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The Big Picture When it comes to Scooby-Doo, one of the most beloved films in the franchise's 55-year history is Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island. The 1998 direct-to-video darling ushered in the Warner Brothers era for Mystery Incorporated and, for the last 25 plus years, has become a cult classic. Now, for the first time ever, Zombie Island is coming to Blu-ray this spring.
Announced by WB this past week, Zombie Island will be included in the Warner Archive Collection Scooby themed double-pack that will also feature the horror comedy’s 2019 sequel Return to Zombie Island. The latter of which will be on Blu-ray for the first time as well. The exciting remastered HD edition will be released on April 30, 2024.
‘Zombie Island’ Remains a Scooby-Dooby-Masterpiece Close While Scooby-Doo has been a household name since its debut series in 1969, this crime solving Great Dane’s following series that littered the 70s and 80s, regardless of their quality, diluted the brand of its spooky charm. Hanna-Barbera did everything imaginable with this franchise, from teaming up with Batman to Scooby and Shaggy becoming teachers at a Ghoul School.
However, what put this film over the top was its soundtrack. Scooby-Doo has always been a series known for its great music choices, but Zombie Island is the point of that, with “The Ghost is Here” and “It’s Terror Time Again" being timeless earworms. That’s why fans have been waiting anxiously for years for this announcement. Zombie Island started a string of 38 animated direct-to-video films that spanned 25 years and recently came to an end with Scooby-Doo and Krypto, Too! in late 2023.
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island’s ghost pirate caper can currently be streamed on Amazon Prime Video, but the film has been available on DVD for years as well. WB hasn’t been kind to Scooby lately, like many of their treasured franchises, as they recently canceled the completed holiday-themed Scoob! Sequel and a Hex Girls-centric film. That has left the future of the series a bit murky.
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