I've heard people dissing this movie, but I don't agree. I loved this movie as a child, and even now (I'm 19) I still enjoy it. Sure, the whole gang isn't there, but that's fine. I was never a hardcore fan of the series, but this movie is fabulous. The "little ghouls" are adorable and lots of fun. Matches, the "pet" dragon of the boarding school, is really great, and the friendship he develops with Scrappy is nice to see. The beginning to the movie is actually really funny, and the exercise scene (don't ask, you'll just have to see it yourself!) that follows soon after always puts a smile on my face. It all starts as a misunderstanding that results in Shaggy and Scooby meeting monsters they (gasp!) aren't afraid of... and, of course, some new villains that *are* quite scary. All in all, this is a really entertaining watch. I love it, and gave it an 8 out of 10.
34 Reviews
A must-see for true fans!
IzzyGarrish5 January 2002
It was a joy to see Scooby, Shaggy, and Scrappy true to character. Shaggy's clothes--and the Mystery Machine--appear as they premiered in "The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo" (1985-1986), providing continuity. Glenn Leopold weaves a multi-character story with traditional Hanna-Barbera charm. I think it would have made more sense to include Daphne, but it still lives up to Scooby-Doo cannon established from 1969 to the late 1980s. A must-see for true fans!
A cool Scooby-Doo movie I enjoyed as a kid.
OllieSuave-00724 October 2014
I saw this TV movie a few times when I was a kid and, from what I remembered, it was a pretty good movie (where Scooby Doo, Shaggy and Scrappy Doo visits a haunted school and attempts to save its kidnapped students) that captures the some of the humor and spirit of the original cartoon series.
The animation was bright and the plot was actually somewhat intriguing, making you eager to know that the events unfold. Although Fred, Daphne and Velma were absent from the movie, Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy did deliver some great fun and laugh-out-loud comedy. After the conventional theme of villains disguised as ghouls and goblins in the series, it was interesting and noteworthy to see this movie contain real ghostly creatures and real witches as villains, such as the villainess Witch Revolta.
There are corny moments here and there, but this is a cartoon and is still better than some of the more contemporary cartoon counterparts of the 2000s and beyond.
Grade B
The animation was bright and the plot was actually somewhat intriguing, making you eager to know that the events unfold. Although Fred, Daphne and Velma were absent from the movie, Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy did deliver some great fun and laugh-out-loud comedy. After the conventional theme of villains disguised as ghouls and goblins in the series, it was interesting and noteworthy to see this movie contain real ghostly creatures and real witches as villains, such as the villainess Witch Revolta.
There are corny moments here and there, but this is a cartoon and is still better than some of the more contemporary cartoon counterparts of the 2000s and beyond.
Grade B
good points
bh60664427 August 2003
What made me laugh more and more is that little pis$ed off dragon. It made the movie as far as I'm concerned. The movie took a while to get going, but it grew on me......but I'm easily entertained. In the realm of kids movies, I'd probably give it a 6/10. Definitely enjoyable.
I didn't think it was THAT bad!
TheLittleSongbird23 June 2010
It is not perfect and it is not the best Scooby Doo movie, in my opinion that's Witch's Ghost, but Ghoul's School is I think better than people say it is. I admit I hated this movie when I first saw it as I thought it was corny and lame and the fact that I was going through a Scrappy-hating phase probably didn't help either. I watched it again, and like with Reluctant Werewolf which I also hated at first, I am glad I gave it a chance.
It has its flaws mind. The pacing is draggy in spots, Scrappy while not as contemptible as he can be is still rather annoying and I really could have done without Scrappy's rap, then again I have a dislike of rap in general so maybe I'm biased.
That said, the animation is not too bad really, there are some lush backgrounds and a majority of the characters are well drawn. The incidental music is decent, and the jokes, script and puns are funny, perhaps corny in parts but the original show wasn't always sophisticated humour either and that worked. The story is a departure from usual Scooby Doo fare but it does hold interest, and has a lot of entertaining parts especially the party with the ghoul girls' parents, the match between the girls and the boys and any scene with the villainess of the piece Revolta.
And I liked the characters, Scrappy you either love or hate, but Scooby and Shaggy are delightful as always and their antics are just as wildly funny as before. The pet dragon is a very nice addition, and almost makes the movie, and I liked the ghoul girls too, Sebella is my favourite as she is quite beautiful and has this seductive element to her. Revolta who looks as awful as she sounds is an intriguing villainess, her motives aren't exactly original, but she does have some great lines, a sinister presence and a chilling voice. Finally the voice acting is well done, especially Don Messick and Casey Kasem who never fail to bring a smile to my face as Scooby and Shaggy.
