An excellent Scooby mystery.
In this episode the gang goes to see the Batty Awards, an awards show dedicated to horror films. However the Batty Awards are interrupted when a monster from a movie that is going to be screened there appears and scares everybody away.
This episode is excellent on all levels. The villain is fantastic. He has a wonderfully creepy design and voice. He is the type of monster who would have felt at home in Scooby-Doo! Where Are You? The mystery element is handled wonderfully. There are quite a few suspects and all of them seem very likely to have done it. However all the clues lead perfectly to the real culprit and when the monster is unmasked, this makes perfect sense. This mystery is so good because you can solve it with the gang learning each clue when they do and figuring out what each clue means. If you really think about each clue you can solve the mystery too and that is the sign of a well written mystery. I also love that this episode gives ample time to each of the member of the gang. Unlike many of the early Scrappy episodes, this episode doesn't push Fred, Velma (voiced by Marla Frumkin for the first time) and Daphne to the side. They get their time to shine, yet we still get time for the antics of Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy. Speaking of these antics, the trio really gets to shine here. The idea of them meeting various actors in monster costumes throughout the episode as long as the main monster is a very good one and this episode takes delightful advantage of it.
All in all this is a wonderful Scooby mystery and a delight for all Scooby fans.
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