How Zombie Island Broke Scooby-Doo (for the better!)

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Fear of the unknown, am I right? 😬 Anyway, get your NerdSync sticker pack here because we need something cute and fun right now: store.dftba.com/collections/nerdsync/products/nerdsync-sticker-sheet

[@karl_alan]

Such a timely video. I literally just showed this movie to my daughter for Halloween as a special treat, as the first movie she has ever watched. I love your analysis of it.

[@michaelparham1328]

As a grown adult, in his early 30s, I'm jealous you got to watch this without seeing the trailers. I'm also disappointed that the trailers were so blatant about the reveal, when it would have been so much better as a surprise.

[@jamesgarrett8833]

Man I saw this movie many times as a little boy. I had this on VHS 📼. This movie terrified me as a kid; I had no idea the monsters were going to be real because i was unaware of the marketing from being born in 1997

[@TheKristina1978]

Could you do a video on Disney owl house

[@katherinealvarez9216]

Your cat is adorable, my siblings’ cats also like to perch themselves on their shoulders.

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

Context and Scooby Doo; the peanut butter and jelly of good KZbin content.

[@grantbaugh2773]

I want a collab between you two. I don't care on what, but you two are my favorite youtubers

[@johnmiller5171]

Hey that commenter makes stuff I like!

[@STSGuitar16]

I will watch any and all KZbin vids analyzing scooby doo. They’re always entertaining and a good kick of nostalgia.

[@bobbybrown2291]

"This Time, The Monsters Are Real." This line sends chills down my spine, Zombie Island is still the greatest Scooby-Doo movie ever.

[@TheCoolCharlieCool]

I love the true-believer , brave interpretation of Daphne, it makes the team dynamic better , also I see her as the best (human) friend of Shaggy, I always saw her as the one who understood and connected the most with him and Scooby, that is why despite its flaws, 13 ghosts worked for me as a kid.

[@Nightman221k]

I just realized this is why I find Daphne in most modern interpritations to be less interesting than I thought about her in the Real Monsters movies. She has a purpose in the group, she was trying to get a big story about some monsters. It's sad that it only really works with a real monster universe cause she'd look like a goofy conspiracy theorist if it was her thing in the "masked phony" series.

[@Azmodeus87]

@@Nightman221k Not if you focus on the Adventure seeker aspect of it. That's what i believe the New adventure show did, and it made her a pretty natural fit alongside shag-scoob & a toned-down Scrappy.

[@beverlykrebs4372]

I have that series. It's awesome. AND there is now a NEW SD movie called The 13th Ghost, which I also have & it is awesome as well! Vincent Price has reprised his role in it, too, which thrills me! I love Vinny!! Btw, I am writing this B4 this video has ended, so if these things are discussed, this will be embarrasing! Ok, so you are a 13 Ghosts hater! I LOVE IT! It's silly & I love that! (like you are NEVER silly, huh?) Eh, agree to disagree. And captions on most things EVER are crappy! I still love you tho'. And I love your cat, Sparta a WHOLE LOT! He is awesome! If it makes you feel better, I really don't like A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. A bunch of little kids instead of my beloved teenage mystery solvers. It was just boring to me. Well, see ya on the next one!!! Can't wait!!!

[@Nightman221k]

@@beverlykrebs4372 It's sad to say but Vincent Price definitely didn't reprise his role in the 13th Ghost movie that came out a few years ago. Vincent Price died in 1993. He is my favorite actor though. Pretty much the only thing I liked in the 13th Ghost movie was that they hired someone who sounded a LOT like the real Vincent Price to voice Vincent Van Ghoul. I loved the 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo series, (I just didn't think the movie lived up to the series) Vincent Van Ghoul along with Rattigan from The Great Mouse Detective were my first introductions to Vincent Price. Mystery Incorporated they had Vincent Van Ghoul show up as a horror movie actor who starred in Scooby and Shaggy's favorite horror movies and that episode with him had numerous references to Vincent's filmography.

[@beverlykrebs4372]

@@Nightman221k oh no! Thank you for letting me know! It sure did fool me! The guy certainly did sound like him! I should have known V. Price wouldn't still be alive. Just didn't put too much thought into it. I agree that he was amazing in The Great Mouse Detective. We have that movie & we even watched it recently. Such a well-written animated movie. They don't make 'em like that anymore, in my opinion. I did watch the Mystery Inc. series. Most of it anyway. Before the end we had some huge medical bills so we stopped our tv service. I recently bought the "Be Cool, Scooby- Doo" 1st ssn on dvd. Those are some of the most cleverly written & hilarious episodes of any SD ever. I can't wait to get ssn 2 when they release that! Yay!!!!

[@MaybeNotPayton]

This whole video is just a kitchen flex, and we love that.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Unintentionally, but sure! haha

[@benjaminbruno6812]

Dude no joke. I want that counter space

[@user-hj8yf3hr4i]

I love the under the cabinet lighting!

[@RevMez]

That prep space is killer

[@Vampiress01]

His kitchen is so better than mine 😭

[@sarahzink4206]

This man talks so darn passionately about Scooby Doo and I love it.

[@yusanzu]

Ikr

[@scoutart1508]

Can you imagine another animated film from scooby doo but having another dark tone plus even with elements inspired by the movie THE OMEN with a theme of the mystery of the Antichrist 😱

[@toxicperson8936]

I literally love everything about this movie. The artwork of the movie is the best of the entire series. I love the character development, especially Daphne. She went from being pretty much useless in the original series, with her only purpose was to get captured, to bring practically the leader of the gang in this movie. The setting & plot is unique, the villains are interesting, to the point where I’d even watch a movie just about their backstory. This is why the “sequel” is so offensive. It’s not only bad, but it actually insults the fans of the original.

[@SCP.343]

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." -HP Lovecraft.

[@archerelms]

I love the fact you're analyzing all the things instead of just the one scene. Love what you're doing in general Scott, keep up the great work. Also I need that sticker with the mirror

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Definitely! I plan on putting one where I can see it everyday ❤️

[@juliagoodwin9510]

I'm honestly torn. I love Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, which revitalized the franchise... unfortunately it just lead to more movies that fall back into the same tired routine that got old long before I was born. The only worthwhile things that came out of this revival - in my opinion - are Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo and the Witches' Ghost, and Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated. Oh, and that crossover with Supernatural.

[@thefatheroflies7921]

What's New Scooby Doo has an amazing theme song tho!

[@tobimisa]

honestly, I think it's a mistake to lump in every movie together. obviously if you don't want to slog through all of them to find the gems then you don't have to, but it's also important to recognize artistic merritt when it presents itself. one of my favorite pieces of scooby doo media is "legend of the phantosaur," which has a much heavier focus on the gang as _people_ while also pulling no punches on the comedy aspect. the movies are pumped out like a conveyor belt but different people work on every one and it shows. when you put people who genuinely care in the right positions at the right time you still end up with an amazing product. in fact, the movie that came out this year was pretty damn good. it's called "happy halloween scooby doo" and it was run by the same creative mind behind the grimm adventures of billy and mandy. this video goes into more detail about those two as well as talks about Many More scooby related media that you may or may not be familiar with ! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6vap6qHaceVes0

[@juliagoodwin9510]

@@tobimisa Fair enough. I'm just tired of them pumping out movie after movie is all.

[@tobimisa]

@@juliagoodwin9510 that's also very fair ! if they gave each movie all of the time they needed we wouldn't have to pick out the good from the bland

[@thedukeofchutney468]

Hey don’t forget “Legend of the Phantosaur” which gave us all those Shaggy memes.

[@NerdByAnyOtherName]

My favorite thing is that this wasn't just a one time shake up. Though as time went on the trend would fade a bit, for a while there Scooby Doo movies would go back to the formula, except that somewhere near the end there would be a reveal that the monster they found wasn't real, but the real one is definitely out there. Some examples include "Scooby Doo and the Alien Invaders" where at the end there are real aliens, "Scooby Doo and the Loch Ness Monster" where the final scene as they are driving off from a mystery well solved features the real Nessy giving a cameo to Scooby, and in "Chill Out Scooby Doo!" where the yeti that had been terrorizing them ends up fake, but it is heavily implied that after the final action sequence Scooby and Shaggy are carried down the mountain to safety by the real one.