So overall, it isn't brilliant, but it's better than people give credit for. 7/10 Bethany Cox
It has its flaws mind. The pacing is draggy in spots, Scrappy while not as contemptible as he can be is still rather annoying and I really could have done without Scrappy's rap, then again I have a dislike of rap in general so maybe I'm biased.
That said, the animation is not too bad really, there are some lush backgrounds and a majority of the characters are well drawn. The incidental music is decent, and the jokes, script and puns are funny, perhaps corny in parts but the original show wasn't always sophisticated humour either and that worked. The story is a departure from usual Scooby Doo fare but it does hold interest, and has a lot of entertaining parts especially the party with the ghoul girls' parents, the match between the girls and the boys and any scene with the villainess of the piece Revolta.
And I liked the characters, Scrappy you either love or hate, but Scooby and Shaggy are delightful as always and their antics are just as wildly funny as before. The pet dragon is a very nice addition, and almost makes the movie, and I liked the ghoul girls too, Sebella is my favourite as she is quite beautiful and has this seductive element to her. Revolta who looks as awful as she sounds is an intriguing villainess, her motives aren't exactly original, but she does have some great lines, a sinister presence and a chilling voice. Finally the voice acting is well done, especially Don Messick and Casey Kasem who never fail to bring a smile to my face as Scooby and Shaggy.
So overall, it isn't brilliant, but it's better than people give credit for. 7/10 Bethany Cox
An Honest Review
generationofswine1 April 2017
Parental Warning: This film contains scenes of Scrappy-Doo.
It should be rated XXX just for that, shouldn't it? But, honestly, this was one of the "easing off of Scrappy" films, so, like in the Werewolf one, he isn't nearly as annoying as he is in his involvement with the rest of the franchise.
Really the bad taste that comes in your mouth is the premise. Shaggy and Scooby go to an all girls school to become gym teachers.
First, that sounds like a teenage sex comedy. Second,how on earth did Shaggey get a job as a PE teacher? What does that say about the school that hired him? Gym teachers like him are the reason that American Education has taken a nose dive and we have a problem with obesity in this country.
Anyway, all jokes aside, it's still a girls school, but the girls are Ghouls and their parents come...hilarity ensues...despite the premise.
It's actually not that bad and has better moments than the reluctant Werewolf, which is in the same era of Scooby Movies and really oddly made all things considered.
Ghoul School feels better, it looks better, and it has better laughs...despite Scrappy's involvement.
It should be rated XXX just for that, shouldn't it? But, honestly, this was one of the "easing off of Scrappy" films, so, like in the Werewolf one, he isn't nearly as annoying as he is in his involvement with the rest of the franchise.
Really the bad taste that comes in your mouth is the premise. Shaggy and Scooby go to an all girls school to become gym teachers.
First, that sounds like a teenage sex comedy. Second,how on earth did Shaggey get a job as a PE teacher? What does that say about the school that hired him? Gym teachers like him are the reason that American Education has taken a nose dive and we have a problem with obesity in this country.
Anyway, all jokes aside, it's still a girls school, but the girls are Ghouls and their parents come...hilarity ensues...despite the premise.
It's actually not that bad and has better moments than the reluctant Werewolf, which is in the same era of Scooby Movies and really oddly made all things considered.
Ghoul School feels better, it looks better, and it has better laughs...despite Scrappy's involvement.
Awesome
bloodstained-scalpel10 September 2007
"Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School" would come of as one of the lame TV movies they make nowadays, but due to fantastic voice-acting, catchy characters, and an unorthodox(if not expectable) plot{volleyball game, WTF?] this becomes a movie for fans of the original SD series, Casey Casem fans, or for the newer 'What's new, Scooby Doo?' fans to see what it's elder counterparts were like. The drawbacks are continual graphic hiccups and outtakes they never edited out, Lack of sense in few places(Only five girls in a private school?, and lame villain(Mistress Revolta). Also, for a movie based on three people who absolutely fear monsters, they seem to take a liking to the girls in the film. Also, fan films on the website YouTube prove that the girls in the film and the film itself are cult classics.
Good but not as I remembered
9andrew_998 May 2022
It's a 7.4 I'd say, it's good and fun to watch, Scrappy is a bit annoying like always, but not irritating. There are some jokes that are meh, but I'm 18 and when I was younger I laughed, plus the movie is way older than me, so I can't complain much. The girls were well designed and their personalities matched every one of them. A bit long, plus the rap at the end seemed a bit out of place.
