In a cave, Shaggy and Scooby discover wax voodoo dolls resembling Fred, Velma, and Daphne and play with them, unknowingly controlling their friends until the pair disturb a nest of bats. As the horde chases them, the gang gets separated in the chaos and Daphne accidentally causes Fred to drop his video camera in quicksand, costing them film evidence for their show. Velma suspects Beau while Fred and Daphne capture a zombie, believing it is a human culprit until Fred pulls its head off, revealing that the zombies are real. That night, Shaggy and Scooby are chased by a horde of zombies. Despite this, they stay overnight, still skeptical. Shaggy and Scooby encounter the ghost of Moonscar, who becomes a zombie while the gang receives several ghostly warnings to leave. On the island, they meet ferryman Jacques, Lena's employer Simone Lenoir, who lives in a large mansion on a pepper plantation, and Simone's gardener Beau. Though they are skeptical, the gang agrees. Arriving in New Orleans, Louisiana, they are invited by a young woman named Lena Dupree to visit her workplace at Moonscar Island, which is allegedly haunted by the ghost of its pirate namesake, Morgan Moonscar. for Daphne's show, only to encounter more fake monsters. They embark on a road trip scouting haunted locations across the U.S. Sometime later, Fred contacts Velma Dinkley, Shaggy Rogers and his dog Scooby-Doo to reunite for Daphne's birthday. goes their separate ways after becoming bored of mystery-solving due to their monstrous culprits always being people in costumes, with Daphne Blake and Fred Jones starting and running a successful television series to find a real ghost rather than a fake one. Animation developed a sequel, Return to Zombie Island, released in 2019. Two decades after the film's release, Warner Bros. The film made its first TV debut in Octoon Cartoon Network. Sales of the film on VHS were high, and it became the first in a long-running series of DTV Scooby-Doo films. The film was aided by a $50 million promotional campaign, and sponsorship deals with multiple companies. The film is also notable for being the first Scooby-Doo production featuring the entire gang (sans Scrappy-Doo) since The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries episode A Halloween Hassle at Dracula’s Castle, which premiered on ABC on October 27, 1984. The film was released on Septemand received acclaim from critics, who complimented its animation and story. Zombie Island contains a darker tone than most Scooby-Doo productions, and is notable for containing real supernatural creatures rather than people in costumes. The film is dedicated to Don Messick, Scooby-Doo's original voice actor who died on October 24, 1997, 11 months before the film's release. Rock bands Third Eye Blind and Skycycle contribute to the film's soundtrack. It was also the first of four Scooby-Doo direct-to-video films to be animated overseas by Japanese animation studio Mook Animation. Many of the original voice actors of the series were replaced for the film, although Frank Welker returned to voice Fred Jones. The team at Hanna-Barbera consisted of many veteran artists and writers. The channel's parent company, Time Warner, suggested developing a direct-to-video (DTV) film on the property. Popularity for Scooby-Doo had grown in the 1990s due to reruns aired on Cartoon Network. The film was directed by Jim Stenstrum, from a screenplay by Glenn Leopold. to investigate a bayou island said to be haunted by the ghost of the pirate Morgan Moonscar. In the film, Shaggy, Scooby, Fred, Velma and Daphne reunite after a year-long hiatus from Mystery, Inc. Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island is a 1998 American direct-to-video animated mystery comedy horror film based on the Scooby-Doo franchise.
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