[@rebeccaclementz3756]

In the Camp Scare movie, the credits animation implies one of the monsters is real.

[@NarfiRef]

I love how you are releasing a video that addresses your anxiety as we enter the period of highest anxiety in the US.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Fear of the unknown

[@timothymclean]

There were times in this past week that I almost would have taken _knowing_ Trump was going to win the election over _not knowing_ how things would turn out.

[@atinyevil1383]

I love it when they make Daphne smart and driven. It gives her so much more dimension.

[@alexisgrunden1556]

The song _It's Terror Time Again_ was also kinda bangin'.

[@thedukeofchutney468]

This movie terrified me and my friends as kids. At the beginning we thought “Eh it’s Scooby-Doo how bad could it be?” Oh how wrong we were....

[@onijester56]

I remember when I was a kid, having lived off of Scooby Doo, Pup named Scooby Doo, 13 Ghost of Scooby Doo, and the direct-to-video TV-movies like "Reluctant Werewolf" and "Ghoul School", I was kind of confused by the tagline "This time the monsters are real" since, well, these last ones had lots of real monsters. And now watching "Zombie Island" is an annual tradition...one I've gotten at least one girlfriend/boyfriend into.

[@medafan53]

I'm in the same boat, I was a kid first time I saw it, didn't see it again till I was an adult.

[@dereknight861]

Really?!? Have you SEEN the opening?? The gang were almost the closest to being killed off by a perp in a costume. THAT MAN WAS OUT FOR BLOOD TO COVER HIS MONEY PRINTING!!

[@The4thSandersonSister]

Yeah this movie f-ed me up for a LONG time. And I honestly can't handle it even now, simply because it traumatized me as a kid. It's a great movie don't get me wrong but damn it broke 2 year old me.

[@beverlykrebs4372]

O. M. G. !!!!!!! How did I not know about this channel????? I am a 60 year old little girl - ALWAYS have been obsessed w/Scooby-Doo. (& I am a cat lady, so I love you for having a cat!) This was an awesome video! I could probably talk to you about SD for weeks! I have, of course, subbed as of a few minutes ago! I was. 8 or 9 when the 1st episode of SD was aired in the 60s, & I watched every episode with rapt attention. It actually really shaped my personality & I began writing short ghost mysteries by age 10. I still have them. They were awful of course, but I was committed & I finished them. Now I have a 25 y/o daughter (who was young when Zombie Island was released & as she was raised on SD, us having every episode ever of SD on either vhs or dvd) & she is a writer of young adult mysteries, only she is GOOD & even Scholastic offered her a contract when she was a teenager! But yeah! I am gonna be that sub who always comments, leaves a big ol' like (like, groovy, right?!) & is always waiting for your next video! Btw, I also love Garfield, Snoopy/Peanuts/ Charlie Brown, Bugs Bunny & also many wierd, eclectic & obscure tv shows & movies. (ie the 1960s comedy horror- probably the 1st ever- "The Fearless Vampire Killers". It's free on YT if you wanna watch it. Roman Polanski & Sharon Tate are in it.) OK, this is turning into a novel, & probably just as bad as my other ones from childhood. I will go watch that other video you have up there! 😍😍😍😍😍

[@bibbobella]

It is actually a bit suprising but I remember that scene where the zombie hands Shaggy the wine and was confused even as a child. It just didn't fit the rest of the scene even if it was a joke I had seen millions of times. There was something..different..about it..and I think I just realised what it is that stands out about it..the zombie..isnt being made fun of. Usually in these jokes it is obvious that the monster is just confused. He isn't helping Shaggy or whatever because he truely want to help them. He is being tricked into it or just kinda going with the flow untill he realise he has been had and then proceed with the chase. Or in some rare cases he helps them..then looks a bit around before he starts the chase again seemingly just forgetting he was trying to harm them...Non of these things happen here. It is played as a joke but the zombie hands Shaggy the wine and then..doesnt do anything but let him leave with Scooby. That was what stood out to me as a child. They actually rewrote even this old joke just enough to make it obvious that this was only meant to be seen as another one of their silly jokes but was actually a clue.