Overall it was enjoyable, I don't regret watching it, and I liked it better than the previous two: Scooby-Doo goes Hollywod / Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers.
Reccomend to anyone!
Overall it was enjoyable, I don't regret watching it, and I liked it better than the previous two: Scooby-Doo goes Hollywod / Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers.
Reccomend to anyone!
My personal favorite of Scooby's movies
retasulover19 February 2009
Warning: Spoilers
I'm not usually one to lay the praise on a television movie, but this movie simply took it to a whole new level. I was always something of a Scooby Doo fan when I was younger, and after several years, just catching this movie on Cartoon Network brought back some memories.
I remember when this movie would premiere on television ALL THE TIME!! I would never get tired of it, no matter how many times I sat through it. Some scenes and quotes from this movie are somewhat memorable (take note that I say "somewhat" because I can recognize a lousy pun when it's told.) Some of the music was memorable, and the thing that definitely got this movie up on my list, is the fact that Shaggy and Scooby actually warm up to the girls, even though they ARE ghouls through and through. We get enough of them running like chickens in the television series and other movies, although in this case, it's refreshing to see them gradually get a little more open minded, although the ending is rather sensible when they run away from the "new students". One year at Grimwood is enough.
Normally, I thought '80's television movies were unbearably cheesy, but this gave me a merciful break from that. I've always loved this particular '80's movie, because Hanna-Barbera is one of the greatest animation duos in the world.
Upon reading other reviews for this film, I recall one reviewer noting that the vampire Sybella was his/her one reason of seeing the movie. While mind-wandering boys share those same kind of sentiments no doubt, I would have to note that I was indeed one of them when it came to the original characters of this movie, although for me, it was for Phantasma, or Phantie the Phantom. There was just something about the obnoxiously 80's hairdo and the fact that I thought she was really cute that just got into my head.
Although several reviews have completely panned this film, I seriously recommend this film for children who are into Scooby and the gang, or for die-hard fans of the old cartoon who are willing to see some long lost forgotten ground.
I remember when this movie would premiere on television ALL THE TIME!! I would never get tired of it, no matter how many times I sat through it. Some scenes and quotes from this movie are somewhat memorable (take note that I say "somewhat" because I can recognize a lousy pun when it's told.) Some of the music was memorable, and the thing that definitely got this movie up on my list, is the fact that Shaggy and Scooby actually warm up to the girls, even though they ARE ghouls through and through. We get enough of them running like chickens in the television series and other movies, although in this case, it's refreshing to see them gradually get a little more open minded, although the ending is rather sensible when they run away from the "new students". One year at Grimwood is enough.
Normally, I thought '80's television movies were unbearably cheesy, but this gave me a merciful break from that. I've always loved this particular '80's movie, because Hanna-Barbera is one of the greatest animation duos in the world.
Upon reading other reviews for this film, I recall one reviewer noting that the vampire Sybella was his/her one reason of seeing the movie. While mind-wandering boys share those same kind of sentiments no doubt, I would have to note that I was indeed one of them when it came to the original characters of this movie, although for me, it was for Phantasma, or Phantie the Phantom. There was just something about the obnoxiously 80's hairdo and the fact that I thought she was really cute that just got into my head.
Although several reviews have completely panned this film, I seriously recommend this film for children who are into Scooby and the gang, or for die-hard fans of the old cartoon who are willing to see some long lost forgotten ground.
Harmless, if nothing else
lee_eisenberg26 September 2005
The whole thing's pretty simple: Scooby-Doo, Scrappy and Shaggy go to be gym instructors in a girl's school. What they don't know is that in this particular school, the students are all monsters (don't worry - they're good monsters). There's a werewolf, a vampire, a ghost, a Frankenstein and a mummy. To crown everything, the headmistress (who's also the mummy's mother) has a pet dragon who prefers to breathe fire at Scooby-Doo. Then, while they're all out on an excursion to a swamp, an evil witch kidnaps the girls, and Scooby, Scrappy, Shaggy and the pet dragon have to go save them...if they can.
I don't think that I've seen most of the Scooby-Doo cartoons - and I deliberately avoided the 2002 movie - but "Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School" wasn't bad. It's really something now that I realize that "Mary Poppins" matriarch Glynis Johns did the voice of headmistress Ms. Grimwood.
I don't think that I've seen most of the Scooby-Doo cartoons - and I deliberately avoided the 2002 movie - but "Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School" wasn't bad. It's really something now that I realize that "Mary Poppins" matriarch Glynis Johns did the voice of headmistress Ms. Grimwood.
