex Girls as a continuing set of characters was also good (Despite their music being mellow)The use of the classic sound effects and old music was great.It plays like an old Scooby Doo cartoon with a few more modern elements.The OK or bad: The music (Except for a select few parts) Was disappointing.Although I enjoyed seeing the gang wearing their old clothes it doesn't make sense. This takes place after "The Witch's Ghost" Where they didn't all wear their old clothes. It doesn't make much sense why Fred and Daphne would switch to their old style clothing.In all this is a good Scooby Doo movie. It pays its dues to the original show and I would definitely recommend it to any fans of the original series and anyone who wants to watch a good Scooby Doo movie with their kids.
Disappointing
posted on 28 Aug 2003Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire (2003) * 1/2 (out of 4) I was always a fan of the TV show so I thought I'd check out one of the movies since this is the only month that seems fitting. Scooby and the gang go to Australia for a rock concert but band members start turning into vampires. I was really, really disappointed in this thing because everything that made the TV show entertaining is missing here. I guess you could say this movie was dumbed down for kids but expanding this out of a 30-minute running time also hurts thing because often times the mystery is put on the back burner while we see stupid stuff ranging from concerts to other items. The actual mystery that is here seems watered down and gets boring after the first twenty minutes. I wasn't too impressed with the vocals either, which is strange since four of the original members were together again for this.
Aaaarrgghhh! What Happened?
posted on 16 May 2003This was definitely a step backwards after two very good outings with Alien Invaders and Cyberchase. The problems I had with this one were:1.) The group has reverted to their old van and clothing. Why? It really makes things looked dated.2.) They need to get Innes back for Scooby. I think they knew the guy doing the voice this time didn't match well, because Scooby doesn't say a lot in this movie.3.) Maybe it was just me, but the animation seemed to have dropped a notch in quality.4.) The music was disappointing.Hopefully the next release returns to the previously successful formula.
Scooby Dooby Dont!
posted on 16 Apr 2003I've been an avid Scooby fan in the last five years. Ive followed the great dane from Zombie Island to the live action movie. Now we join him at Vampire Rock. After four quite successful animated films I had high hopes for Vampire Rock. However this film is a drastic departure from those films, as Zombie Island was from the original series. There is a nod to those films present in the form of the Hex Girls and the Cyber Chase game, but thats it. The mystery machine is now the old van and Fred has his ascot back. All that the previous films had built up has gone. On the plus side Velma's orginal voice is back and sounds fantastic. Also worth a mention is the excellent reengineering of the old Scooby Doo Where Are You? incidential music. Overall the piece feels like it is pandering too much to the general populous' preception of Scooby Doo and this does stiffle the creativity. One last thing though please if there is to be another film could have Scoot Innes back as Scooby?
A step back...
posted on 28 May 2009Having enjoyed the last several direct-to-video installments of the Scooby Doo franchise, I have always been impressed by the fact that the writers were keen on what made the original series work and how to translate that to film. Oh sure, it was always rather corny entertainment, but you're not expecting high art from Scooby. You're expecting FUN.And that was what I wanted from this outing, but I was rather disappointed overall. As nice as it was to see the living members of the original cast together again, the writing seemed a little stale. The in-jokes were so thick where they became tiresome by the time the credits rolled. The situations concocted for the cast frequently felt like padding instead of entertainment. Though the real kicker is the fact the conclusion managed to be too unbelievable even by Scooby Doo standards. After the more outrageous events that have transpired, the solution to the mystery of the Yowie Yahooie is far too dull, especially considering the supernatural events the last several films ended with. While it's nice to see the film end in step with the original series (proving the supernatural to be something much more mundane), it feels as though the balance isn't even enough between the supernatural facade and the reality.However, this installment is not a total loss. Not all the in-jokes are a waste (especially one at Fred's expense when the gang is set to investigate a trailer). The riffs on various genres of music (in particular the KISS-inspired vampires) were appreciated, as was the reappearence of the Hex Girls from the second film (though they've lost a lot of their character now that they're not suspects). The hideously out of date manager inspired quite a few laughs as well.Unfortunately, this does not take away the rather empty feeling at the end of the film. With a new series running, it's of course possinble this was more of a pilot for than a continuation of the previous films, but it's hoped this is really more of an anomaly in the series of movies and not a trend, lest we return to the likes of the franchise-toppling "Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf".