This is part of my in-depth reviews of all of the Direct-to-DVD Scooby-Doo movie instalments!When this movie was released in 1998 it was a breath of fresh air. It reinvented Scooby- Doo for the 90's in a brand new way. Zombie Island was the first of many Direct-to-DVD franchise instalments and in my opinion it is by far and away the best one made to date. The Animation is Done by an Asian studio company called "MOOK studios" and it looks absolutely fantastic, it's drawn with unbelievable shading and detail that adds to the heavy, dark tone which this movie has.The story of the movie is fairly simple but has many unique twists and turns. After being bored of just unmasking bad guys pretending to be ghosts the gang splits up and all go their different ways until Daphne (who has her own TV show now) decides to try and hunt for more supernatural haunts in Lousiana and catch it all on tape. Fred gets the rest of the gang together for the ride as they head to a supposedly haunted mansion on Moonscar Island owned by Simone and her housekeeper Lena. The mystery then truly begins.I won't give to much away about the story except that their have been many mysterious disappearances on the island and in the bayou's and the gang find the Zombies of the people who have "disappeared" and find out why they have "disappears". There is a huge twist at the end of the movie that is just perfect and also very dark for this Scooby world. I think it's the darkness and scariness that makes this movie the best out of them all; it still feels like a Scooby movie and has various comedic lines and moments but it just has a much more adult tone overall and seems like the main aim of the movie is to tell a solid story while giving kids (and some grown up) the spooks.The Voice cast is stellar as well. With Frank Welker returning as Fred. Mary Kay Bergman as Daphne. BJ Ward as Velma. Scott Innes as Scooby and the infamous Billy West as Shaggy (who i think does an excellent job personally). Mark Hamill and Jim Cummings also lend there voices to some less than friendly characters too.This is a must buy for all Scooby fans as it is the best instalment in the whole franchise since Scooby-Doo Where are you? In my opinion. No-one are who they seem throughout the whole story and it will keep every one guessing while the story unraveles in front of their eyes. It's just an all round excellent Scooby-Doo adventure which delivers excitement, laughs and various frights throughout and is yet to be upstaged. As good as Scooby gets 10/10

Well it is about I got to watch this I tried to watch when it first came out but I never could because every time I went to go rent it somebody else had and when I went to buy it I could never find it. So After all these years of not being able to watch I finally get to see and I was nowhere near disappointed. I have to start by saying that I have always loved Scooby-Doo and I can never get tired of it and I will always watch Scooby-Doo. The storyline this movie follows is very good and cool lots of twists and turns along the witch is always good for a Scooby-Doo or mystery movie. The animation is very good all the characters are well drawn, the zombies look very cool and the zombies are one of the best things about this movie. The voice over actors do a very good job such as Scott Innes as Scooby-Doo, Billy West as Shaggy, Mary Kay Bergman as Daphne, Frank Welker as Fred, and B.J. Ward as Velma, and they even have Mark Hamil as Snakebite Scruggs. The acting of the actors doing the voices are very good. So all I can say is make sure you watch Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island because it is awesome.Overall Rating: ********** out of ********** ***** out of ***** Well some may consider this a spoiler so thats why I saved it for last My favorite thing about this movie is that this Mystery was all real no man in a mask its all real and I found that really cool.

This is the worst Scooby Doo Movie EVER. First of all, Shaggy's voice is terrible. It's not Casey Kasem and the person doing it instead did not do a very convincing job. And REAL Zombies? Are you kidding me? Don't mess with the tried and true formula.....the zombies, ghosts etc. are NEVER real in a true Scooby Doo. This one really scared my kids. I kept telling them the zombies would turn out to not be real. Scooby let me down. I am lucky my kids did not have nightmares. I almost did! If you rent or buy this movie expecting classic Scooby Doo, save your money and your time. I wish I had done so. I don't know what to do with it now except throw it away.

The beauty of Scooby Doo is that there are no ghosts. In this story, ghosts, zombies and vampire-like creatures are real. Souls are sucked from people, who then inhabit the swap. At the end when the bad monsters die, the zombies crumble and their souls are released.Luckily I watch movies with my kid. I fast forwarded through the nasty parts (gory zombies, Fred and Daff ripping the head of a real body) expecting the usual ending, only to be faced with multiple victims who died and then crumbled to dust. Who would expect that from Scooby Doo????To the viewer who said this was the best ever: I like character development, but not bait and switch.