It’s a musical too, with surprising guest voices from stars like Lauren Bacall and Jay Leno! The witches and supernatural elements in here are all real, which is how this film stands out from the others. The limelight shines over Shaggy and Scooby Doo once again, as they hunt for the Goblin King in order to save the lives of their friends, who happen to be in danger. I think its success over the other films that preceded (and followed) it is that the story here is reminiscent of the early ghost tales that the franchise had been famous for. This film came out after a couple of failed attempts at making the cartoon dog and his crew interesting for the younger generation, and was well-received. A lot of animated features (especially the made-for-TV ones) presenting popular children’s characters often included plots wherein they’re involved in popular fairy tales or ancient stories, which can be interesting, like this one is, though the beloved central characters of the franchise are sadly underused. Scoob and Shaggy are the main players here, and they tell two mini-stories within the time-frame of the picture (to a Caliph) – one about a gender-reversed Aladdin and another a re-imagined telling of the tale of Sinbad the Sailor. I don’t consider ‘Scooby Doo in Arabian Nights’ to be better than any film on this list, but I’ve placed it here because its one of the few that have a different kind of story to offer.
Read More: All Jurassic Park Movies, Ranked 9. The usual happenings with a Scooby Doo film take place here as well, from when a menacing Nessie begins to wreak havoc. They meet a couple interesting characters, most of them rehashed versions of popular Scooby Doo villains, in at least the traits they possess, and several stories and opinions about the Loch Ness monster begin to pop up. This time, they’re off to Scotland for the Highland games, where they stay in Daphne’s ancestral home (she’s part-Scottish, apparently). Of course, the show being targeted to kids, played these aspects very safely. The basic premise for a lot of Scooby Doo films is a fair, a cultural event wherein masked individuals can be plenty, and everyone is exposed. Scooby Doo and the Loch Ness Monster (2004) You can watch several of these Scooby Doo movies on Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime.ġ0. With that said, here is the list of Scooby Doo movies, ranked from worst to best. None of the movies have been great, exactly, but they’ve all been entertaining, which is pretty much the only thing the title character to these ever claimed he would offer. These were easily better in terms of both production value and creative merits when compared to the incarnations the Mystery Incorporated had had on TV. My father used to buy these animated films for me back then, in the form of VCDs and video cassettes, which was how I got introduced to many of the earlier Scooby Doo films.