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Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)
Violates foundational premise of Scooby-Doo
This is a horror movie not a mystery. What makes Scooby-Doo stories true to the creators' original intent is that monsters, magic, etc are not real. There is supposed to be a MYSTERY to solve, which always includes a natural, not supernatural, explanation. This movie completely breaks away from that core aspect of what constitutes a genuine Scooby-Doo story. As soon as you make the supernatural "real", you no longer have Scooby Doo. Other stories where magic is real like Harry Potter etc are fine because it's foundational to the story and presented as such right from the beginning. But the basis of Scooby Doo teaches youth in an entertaining way to use their critical thinking skills to discover that things are not as they always seem and that there is a natural explanation for what at first appears to be supernatural. On top of all that this movie is WAY TOO SCARY for the age range of kids for which Scooby-Doo was created. This movie is completely undeserving of the Scooby-Doo name.