Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)

This week on The Spectator Film Podcast… Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) 10.18.19 Featuring: Austin, Maxx Commentary track begins at 16:03 — Notes — The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to Literary Genre by Tzvetan Todorov — Here’s a link to Todorov’s book on the Fantastic, which comes up frequently in our discussions of films featuring any supernatural elements – and it’s certainly relevant to any discussion of Scooby-Doo. Both insightful and engaging, there’s a reason this book is a classic of academic criticism. If you’re interested in learning more about the fantastic you can also check this post on Owlcation and then this excerpted PDF chapter on the fantastic Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover — One of the most substantial books discussing the horror genre. We bring it up almost every time we watch a horror film, and it definitely played a role in our discussion of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island as well. — Corrections — Hanna-Barbera shopped out animation of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, along with four other Scooby-Doo direct-to-video films, to Mook Animation in Japan. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain — This is the Anthony Bourdain book Austin couldn’t recall in the middle of the episode. Fantastic book. The Witches Curse is an insane 1962 peplum film directed by Ricardo Freda – highly recommended, by the way. What Austin & Maxx really meant was Scooby-Doo and The Witch’s Ghost (1999).