Cute and charming Scooby Doo movie
Maziun28 September 2012
I was something of a Scooby Doo fan when I was younger, and seeing this movie recently brought back some good childhood memories. This movie and "Scooby Doo and the reluctant werewolf" were my favourite animated movies when I was a little kid. Now , of course I look at it differently , but I still have got a soft spot for it in my heart.
This was made after the "13 Ghosts" series, so Fred, Velma and Daphne are not in it. Shaggy wears a red shirt and blue pants and he has a red Mystery Machine. This might be a problem for the hardcore fans , but not for me. The story reminds me kind of a mix between "Police academy" and "The Addams family" . It's quite refreshing to see Scooby,Shaggy and Scrappy with REAL monsters , not some costumed villains. Matches, the "pet" dragon of the boarding school, is really great . The other characters are also catchy and very likable . Our heroes at first are scared of the girls, but later Shaggy and Scooby actually warm up to the girls.
This movie lacks sense sometimes - private school with only five girls ,the boys don't seem to notice or mind that girls are ghouls , during the volleyball match the players break all the rules. Still , the movie is charming , the humour is nice , characters likable and the voice-acting is fantastic.
I give it 5/10.
This was made after the "13 Ghosts" series, so Fred, Velma and Daphne are not in it. Shaggy wears a red shirt and blue pants and he has a red Mystery Machine. This might be a problem for the hardcore fans , but not for me. The story reminds me kind of a mix between "Police academy" and "The Addams family" . It's quite refreshing to see Scooby,Shaggy and Scrappy with REAL monsters , not some costumed villains. Matches, the "pet" dragon of the boarding school, is really great . The other characters are also catchy and very likable . Our heroes at first are scared of the girls, but later Shaggy and Scooby actually warm up to the girls.
This movie lacks sense sometimes - private school with only five girls ,the boys don't seem to notice or mind that girls are ghouls , during the volleyball match the players break all the rules. Still , the movie is charming , the humour is nice , characters likable and the voice-acting is fantastic.
I give it 5/10.
One of the best made-for-TV Scooby-Doo films!
wile_E20058 February 2006
This film is very cool. However, this movie was actually aired as part of the "Hanna-Barbera Superstar" 1987-1989 TV series which featured TV movies starring various Hanna-Barbera characters (a notable example is "The Good, The Bad, and the Huckleberry Hound") and "Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School" is one of them! It isn't like "Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island" or "What's New Scooby-Doo," but it is more like the 70s and 80s TV series. It is quite entertaining, despite some of the lame jokes and puns. But the only main problem with this film is that SCRAPPY-DOO is in it! However, he is not that annoying in this film. The ghoul girls are also neat, from Sibella (the daughter of Count Dracula; her catchphrase is "Fangtastic") to Winnie the Werewolf (her father looks a lot like the Van Heisling werewolf!) Plus, since this was made after the "13 Ghosts" series, Shaggy wears a red shirt and blue pants and he has a red Mystery Machine, and Fred, Velma and Daphne are not in it. But I find that a bit OK. Plus, the evil witch Revolta is AWESOME!!! Overall, I recommend it to those who like Scooby-Doo, but not to the anti-Scrappy people!
Not really your classic Scooby-Doo movie (INCLUDES SPOILERS)
WeatherExperiment11 March 2001
Warning: Spoilers
This movie, just re-released this year (2001, originally came out in 1988), appears to be a two-part movie. The first part has Scooby, Shaggy (in a red, not the signature green, shirt) and the annoying little Scrappy-Doo driving to the school where they are to teach gym at an all girls school. Little do they know, when they arrive, it is really an all "ghouls" school, where the pupils are the "daughters of the world's most frightfully famous monsters". After being unsettled by who they are going to teach, they proceed to get the "ghouls" ready for a volleyball tournament against the local boys military school (who are "normal", not ghoulish, kids). The second part of the movie, sliced in half by the tournament itself, consists of a monster named Revolta, who is out to kidnap the "ghouls" and to become the most powerful witch in all of monsterdom.
The movie is kind of cutesy. And the usual formulaic solving of a typical Scooby-Doo mystery is non existent. Scrappy-Doo removes the "fear" content that Shag and Scoob usually show off. It was not mentioned anywhere on the video box cover, nor was there a picture, that Scrappy-Doo was in this film. I would not have purchased this film if Scrappy had been mentioned. To me, it's like when Oliver was added to the cast of the Brady Bunch. Unnecessary, and diminishing to a classic Scooby-Doo movie. I think Shag and Scoob could pull off a movie on their own, without Scrappy-Doo. But, I do truly like to see Velma, Daphne and Fred there, too. Knowing full well that this movie is really for kids (I am an adult of a 4 year old who absolutely loved the movie), I gave it a 6 instead of the 3 I wanted to give it.