[@edwardbo4666]

Wow...

[@cadenanderson4178]

Holy I that is amazing

[@torytellstales]

I know you meant to say "vine" Instead of "wine", but because of this now I keep imagining the zombie handing Shaggy an actual drink of wine to take the edge off at finding out he's dealing with real monsters this time lol

[@bibbobella]

@@torytellstales Ahh, man my spelling/grammar was bloody abysmal back then.... Thanks for the correction, always kind of fun to get send back to memory lane.

[@torytellstales]

@@bibbobella No problem. Your comment made my day lol

[@Alejandroigarabide]

Analizing a single scene is better with context. I don't mind if you talk about the entire film when reviewing a single scene. In fact, your style is great. Don't listen to the haters. Keep up the good work!!!

[@modmaker7617]

Jim Stenstrum's Scooby-Doo Quadrilogy (1998-2001) 1. "Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island" (1998) 2. "Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost" (1999) 3. "Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders" (2000) 4. "Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase" (2001) This 4 movies are the best entires of the Scooby-Doo franchise. Zombie Island is the best. Witch's Ghost is underrated. Alien Invaders is a good romance movie. Cyber Chase is a amazing ending and Scooby-Doo should have ended then.

[@romanbryant3976]

I did like Legend of the Vampire tho lol

[@modmaker7617]

@@romanbryant3976 I did to but not as much as Jim Stenstrum's 4 films.

[@kierstengarza7230]

I loved witches Ghost because the he’s girls were my everything and zombie island 2 just ruined it

[@romanbryant3976]

@@kierstengarza7230 I don't consider that one canon lmao

[@seich-of-lacan-getter514]

What about the Mystery Incorporated cartoon?

[@odddrawingsandwhatnot]

How can you say "a waste of time and magic wax" without including the hiss as punctuation at the end?! Love this vid! Zombie Island is one of my all time favourite movies!

[@thefamouscommenter]

Excellent video! I also was extremely obsessed with the original scooby doo as a kid. The breaking of the scooby doo formula in zombie island is just excellent.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

It's so good!

[@JackedThor-so]

I still have all the VHS tapes and DVDs of my childhood in my closet still. SD holds such a special place in my heart.

[@Leo-iZ177]

original I thought they were bluffing misleading when I saw trailers on CN as kid, but boy was I wrong i don't think i watched any real live action horror movies that are as good as Scooby-Doo and the Zombie Island my favourite scene is ghost writting on the wall in the kitchen in front of the Scooby gang I still remember it

[@SatchelGizmo]

A few years ago, on Halloween, I rewatched this movie for the first time since I was a kid, and it holds up so freaking well. Since then, I've made a tradition that I watch this movie every Halloween. This year, I even snuck in a watch during the summer because I just love this movie so much. It's such an awesome nostalgia trip for me.

[@morisatsuki3659]

Lol I just watched "the ghost is here" montage back and never noticed before, but the whole thing foreshadows that Scooby and Shaggy save the gang at the end of the movie and makes Lena's statement of "a waste of time and magic wax" not only ironic in the end, but obviously wrong even before all this happens. Although unintentional, the boys freaking out and running away is what catches/reveals every one of those fakes and leads to the unmasking. Very smart of the writers.

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

It also reveals that Lena is so un-genre savvy that she doesn't realize leaving anyone agency is a good way to lose, especially on a time crunch. However, the cat demons are prejudiced against dogs and people who like them. So people who like dogs or dogs themselves Must be evil and stupid. So really Lena was complacent and through that complacency, became dumb. And Ha ha, it did waste all her time.

[@morisatsuki3659]

@@Fragmentsinfractals488Wow, really good observation!

[@superthorc6894]

And we don’t talk about the return of zombie island Good

[@Alpha121198]

How dare you speak of the page purposefully stricken from the history books.

[@0g0dn0]

Screw that, I *liked* Zombie Island. And he's right, breaking the formula in this way opened up a world of possibility for Scooby and the gang. It guaranteed their future.

[@0g0dn0]

Oh, you're talking about a different film. Okay, nevermind then.

