Thanks for the memories!

Great Film overall

A Masterpiece!

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

I re-watched this film for the first time in years yesterday, and it was really nothing special. After four animated Scooby-Doo films that took risks and offered us stuff that is new ("Zombie Island" through "Cyber Chase"), we get a forgettable entry that really doesn't do much outside of the old Scooby-Doo formula.The gang are their usual selves, which is pretty nice, I guess. It was also cool that we get to see the Hex girls again, even if they didn't do much. As usual, we get some funny scenes here and there and I will admit that the design for the vampire was pretty cool.It doesn't offer much outside of that. The story is typical Scooby-Doo fare, and there wasn't anything to make it feel like a real "movie." This was really nothing more than an extended TV episode. Several Scooby-Doo movies suffer from this, but this is one of the worst cases.It took too long for the plot to get started. There were too many filler scenes that added nothing and felt like they were there only to pad out the movie's length. The supporting characters aside from the Hex Girls were also nothing to write home about.The climax in the mountains is kind of routine, and the reveal was nothing shocking. However, I kind of liked the gang performing the Scooby-Doo Theme Song at the end.This is definitely one of the most by-the-numbers entries in the long-running franchise. It's not a bad film and it's okay to watch if you've got nothing better to do. However, it isn't really that much worth your time and there are better Scooby-Doo movies out there.RATING: C

Haven't the vampire theme been used enough in the Scooby-Doo universe? Or maybe it is just me...Regardless, "Scooby-Doo! And the Legend of the Vampire" turned out to be just another assembly line produced Scooby-Doo movie. You know, the ones that follow the very original Hanna-Barbera formula to the point. So you know what will happen here before it happens, and you know exactly how the movie will end.With that being said, aren't all Scooby-Doo movies essentially so? Yes, you are right. However, some of the animated movies do manage to distinct themselves from the rest of them, either with the storyline or with the "monsters" that the gang is chasing (and being chased by) after.This time the Mystery Gang has traveled to Australia where they investigate the mysterious disappearances at a music festival. Here they come face to face with the grim Yowie Yahoo creature.Right, nothing new or innovative here. It just runs a bit too much on autopilot here for this 2003 animated movie.However, I will say that I did find some amusement in the musicians and their costumes. But it was hardly enough to make up for the rest of the mundane experience that the animated movie turned out to be for me.The voice acting is very important for an animated movie to work with the audience, and "Scooby-Doo! And the Legend of the Vampire" had some good enough talents, although some of the more familiar voices were missing. It is always pleasing to have the voice of Frank Welker in a Scooby-Doo animated movie.My six year old son enjoyed "Scooby-Doo! And the Legend of the Vampire" well enough. I, however, found it to be lacking the fun and energy of many of the other Scooby-Doo animated movies. And as such, then my final rating of "Scooby-Doo! And the Legend of the Vampire" is a mediocre five out of ten stars.

Not nearly as good as 'Zombie Island'. This movie was okay. It was kind of odd the way the characters had their old clothes, the theme music was similar to the original cartoon's music, and well, the story was kind of bad. I like 'Zombie' because it was original. I liked the way you see where the gang ended up after they split, not to mention a great storyline. Another thing that made that film great was the way they kind of spoofed the original cartoon (Fred's ascott consideration for his dinner clothes "nah"...excellent). This movie kind of throws the previous films of balance. But it's okay, not horrible, but just about watchable. Don't expect anything from the dvd (commentary by Fred, Scooby, and Shag) because it's not what you'd expect (would've been better for Zombie Island or The Witch's Ghost). Oh well. The movie is definetly the worst of all the latest Scooby Movies, all of which are excellent. But if you like Scooby, give the movie a chance. 5/10.

I've been an avid Scooby fan in the last five years. Ive followed the great dane from Zombie Island to the live action movie. Now we join him at Vampire Rock. After four quite successful animated films I had high hopes for Vampire Rock. However this film is a drastic departure from those films, as Zombie Island was from the original series. There is a nod to those films present in the form of the Hex Girls and the Cyber Chase game, but thats it. The mystery machine is now the old van and Fred has his ascot back. All that the previous films had built up has gone. On the plus side Velma's orginal voice is back and sounds fantastic. Also worth a mention is the excellent reengineering of the old Scooby Doo Where Are You? incidential music. Overall the piece feels like it is pandering too much to the general populous' preception of Scooby Doo and this does stiffle the creativity. One last thing though please if there is to be another film could have Scoot Innes back as Scooby?