Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf

"The New Scooby-Doo Movie You'll Howl For!"

1988 1h 32m EN

👍

7.3

SOLID

★7.3TMDB · 350

AnimationFamilyTV MovieMysteryComedy

Synopsis

Spoiler shield

Shaggy is turned into a werewolf, and it's up to Scooby, Scrappy and Shaggy's girlfriend to help him win a race against other monsters, and become human again.

“The New Scooby-Doo Movie You'll Howl For!”

WhatsApp X Facebook Telegram

Where to watch · US

Amazon VideoRent

Apple TV StoreRent

Google Play MoviesRent

Google Play MoviesBuy

YouTubeBuy

Fandango At HomeBuy

Cast

Casey Kasem
Shaggy Rogers (voice)
Don Messick
Scooby-Doo / Scrappy-Doo (voice)
B.J. Ward
Googie / Repulsa (voice)
Hamilton Camp
Dracula (voice)
Pat Musick
Vanna Pira (voice)
Rob Paulsen
Brunch (voice)
Frank Welker
Crunch (voice)
Jim Cummings
Frankenstein / Skull Head / Genghis Kong (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ray Patterson
Writers: Jim Ryan
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.

Did you know?

Fun facts 🍿

1 / 7

ERA

Did you know

38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

MoodPlayr · trivia#01

2 / 7

CRAFT

Did you know

Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

MoodPlayr · trivia#02

3 / 7

DIRECTOR

Did you know

Original score by Sven Libaek. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

MoodPlayr · trivia#03

4 / 7

DIRECTOR

Did you know

Editor Gil Iverson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

MoodPlayr · trivia#04

5 / 7

CAST

Did you know

Casey Kasem and Don Messick and B.J. Ward carry the top of the cast.

MoodPlayr · trivia#05

6 / 7

FACT

Did you know

Marketing tagline: "The New Scooby-Doo Movie You'll Howl For!".

MoodPlayr · trivia#06

7 / 7

WILD

Did you know

IMDB entry: tt0189072 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

MoodPlayr · trivia#07

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ray Patterson directs. Sven Libaek scores. Gil Iverson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

138 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Original score by Sven Libaek. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Gil Iverson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Casey Kasem and Don Messick and B.J. Ward carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The New Scooby-Doo Movie You'll Howl For!".
7IMDB entry: tt0189072 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 8 themes, including "monster", "halloween", "werewolf", "race".

The technical file

Original score: Sven Libaek
Editing: Gil Iverson
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988)

Also by

Ray Patterson

Stills · wallpapers

Selected frames

Full-resolution frames — open one to save it as a wallpaper.

Wallpaper

Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

Community reviews

What people are saying

tmdb766221952023-07-15
★ 2/10
Hanna-Barbera worked hard to find new things for their cash cow Scooby-Doo to do, and that explains this silly 1980's full-length animated film. Shaggy, Scooby-Doo, Scrappy-Doo, and Shaggy's girlfriend Googie race cars in auto races. A group of monsters meet in Transylvania for the Monster Road Race, and must replace the now retired werewolf. Luckily, the moon is right to create a new werewolf in the form of Shaggy. Count Dracula sends a duo known as the Hunch Bunch to change Shaggy into a werewolf, and they kidnap him and his friends back to Transylvania to drive in the race. As the werewolfed Shaggy and Scooby drive the race car, Scrappy and Googie follow behind them and the four try and outsmart the other cheating monsters who are competing. Count Dracula and Vanna Pira are commentators, and are also trying to get Shaggy to lose. This thing clocks in at over ninety minutes, and that is too long. The original Scooby-Doo gang is jettisoned for this forced comedy. The screenwriter, trying to make this as long as possible, fills the last half hour with the car race, which may test even the most patient Scooby-Doo fans. There are some funny lines: Vanna's idea of color commentary is to name the colors she sees, and the local townspeople are forced to cheer for the monsters, but the film makers think this is so original they repeat those jokes non-stop- the first time is amusing, after that, it is desperate. The animation is Saturday morning mediocrity. The film has a hurried rush to it, as if they knew kids would buy it no matter what, so why put any effort in to it? This is like Disney's old straight-to-video sequels to their better theatrical films. I am not reluctant in not recommending this.

Production companies