[@JurassicRod]

Return to Zombie Island? Never heard of it. Now let us never speak of it again.

[@JuanGomez-ke5py]

I understand 50 Anniversary coming up then upcoming at the time the first movie got made for the 30th Anniversary was coming up at the time

[@monty_kostecki]

"NerdSync is rapidly becoming a Scooby-Doo channel" I'm all for it!

[@chris35535]

Does anyone else think the hot peppers were a metaphor for scary movies? I think most adults understand that kids can have fun eating spicy food but are uncomfortable with kids being scared by a movie, even though both are using a small dose of pain/fear to create a fun experience.

[@awesomewolf26]

Do you ever think about how the werecats are 200ish years old, living in a plantation house in the south, which means that they were most likely slave owners? Like I know there's a lot of other things about it but no one ever talks about how they probably had slaves

[@fabrikator-generalakhilley6896]

Pleae don't be "that guy". We have too many already.

[@joaquinp2321]

ive always thought about this. adds to how evil they were for me

[@brendanclark1058]

Not all plantation owners owned slaves. And neither was it implied in the show that they did.

[@brendanclark1058]

@@joaquinp2321 I’m sorry- who are you..??

[@shadycatz85]

they didn't, it was shown in the backstory. it was a small group of pilgrim villagers that lived and farmed, themselves, on the island.

[@dereknight861]

I always get chills when the tagline is said proudly, boldly AND MENACINGLY!! “This time…the MONSTERS..are **REAL**!!”

[@applesaurusrex8075]

I feel like Scott is going to get a lot of mileage out of that clip of Fred saying to subscribe

[@erikm8373]

I feel like it's good that supernatural stuff does exist in the Scoobiverse. It makes it more reasonable that people would believe in that stuff. It's a lot more reasonable that Shaggy or Scooby is always scared of the monsters when there's a chance that they're real.

[@TubeofToons]

I absolutely loved this video Scott! Well done on another great one! Zombie Islands still one of my favourites! I’ve always found it interesting how the monsters were allowed to be scary when they were fake, but when they were real they had to be comedic and light in tone. So I loved how in these Direct to Video films, they were finally able to do both. I feel like it’s so much easier to accept the monsters in the show when they keep it in the spooky tone the franchise is used to, as opposed to when they straight up just change the tone to justify the monsters being real. It just feels off for Scooby-Doo, I mean don’t get me wrong I like a lot of things from the Scrappy era with real monsters, but it definitely just feels different. I agree with ya on this being my favourite interpretation of Daphne , and loved the Babish reference!

[@Moonbeam143]

People always ask where Scooby-Doo is. Well, he's here on this channel.

[@edwardnygma8533]

But they never ask _how_ Scooby is.

[@low-keydrama1260]

I think I saw somewhere that pointed out the brilliance of the chase song "Terror Time Again". Especially the title and lyrics for the song. For once, the gang is feeling true and utter terror they (with the exception of Shaggy and Scooby) haven't felt since the good old days of rubber masks, and illusions, before it got boring to them. Here? It's "terror time again" by being , once again, confronted by monsters but this time, it's confirmed they're real. They are feeling genuine terror and fearing for their safety.

[@midnightthesmartfox9981]

It’s terror time again!!! 🎶

[@jessicastrike5640]

I love this film and the subsequent ones, Witch’s ghost, Alien invaders and Cyberchase. Some of the absolute best Scooby Doo content

[@WhiteRaven696]

I need a video on the Blair Witch-esque "The Scooby-Doo Project".

[@supakewlryan]

That was so well executed. Between Zombie Island in '98 and Project in '99, late nineties Scooby-Doo was unmatched!

[@TheSpencermacdougall]

Zombie Island and the witches ghost are peak Scooby Doo imo and the only thing that comes s Close is mystery INC

[@ChrisManley1994]

The way Lena says “What *ARE* you doing to my kitchen?!?!?!” at 2:53 has KILLED me ever since I was a kid! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@willbeaty6892]

Great video. As someone who is usually very neurotic about chewing noises, I was not disgusted by watching you eat.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Haha thanks!

