The whole concept of going to a Vampire Festival to get a break form monsters only to find monsters is classic Scooby Doo thinking.
Need a vacation from all the scary monster stuff? Then go to a monster festival, makes total sense...and fits brilliantly into the philosophy of the Scooby gang....sometimes you wonder if they don't do things like this just to torture Shaggy and Scooby.
It fits extremely well into the Scooby world, even down to the humor involved.
And the parody of the vampire story fad, is, of course, the only reason this installment was made. It brings the movies back to the Rice/King parodies in Zombie Island and Witch's Ghost...
...and the twist is fun...unfortunately that's where it dies and continues just long enough to turn what was potential into yet another lackluster conclusion.
It came VERY close to being one of the most solid Scooby Doo movies in the catalogue though. Certainly worth a purchase.
Need a vacation from all the scary monster stuff? Then go to a monster festival, makes total sense...and fits brilliantly into the philosophy of the Scooby gang....sometimes you wonder if they don't do things like this just to torture Shaggy and Scooby.
It fits extremely well into the Scooby world, even down to the humor involved.
And the parody of the vampire story fad, is, of course, the only reason this installment was made. It brings the movies back to the Rice/King parodies in Zombie Island and Witch's Ghost...
...and the twist is fun...unfortunately that's where it dies and continues just long enough to turn what was potential into yet another lackluster conclusion.
It came VERY close to being one of the most solid Scooby Doo movies in the catalogue though. Certainly worth a purchase.