A really fun episode.
In this episode the gang goes to Franken Castle, only to be meet by Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster and the Wolfman.
This episode has a perfect premise. The gang meeting three of the most famous monsters in one episode is pretty much irresistible. Not only this but the execution is also excellent. The monsters are all great with wonderful design work and great voice acting. Franken Castle proves to be a perfect setting for a Scooby mystery. It has a delightfully atmospheric feel that is both creepy and fun at the same time. The background art is simply beautiful here and reminds one of the old Universal monster movies in the best way possible. The lighting is also masterfully used here and gives this a real cinematic feel (even if it is made for TV). The lighting is especially effective in the wonderful scene in the room with the fireplace as well as the scene in the torture chamber. This episode also benefits from some great slapstick humor. In many ways this episode is one chase scene after another but all of them are equal amounts funny and exciting.
The only fault I have with this episode is that there is no real mystery as we don't ever meet any suspects until the villain's identity is revealed.
A few years later this episode would be adapted to comic book form in Gold Key Comics' Scooby Doo Where Are You #10 (released in February 1972). That story would be entitled The Ghosts of Grimstone Castle (which made up the whole comic book). The story would change the name Franken Castle to Grimstone Castle among other changes.
This is a very fun episode.
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