{"id":7880,"date":"2014-08-16T20:59:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T03:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=7880"},"modified":"2022-01-01T13:19:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T21:19:33","slug":"review-scoobydoo-frankencreepy-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2014\/08\/review-scoobydoo-frankencreepy-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Scooby-Doo: Franken Creepy Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I actually found Scooby-Doo: Franken Creepy<\/em><\/strong> to be one of the better entries of the recent DTV movies. The animation is more or less the same but the humor is great, include some fun in-jokes and a strangely stylistic direction style seemingly inspired by Edgar Wright\u2019s The World\u2019s End<\/em> (and a couple others that I can\u2019t remember).<\/p>\n

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Scooby-Doo: Franken Creepy<\/span>
\n(2014)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/strong>Animation, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
\nWarner Bros. | NR \u2013 74 min. \u2013 $24.98 | August 19, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n <\/b>MOVIE INFO:<\/span>
\nDirected by: <\/strong>Paul McEvoy
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Jim Krieg (written by)
\nVoice Cast: <\/strong>Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey DeLisle Griffin, Matthew Lillard<\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:<\/span>
\nFeatures: <\/strong>2 Bonus Episodes, DVD Copy, Digital Copy
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/p>\n

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Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, French
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>15.0 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Plot Outline: <\/strong>Scooby-Doo and those \u201cmeddling kids\u201d Shaggy (voiced by MATTHEW LILLARD), Fred (FRANK WELKER, who also voices Scooby), Daphne (GREY DELISLE-GRIFFIN) and Velma (MINDY COHN) are back!<\/p>\n

Velma discovers she\u2019s inherited her great-great Uncle Dr. Von Dinkenstein\u2019s cursed castle in the terrifying town of Transylvania… Pennsylvania. Just when the gang persuades Velma to go claim her inheritance, the ghost of Von Dinkenstein Castle blows up the Mystery Machine as a warning! Now the crew must spring back into action, but this time it\u2019s personal.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s responsible for the Von Dinkenstein monster? What family secret has Velma been hiding? Will Fred recover from the loss of his beloved Mystery Machine? Can any helpless snack survive Scooby and Shaggy\u2019s monster-sized appetite?<\/p>\n

Quick Hit Review: <\/strong>All told, I\u2019ve probably seen over a dozen of these Scooby-Doo<\/em> animated movies (and have reviewed six, seven including this one) and although they are inconsistent in quality, for the most part I have enjoyed them. Now, the latest, and the second one released in 2014 following Scooby-Doo: Wrestle Mania<\/em> (a clear ad for the WWE), Scooby-Doo: Franken Creepy<\/em><\/strong> is a fun flick with some nice twists and even callbacks to the old \u201cScooby-Doo, Where Are You?\u201d television series.<\/p>\n

Once again, the voice talents are what make this group work. Yeah, Casey Kasem was a master voicing Shaggy but Matthew Lillard really has made an impression and done the voice of our favorite hamburger eating hippie justice. Frank Welker, the veteran of the group, returns as Fred (who he voiced in the original series) and Scooby while Mindy Cohn and Grey DeLisle Griffin once again voice Velma and Daphne respectively. The animation style is basically the same as the other recent animated movies where, although the main characters have the same wardrobe, the character designs are modernized and look quite good.<\/p>\n

As far as the story goes, Franken Creepy<\/em><\/strong> actually is one of fun plots recently. You\u2019ve got some good \u201ccreepy\u201d atmosphere, some actual character development (light as it is) and the humor works so well. And in an odd twist, apparently the director took his inspiration from Edgar Wright\u2019s The World\u2019s End<\/em> with many quick shot cuts (you\u2019ll know what I mean when you see it). It\u2019s an entertaining movie and for once, even with a short running time, the pacing was near pitch-perfect.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This release comes with a semi-glossy and reflective slip cover<\/strong>. Inside is a DVD Copy<\/strong><\/span> and a redemption code for the UltraViolet Digital Copy<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, once again, we only get 2 Bonus Episodes<\/strong><\/span>, this time \u2018A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts\u2019 and \u2018To Switch a Witch\u2019.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Scooby-Doo: Franken Creepy<\/em><\/strong> spooks onto Blu-ray shown with a 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer. As with other of the recent Scooby<\/em> DTV movies, colors are generally bright for some shots while darker scenes are nice and stark. It\u2019s not what I would call a \u201cfantastic\u201d looking picture but it\u2019s a solid enough transfer with no noticeable artifacting or pixilation; if there was a flaw there were some minor banding issues.<\/p>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track is satisfactory enough providing clear dialogue levels coming from the center channel while the front and rears are mainly used for the music, ambient noises and even the occasional explosions. It\u2019s not a dynamic track and sometimes the depth is inconsistent yet for a DTV animated film, not all together bad.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, I actually found Scooby-Doo: Franken Creepy<\/em><\/strong> to be one of the better entries of the recent DTV movies. The animation is more or less the same but the humor is great, include some fun in-jokes and a strangely stylistic direction style seemingly inspired by Edgar Wright\u2019s The World\u2019s End<\/em> (and a couple others that I can\u2019t remember). The Blu-ray released by Warner Home Video has good video\/audio transfers but, not surprisingly, the features are basically non-existent.<\/p>\n

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The Movieman
\n<\/em>Published: <\/strong>08\/16\/2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I actually found Scooby-Doo: Franken Creepy to be one of the better entries of the recent DTV movies. The animation is more or less the same but the humor is great, include some fun in-jokes and a strangely stylistic direction style seemingly inspired by Edgar Wright\u2019s The World\u2019s End (and a couple others that I … Continue reading “Scooby-Doo: Franken Creepy Blu-ray Review”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[717,3587,199,1458,198],"class_list":["post-7880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-frank-welker","tag-grey-griffin","tag-matthew-lillard","tag-mindy-cohn","tag-scooby-doo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7880"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27852,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880\/revisions\/27852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}