A fun little direct to video movie.
In this film the Mystery Inc. Gang visits Fred's uncle, world-famous chef Bobby Flay at his Rocky Harbor Culinary Resort. They soon find that it is being haunted by a ghost. Before you can say "Jinkies" the gang has another mystery on their hands.
There is a lot to enjoy about this movie. The mystery is quite well done and has some fun surprises along the war. The end reveal is quite clever, and the twist is very well done. The ghost is excellent here. He has a delightfully creepy design and that he only makes a shushing noise makes him even more creepy. The way he manipulates the technology around him makes the character feel even creepier and ups the suspense.
The humor in this movie is very hit and miss. There are times when it is laugh out loud funny. Most of the great comedic moments revolve around the gang themselves, who are all at their most funny and likable here. "The sandwich making dog said he'd be here" is one of my favorite comedic lines in these movies. Some of the basic slapstick gags work quite well here as well. Unfortunately, many of the gags involving the special guest stars (mostly famous cooks) fall flat. Though perhaps this is because I never watch cooking shows and don't really know who these people are.
This film is directed by Doug Murphy. This marks his only time directed a Scooby-Doo movie. His only other credit directing Scooby-Doo was a single episode of Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated (Night on Haunted Mountain (2012)). He did work as a storyboard artist on the movies Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur (2011), Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire (2012) and LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood (2016) as well as episodes of Be Cool Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated. The writer of this film was Tim Sheridan. This and the direct to video movie Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (2019) are his only works with Scooby.The majority of his work was on Superhero animation. He worked on such shows as DC Super Hero Girls, Justice League Action and Teen Titians Go as well as the direct to video movies Reign of the Supermen (2019), Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2020) and Batman: The Long Halloween (2021).
This may not be the best Scooby movie, but it is really fun.
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