Buy it for your kids if you must, but avoid it if you are looking to re-kindle the kid in you with memories of a Scooby-Doo mystery.
The movie is kind of cutesy. And the usual formulaic solving of a typical Scooby-Doo mystery is non existent. Scrappy-Doo removes the "fear" content that Shag and Scoob usually show off. It was not mentioned anywhere on the video box cover, nor was there a picture, that Scrappy-Doo was in this film. I would not have purchased this film if Scrappy had been mentioned. To me, it's like when Oliver was added to the cast of the Brady Bunch. Unnecessary, and diminishing to a classic Scooby-Doo movie. I think Shag and Scoob could pull off a movie on their own, without Scrappy-Doo. But, I do truly like to see Velma, Daphne and Fred there, too. Knowing full well that this movie is really for kids (I am an adult of a 4 year old who absolutely loved the movie), I gave it a 6 instead of the 3 I wanted to give it.
Buy it for your kids if you must, but avoid it if you are looking to re-kindle the kid in you with memories of a Scooby-Doo mystery.
Horrible
elihuevalerio3 November 2012
I picked this up for $5 at Wal-mart, expecting another fun full-length Scooby feature in the vein of "Camp Scare" or "Witch's Ghost." Wrong.
There are so many things that make this film painful to watch. First of all, it doesn't even make sense. Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy are headed to teach P.E. (huh?) to an all-girls school (huh?) where the students are also the daughters of the world's scariest monsters (huh?) who are REAL monsters, not men in masks (huh?) as they're gearing up for a volleyball tournament with boys from a local military school (huh?) outside their creepy mansion.
Secondly...there's no Mystery, Inc., no Mystery van and...NO MYSTERY. Shaggy and Scooby are great characters, but the movie feels empty and foreign without the rest of the gang.
Thirdly...THE CHARACTERS!! Okay some people think Scrappy is bad, but he's actually a likable character compared to the rest. Revolta is simply fugly, and a weak villain at that. The monsters are ridiculous. And the girls...they might just be the most annoying cartoon characters I've seen in a long time. The phantom daughter is screechy and squealy, the werewolf's daughter sounds constipated and howls constantly, Frankenstein's daughter sounds like they were trying to make fun of mentally handicapped people and walks around calling her dad "dada" even though she looks at least a teenager. The only one that was semi-cute was the mummy's daughter, but her voice was still a bit irritating. Miss Grimwood was the only one with a pleasant voice, and I thought the little dragon/dog was pretty cute.
Possibly the WORST thing about this movie was the dialogue. There's literally a really REALLY bad pun every 30 seconds. They start out as a bit eye-rolling, but it gets cringe-worthy and, about 30 minutes into it, downright torturous. There's one in about every other line, and some of them are recycled multiple times throughout the film. (Just count how many times Dracula's daughter says "Fang-tastic" for starters) Finally...there's no real plot. It's incredibly boring and at 1 hr. 33 minutes it lasts longer than some non-children's movies, which makes it even more drawn out and lame.
Seriously, avoid this at all costs. It doesn't feel like a Scooby Doo movie...at best, it feels like a really bad spin off. Like if Luna and Neville from Harry Potter moved to America and started bakery in New York City. That's about how this film fits in with traditional Scooby repertoire. Don't waste your time and, especially, your money!!
There are so many things that make this film painful to watch. First of all, it doesn't even make sense. Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy are headed to teach P.E. (huh?) to an all-girls school (huh?) where the students are also the daughters of the world's scariest monsters (huh?) who are REAL monsters, not men in masks (huh?) as they're gearing up for a volleyball tournament with boys from a local military school (huh?) outside their creepy mansion.
Secondly...there's no Mystery, Inc., no Mystery van and...NO MYSTERY. Shaggy and Scooby are great characters, but the movie feels empty and foreign without the rest of the gang.
Thirdly...THE CHARACTERS!! Okay some people think Scrappy is bad, but he's actually a likable character compared to the rest. Revolta is simply fugly, and a weak villain at that. The monsters are ridiculous. And the girls...they might just be the most annoying cartoon characters I've seen in a long time. The phantom daughter is screechy and squealy, the werewolf's daughter sounds constipated and howls constantly, Frankenstein's daughter sounds like they were trying to make fun of mentally handicapped people and walks around calling her dad "dada" even though she looks at least a teenager. The only one that was semi-cute was the mummy's daughter, but her voice was still a bit irritating. Miss Grimwood was the only one with a pleasant voice, and I thought the little dragon/dog was pretty cute.