[@troyoboyo17]

17:41 That Monsters Unleashed reference honestly made my day

[@cheddar_shredder]

This movie is my all time favorite scooby movie, this one never gets old. Been watching it since i was 3 or 4 & im almost 24 now & can still watch it with the same feeling of enjoyment as i had as a kid seeing it for the first time. The way they did the story & characters was & is still just so entertaining to me. Only movie to even come relatively close to ZI is cyberchase in my book, but this will always be a classic & i could watch it till i die & it probably still wouldn't be boring to watch🤣

[@jennifer9084]

For me the scene where Scooby and Shaggy come across the bones of Moonscar in that grave and the a green light comes down and he is brought back to life I flinch. Nothing to me is more scarier than that. I can watch all sort of scary movies and have no problems, but that scene still freaks me out. I remember watching it as a kid for the first time and sitting through it but it traumatized me and so since then I can't look at that scene. I always look away.

[@icecamcake4397]

This was literally my favorite movie as a kid. Seeing this covered by Nerdsync makes me so happy. (You should cover that one Scooby Doo movie about the witch too)

[@elegant.destiny]

"There's a formula to it. A very simple formula. Everybody's a SUSPECT!" - Randy from Scream (1996) was the only scene I could think about when you went into your formulaic rant😂😂😅

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

*looks at watch* Huh. I guess it's Terror Time, again...

[@pongchannel.]

And I'm running through the night

[@benjaminbruno6812]

It took me over 20 years to get that song out of my head.. thanks for putting it back in

[@reeceford7640]

I deeply appreciate the reference, I just watched this last night coincidentally.

[@tysonkuyper5055]

Love all the Scooby-Doo content. Also loved the late to the party night of fright series. Great work and keep it up

[@odolowa1]

I look forward to you next video: "How the Hex Girls helped usher me into manhood."

[@MB-lz5eb]

I think Thorn(e?) was my first crush

[@ronswanson7371]

@@MB-lz5eb there’s no e

[@reapersritehand]

One of my favorite lines in "that 70s show" was Kelso's "I would've been there last night but scooby doo was on and I was thinking it might be a real ghost this time, it wasn't tho"

[@JackSpadeTaylor]

You had my attention with the old VHS commercial for Zombie Island, you got me with your binging with babish joke xD

[@insanelytomato]

I gotta say I absolutely love the style your content is turning towards. This video was AMAZING! It brought back so many wonderful memories of Scooby Doo, the movies, TV shows (A Pup Named Scooby Doo was something I thought I'd dreamt up and didn't actually exist omg), and all the in between. Please keep up the good work :)

[@huntercool2232]

I’m 18 and Zombie Island still freaks me out lmao that was some intense crap for a kids movie

[@abadidea9325]

I watched zombie island on repeat as a kid. Good memories.

[@classiccustoms2010]

Space Kook was terrifying to me as a kid, and even as an adult he still makes me shudder.

[@KuronoXD]

Scooby Doo on Zombie Island is a masterpiece, loved it when it came out and I still watch it sometimes to this day.

[@ramonabdiel10]

Scooby-Doo Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo Frankencreepy, and Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated are great examples of Scooby-Doo being mature

[@JackedThor-so]

Ah, yes, Mystery Incorporated. Aka, "what if Scooby Doo was a mix of Twin Peaks, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Lovecraftian cosmic and existential horror." I don't know who came up with the plot for that show, but they made a masterpiece!

[@rebeccaclementz3756]

I see a lot of Buffy in it too. The mayor and the curse for instance.

[@shybard]

A NerdSync video that's under 30 minutes long? You're breaking the formula! (Great job. There are worse things on KZbin than a dedicated Scooby-Doo channel.)