Possibly the WORST thing about this movie was the dialogue. There's literally a really REALLY bad pun every 30 seconds. They start out as a bit eye-rolling, but it gets cringe-worthy and, about 30 minutes into it, downright torturous. There's one in about every other line, and some of them are recycled multiple times throughout the film. (Just count how many times Dracula's daughter says "Fang-tastic" for starters) Finally...there's no real plot. It's incredibly boring and at 1 hr. 33 minutes it lasts longer than some non-children's movies, which makes it even more drawn out and lame.
Seriously, avoid this at all costs. It doesn't feel like a Scooby Doo movie...at best, it feels like a really bad spin off. Like if Luna and Neville from Harry Potter moved to America and started bakery in New York City. That's about how this film fits in with traditional Scooby repertoire. Don't waste your time and, especially, your money!!
I love this movie
las_walteras21 April 2003
My older sister and I grew up with this movie I love it. I've seen it now and I admit it's bit lame but I love it. I also love the Scooby Doo movie where Shaggy turns into a wolf. If you grew up watching these movies you just have to love them.
Sweet & Simple Scooby Doo!!
chelseajmbelehar9 August 2023
This one takes me back. Watching it now with my little cousin I can relax and enjoy it too. There's no real life lessons expect seeing how much little girls love their dads and Shaggy and Scooby accepting the girls just like any other girls. The military school was a nice comparison but still had health rivalry and compassion between the two schools. The voice talents were absolutely amazing! I can see how they became so iconic. It was nice to get a young kid into the old Scooby Doo with nothing to worry about other than explaining how there was no cell phones and internet. She really liked the movie and the old 70's show more the the modern ones. Hopefully the oldies will make a come back and just stay immortalized.
Overall sweet & simple Scooby Doo 6/10. Nothing wrong with it.
Overall sweet & simple Scooby Doo 6/10. Nothing wrong with it.
My Childhood Fav!
naters-965022 April 2018
The Ghoul School was the movie I grew up w/ so it holds meaning to me more then the others...my brother & I always liked the van Shaggy, Scooby & Scrappy were driving during the opening credits w/ the workout equipment in the back. I thought this film was funny w/ pretty good characters throughout & of course Matches who is a pet, little fire-breathing green dragon. It also had a good, slightly creepy feel to it that I also identify w/ in other 80's cartoons. The private boys school next door to the ghoul school was funny & seemed like a perfect scenario for our Scooby trio...good beginning & good ending. Loved it.
Scooby and Shaggy's Best Adventure!
RiffRaffMcKinley23 September 2007
I have no idea why people hate this movie so much. It's better than any of their adventures that I've ever seen, and I do enjoy seeing Scooby & Shaggy dealing with real creatures. The animation here is, as is traditional, very good. The story is great. The chemistry between the two stars is, as always, spot-on. And did I mention the story is great? Featuring an evil witch and a boarding school filled with young girl ghouls, the conflict is refreshing in that it doesn't follow the traditional Shag & Scoob formula. Also, it's nice to have a little break from Daphne, whom I have always found a little obnoxious (it's okay-- Sarah Michelle Gellar was worse). But the point is, this is a great Doo gang movie. I only wish my copy were still intact.
Nostalgia Goggles Don't Work on This One
pisces-kelsey17 January 2022
I watched 3 SD movies as a kid. "Zombie Island," "Witch's Ghost," and this.
I'm gonna say it: "Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School" is not as good as you remember. It's a LONG movie, it does the same joke over 5 times in its runtime (and DEAR GOD the puns! They are actually painful.), and it's like episodes of a show that never happened were all slapped together into one long viewing. And it has Scrappy. 😕
The ghoul designs are still great, though, so I'll defend them and the Liza Minnelli knockoff. I don't know why I was so enamored with it as a kid.
It's TEDIOUS!
I'm gonna say it: "Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School" is not as good as you remember. It's a LONG movie, it does the same joke over 5 times in its runtime (and DEAR GOD the puns! They are actually painful.), and it's like episodes of a show that never happened were all slapped together into one long viewing. And it has Scrappy. 😕
The ghoul designs are still great, though, so I'll defend them and the Liza Minnelli knockoff. I don't know why I was so enamored with it as a kid.
It's TEDIOUS!
A classic Scooby Doo Movie
Bifrostedflake30 June 2009
Personally speaking I love Ghoul School, it's not as good as Reluctant Werewolf or Boo Brothers (my personal favourite) but I enjoy it a lot more than Scooby Doo goes Hollywood. I used to watch it all the time when I was a kid I only stopped watching it so I could prevent the video from completely wearing out.
I'm not really a fan of the newer movies like witches ghost or zombie island, it's not that I think their bad I just prefer the cell animation that I watched when I was growing up.
Any kid who loves Scooby Doo will probably enjoy watching this film, there are some cheesy puns in it but I don't think that will bother them.
I'm not really a fan of the newer movies like witches ghost or zombie island, it's not that I think their bad I just prefer the cell animation that I watched when I was growing up.
Any kid who loves Scooby Doo will probably enjoy watching this film, there are some cheesy puns in it but I don't think that will bother them.
Worst Scooby Doo ever.
CuriosityKilledShawn5 June 2004
Eesh! What is this supposed to be? Shaggy and Scooby's solo outings usually make for good movies. But Ghoul School comes nowhere near the surprisingly good Boo Brothers or Reluctant Werewolf and is so far behind modern Scooby Doo animation. It really is the cheapest, shoddiest Scooby effort I've ever seen.
There isn't even a mystery, thus explaining the lack of the Mystery Machine (an ugly red van is the replacement). So why on earth they bothered to make this a Scooby Doo movie is puzzling if they weren't deliberately exploiting a popular character.
It's just all wrong! Shaggy gets a job in an all-girl (actually Ghoul) school teaching Phys. Ed. I'm sorry but when did Shaggy become a qualified Gym Teacher? There's some pointless story involving a volleyball competition with a Military School next door that isn't good enough to distract from the bore and then after that some old hag called Revolta turns up and turns them all into zombies. Uh...yeah.
Shaggy obviously saves the day but by this point I had dozed off. It bored me to sleep!
The 1.33:1 full frame picture shows how cruddy the animation is and the sound is plain old mono. Aside from the usual 'how to draw' extras this DVD also features a trailer that cheekily uses lots of footage of modern Scooby animation and mixes it with Ghoul School to make it look new. I wasn't fooled.
Don't buy this. Rent it for the kids if there is really nothing else.
There isn't even a mystery, thus explaining the lack of the Mystery Machine (an ugly red van is the replacement). So why on earth they bothered to make this a Scooby Doo movie is puzzling if they weren't deliberately exploiting a popular character.
It's just all wrong! Shaggy gets a job in an all-girl (actually Ghoul) school teaching Phys. Ed. I'm sorry but when did Shaggy become a qualified Gym Teacher? There's some pointless story involving a volleyball competition with a Military School next door that isn't good enough to distract from the bore and then after that some old hag called Revolta turns up and turns them all into zombies. Uh...yeah.
Shaggy obviously saves the day but by this point I had dozed off. It bored me to sleep!
The 1.33:1 full frame picture shows how cruddy the animation is and the sound is plain old mono. Aside from the usual 'how to draw' extras this DVD also features a trailer that cheekily uses lots of footage of modern Scooby animation and mixes it with Ghoul School to make it look new. I wasn't fooled.
Don't buy this. Rent it for the kids if there is really nothing else.
Nice Scooby Feature
Michael_Elliott19 October 2012
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988)
*** (out of 4)
Good feature has Scooby, Scrappy and Shaggy going to a "school" that is attended by famous monster's children. At this female school they play an annual volleyball game against a military academy and Shaggy has been hired to make them winners. The first sixty-minutes of this feature are absolutely delightful with all sorts of laughs but sadly it really runs out of gas and barely makes it to the end. At 90-minutes it just runs way too long and the second portion of the film has a fairly weak story involving someone at the school trying to take it over with a new kind of evil. I thought the final thirty-minutes really dragged in spots and nearly ruined the entire film but the first part is just so good that horror fans should really enjoy it. I thought some of the best moments involved the monster children and the nice homages to previous movies. We get Count Dracula's daughter, a mummy, a werewolf and Frankenstein's daughter who is made up to look like the Bride and of course she's named Elsa (Lancaster from the 1935 film). We also get some pretty good jokes once the parents show up and of course they're enough to scare Shaggy and Scooby. Fans of the TV show should really enjoy this and monster fans will also have a good time with the creatures on hand.