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

I grew up watching Scooby after school everyday in the early-mid 80s, and I brought my kids up watching the first classic series seasons and the New Scooby Doo Movies (with the old tv/film guest stars), so when I worked at Blockbuster, I'd let my kids come pick a movie each off the shelf once a week. I think they were moderately scarred by this title--I didn't know the formula had changed either! But it's like going in the store to buy Boar's Head deli meat and arriving home to bite into an early 90s version of Tofurkey. There's a youtube upload of all the original Scooby-Doo Music recording sessions linked together (it's about 30:00 long I think?), but we routinely play it on road trips and sing along to all the various parts in harmony and insert direct quotes from episodes where we knew the specific cue was used. Scooby Doo is a brilliant family experience even without the visuals, just by virtue of having such a colourful and eclectic musical score. :)

[@13KuriMaster]

I have no issue if this channel becomes a Scooby Doo channel.

[@shanejames13]

Whenever Cartoon Network would do a Scooby-Doo marathon I would be there straight away!

[@chichiboypumpi]

"How're you doin' you wonderful nerds" Now THAT'S, a hell of an opening.

[@RikuHino]

I have to constantly remind my friends about that part where Fred rips off an actual dead bodies head. Like bruh 😂

[@galactic85]

Dude same here! I talked with my cousin about it a few years ago and he refused to believe that even happened until I pulled the clip up on KZbin and played it for him.

[@erins6952]

I've always loved scooby doo on zombie island- I watch it at least a couple of times each year. But hearing your description of the style, the lanterns casting harsh shadows....made me so excited again! It's great to hear such a fantastic description of this film 😊

[@CodingAbroad]

We are still waiting for your most scary Scooby Doo cartoon. We implore you to do this next

[@CrazyRadiation06]

Your proclivity of amazing an ungodly portion of a feature length film is why I continue to watch your videos and why I know that the month-long wait between them is always worth it. This is the kind of in depth exploration is enjoy from NerdSync and why it continues to be one of my favorite channels.

[@anishsingh2848]

please sure do put more Scooby videos I am loving it

[@Pinkiecat101]

Not to mention that it has some of the best cel animation to come out of the 90s. One of my biggest gripes with the original series is the rinse and repeat of animations. Don't get me wrong, they were on a tight budget and schedule in the beginning, but it's simply refreshing to see the animation used to its extent.

[@alaina4070]

The fear of the unknown does bring terror to us all, but it also brings creative and curiosity. You merely have to overcome said fear. Easy said than done... Some of my own thought after watching the video.

[@carsenmaxwell3336]

I love all of the serious and supernatural Scooby-Doo stories. The movies are great and the best tv shows are “What’s New Scooby-Doo?” and “Mystery Incorporated”, I love On Zombie Island, The Witch’s Ghost, The Samurai Sword, and a bunch of others

[@MattDraper]

Turns out a Scooby Doo video was the perfect thing to watch today to relax. Who knew?

[@birbbabybirb]

This movie introduced me to horror. Yes, I had several episodes of OG Scooby Doo on VHS, but Zombie Island went beyond the original spooky atmosphere. It legitimately gave me nightmares, but I still watched it. It was just that good. Even other animated Scooby Doo movies (Witch's Ghost comes to mind, with its plottwist) couldn't match Zombie Island.

[@AbkMattsson]

I had this movie on VHS, it was the only movie I ever, EVER had nightmares about... and I wanted to watch it over, and over and over again. I'm now in my 30's, and I still watch it at least once year. Anyone else? 😂🥰

[@Scoobiekittydoo]

Me!!!! Haha but I definitely watch it more than once a year 😄 peace and love friend! :)

[@nickgabrielgozar8667]

I actually want to watch scott do a "binging with batters" show and add comic book and pop culture jokes or themes

[@PennyLeFerret]

I will never forget when Zombie Island came out and we all got excited in my neighborhood and piled out in one of our friend’s basement to watch it and since it was scooby doo all our moms kinda just chilled upstairs and then Fred ripped off the zombie’s head and there was so much screaming a neighbor called the cops. (Note we were anywhere from 7-16)

[@lewisjohnson4348]

Love all of your video essays, Scott. I was just wondering the other day, " When will there be another Nerdsync video." Then there it is.

[@WarmLillie]

There are so many mystery and the best one when things are unknown.

[@robertmckinnon7003]

This is also not the first time Daphne was a reporter. She's a reporter in The 13 Ghosts.