*** (out of 4)
Good feature has Scooby, Scrappy and Shaggy going to a "school" that is attended by famous monster's children. At this female school they play an annual volleyball game against a military academy and Shaggy has been hired to make them winners. The first sixty-minutes of this feature are absolutely delightful with all sorts of laughs but sadly it really runs out of gas and barely makes it to the end. At 90-minutes it just runs way too long and the second portion of the film has a fairly weak story involving someone at the school trying to take it over with a new kind of evil. I thought the final thirty-minutes really dragged in spots and nearly ruined the entire film but the first part is just so good that horror fans should really enjoy it. I thought some of the best moments involved the monster children and the nice homages to previous movies. We get Count Dracula's daughter, a mummy, a werewolf and Frankenstein's daughter who is made up to look like the Bride and of course she's named Elsa (Lancaster from the 1935 film). We also get some pretty good jokes once the parents show up and of course they're enough to scare Shaggy and Scooby. Fans of the TV show should really enjoy this and monster fans will also have a good time with the creatures on hand.
Fangtastic!
RKerekes13-130 January 2008
If you're looking for a good Scooby Doo movie to wet your appetite, then this one's for you! Shaggy, Scooby, and even Scrappy go to a Grimwood School for Ghouls where they are made the official coaches so that the ghoul girls can square off in a volleyball game against the Calloway Military School for boys. Elsewhere is the evil witch Revolta, who has plans of her own to kidnap to ghoul girls and put them under her control. Later on, the Calloway boys show some loyalty and respect for the ghoul girls when they rescue them from Revolta's clutches. Overall, this movie's pretty good, and probably the main reason I watch this movie is Cybella. She's HOT! Watch this movie! You won't be sorry! It's fangtastic!
Classic Scooby Doo!!
meganphipps24 August 2015
Warning: Spoilers
I LOVE THIS ANIMATED MOVIE. This was one of my favourite Scooby Doo movies growing up and they don't do movies like this anymore well animated movies anyway. I loved all the Scooby Doo movies when I was growing up, they were different and it always represented the TV programme in a good way. The characters are amazing, you can't go wrong with a classic Scooby Doo, Shaggy and Scrappy Doo adventure. One of my favourite characters has to be Isabella (Dracula's Daughter) she just amazing especially with some of her one liners and she also wheres my favourite colour Purple. One of my favourite moments has to be when they are playing the volleyball game against the Callway boys. If you like classic animation or classic Scooby Doo then this is for you. it's Fangtastic
The Worst Scooby Doo Movie Overall
jacobstaggs25 January 2019
Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy head to the Grimwood School for Ghouls in an opening scene that starts the movie on a good note. Puns, maps stored in sandwiches, cool rain on windshield animation FX, and even fourth wall breaking. They arrive at the school and Scooby crashes over the moat. Once inside, Scooby is attacked by the school's pet dragon Matches. Very well voiced by Frank Walker, I might add.
Then the headmistress and monster students show up. Here is where you need the fast forward button on your remote. There is a bunch of stuff with poorly designed kid monsters, Shaggy and Scooby liking to eat rotten food?! And a one eyed stupid tentacle baring potato monster.
Fast forward way into the movie until you get to the scene with the Mirror Monster. That is a great scene. Shaggy makes faces into the Mirror and his reflection with an evil face grabs Shaggy and pulls him into the Mirror and takes his place, causing lots of hijinks to transpire. After a little bit, the Mirror Monster realizes it's too dangerous outside the Mirror and goes back in, returning Shaggy to the outside.
Now you need the fast forward button again. Fast forward until you see Scrappy start rapping at the end and watch the remaining few minutes of the movie. The closing moments before the ending credits are moronic but in a blzarre watchable way.
Other positives are the very fluid, expressive animation, the voice talent of Don Messick as Scooby and Scrappy and Casey Kasem as both Shaggy and his Mirror Monster representation.
Now for the bad: the drawings of all the characters except for our somewhat heroic trio and some of the monster's parents are bad. The plot of the whole movie was terrible. Most of the dialogue was terrible. Shaggy and Scooby only act like themselves on occasion. (They would not like rotten and would have been scared of the kid monsters for nearly the whole movie, not just a couple minutes.) That purple monster seemed so stupid of an inclusion to me even as a small child. The less said about that potato monster the better. This movie would had worked better if it stuck to what Scooby Doo is. Oddly though, making him a gym teacher makes the most sense of anything in the movie if you've seen Scooby Doo, Where are You? Between being a trackman and Shaggy being, in Daphne's words, "the most groovingest gymnast in school" him being hired as a gym teacher makes a lot of sense. Too bad the movie has so many flaws. The movie mostly collapses under the weight of its problems. Despite superior animation, Ghoul School pales drastically in comparison to Scooby Doo Meets the Boo Brothers and Reluctant Werewolf.
It could have been different, a better movie. I imagine the exercise sequence in particular in a different light. "Let's keep our eyes closed while we're doing jumping jacks, Scoob.... This isn't so bad, the rythm , the energy, no monsters ,yikes, I opened my eyes!
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