[@cookie8162]

Goul school randomly aired in early 2001 when I was six and I still remember it fondly. Almost all the stuff the tried on the 80s I ended up loving in the early 2000s 🤣

[@danielsingleton970]

I love how you’ve been filming in different places around your home and having it tie into the video. It’s refreshing to see different backgrounds in videos you’re probably the only creator that I follow who does that. Can’t wait for the next upload!

[@eaglest0554]

I feel like the fact this movie started off modern Daphne's portrayal of being unexpectedly epic and that's what made it so good for a revival. Like, this movie clearly set up the mystery incorporated show, which ended up being amazing, and one of my favorite shows ever.

[@rdc2021]

To be fair the Boo Brothers mansion was pretty scary, it was filled with atmosphere

[@Kaznil46]

I’m only sad you did not also mention the song “terror time”. That and “its fake” were and are still fantastic songs and I wish they were longer

[@joltexe24]

I've made it a habit to watch Scooby-Doo in Zombie island every October. It's my favorite Scooby-Doo project ever. Also you hit the nail on the head, the gang are placed in a scary and extremely dangerous situation, but still retain their personalities and roles from the series

[@fredjones2170]

I just rewatched this with some friends this past weekend, and it’s amazing how well it holds up! I’m not even a huge fan of Scoobert-Doo, but I always love seeing you talk about and analyze the franchise!

[@joebobjon1127]

I kind of want to see a fan made version of Zombie Island where the Zombies succeed in capturing the gang, Beau, and maybe Snakebite too. They don’t hurt any of them of course, but get set up to protect all of them from Lena and Simone until it gets past midnight.

[@retroforager]

bro i'm so happy you posted again! i hope you're doing well.

[@sugarsprinkles5802]

I've seen this movie a million times since I was a kid and I never noticed the zombie helping them with the vine until you pointed it out. That is WILD!

[@emmabnormal2582]

This untapped a memory in me of watching this as a kid I never knew I had

[@smeagollumartin]

Would not be opposed to this becoming a scooby-doo lore channel.....

[@Amcsae]

You can keep making Scooby content. I've never been a fan, but I always like hearing my favorite creators making projects they are genuinely passionate about! I'll still watch it!

[@sevenstevearmy]

I always liked that the classic show was formula and the movies and crossovers were different. Like I could figure out who did it and why in the show and the movies were fun monster stuff.

[@rampagegage2259]

i remember when I watched this movie for the first time. I was like no way Fred is actually gonna rip his head off. My jaw dropped when he did

[@kleitproductions6184]

OMG I totally forgot about Goul School, seeing the little dragon opens a huge lockbox in my head, still need to rewatch it, but all I can think about is how much a remember seeing all the students

[@jcphelps7054]

I definitely had this movie on VHS and since I was only 3 when it came out meant either my brother or my mother was why it ended up in the house. It was definitely a beloved film (along with Alien Invaders, Cyber Chase and Ghoul School, I never said my taste was great). I also think since I loved it so young it had a hand in my taste of music, my evergreen love of pirate stories, and my interest in "hidden history". Also, I am so down for NerdSync becoming a Scooby Doo channel.

[@audrenstein2356]

I, for one, would love to see a whole bunch of videos on incredibly specific scooby doo episodes

[@Starwarsdude8221991]

I still love the classic aspect but I also love the alternatives to it honestly Scooby doo has shown that it is incredibly versatile and I will always be interested in the series and what comes out.

[@corbinowens2437]

I was just asking myself the other day "when is NerdSync gonna have new videos?" so this made my day!

[@aquesy]

dude this was my favorite movie as a kid, I honesty fell asleep to it every night when I was 9, and it still grips me with nostolgia to this day

[@huntercool2232]

I remember Zombie Island mentally scarring me as a child lmao

[@travislee4588]

Perfectly timed.Glad tto hear from you!! A needed distraction.I wigged out happily seeing you with supercarlinbrothers

[@daneroberts1996]

As a kid this was the only Scooby Doo thing I’d ever seen that scared me, so much I couldn’t even finish the movie. I remembered it and rewatched years later as a teenager, and it was still the creepiest Scooby movie I’d seen to date

[@ashtaegreen199]

Hands down one of my favorite videos on this entire platform