kyle-mcdonald Well I am and always will be a very big Scooby-Doo fan and ever since I was young I've always enjoyed watching the great Dane along with Shaggy, Fred, Velma, and Daphne but this movie just didn't quiet do it for me. Through the whole movie there are unfunny gags, a very predictable ending, and lack of a good mystery. For the first time ever I was actually bored watching Scooby-Doo.As Scooby-Doo and gang travel to Sydney, Austraila for a vacation they are taking in the sites and having a great time. They decide to go explore the outback, they come across a rock music festival and go check it out. When arriving in the middle of nowhere to the festival instead of relaxing and listening to good music they hear the legend of the Yowie Yahoo vampire and the missing rock band that have apparently have been turned into vampires, after they hear of the legend they are concerned and decide to try and solve the case. Unlike the previous three Scooby-Doo cartoons instead of using villains that are real, they are just a man in a mask. Along the way they are met with many unfunny jokes, predictable twists and turns, and a very predictable ending.The plot and setting return to old fashion way by making the villain just a man in a mask. This is a part of the movie that I actually like, it gives the old Scooby-Doo feeling but that does not save the cartoon from being bad.The storyline this cartoon follows is filled with unfunny jokes, constant flaws, and is very dragged out, the characters are not very interesting and the ending is very predictable.Even though this cartoon isn't very good it has a very good all star voice cast such as Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo and Fred, Nicole Jaffe as Velma, Heather North as Daphne, and the returning Casey Kasem as Shaggy. Each voice actor does a great job at the character they are playing.In the end Scooby-Doo and the legend of the vampire isn't the greatest movie ever made but it is far from the worst. Although not all the old big Scooby-Doo fans will like this cartoon many kids will as there are some aspects that are good. So make sure that you read reviews before renting or buying this movie as you may be disappointment but remember everyone has their own opinions.Overall rating: **** out of ********** ** out of *****

ed_two_o_nine I have to ask myself why do we get these classic cartoons and try to update them. What we have here is a stretched put episode of Scooby Doo which on its own would not be too bad, it is just when they try to modernise them that it fails to work and I for one can not see the sense in it. Surely from a quality and economic point of view it would just be better to shot kids the clearly superior originals (pre Scrappy obviously). Anyway the premise here is that the crew are holidaying in Australia and are due to go to The Vampire Rock Festival. As one would guess a mystery becomes apparent that the kids have to solve. Now the classic Scooby elements work well but where it goes wrong is when the try to bring it up to date with the gay references and the rock music (but still incredibly keep Fred in a cravat). This frankly does not work and would have been best left alone. I have seen worse updates of classics but still I would avoid this and stick to the originals.

wile_E2005 With all those made-for-video Scooby-Doo movies by Warner Bros. Animation usually lacking the spirit of the older cartoons, Legend of the Vampire is back to the basics! So far, the first three of them were very dark and focused on real monsters, while the Cyber Chase one was better, going back to the fake-monster villains and containing some references to the older series. However, this one is even better! It seems to have been made to appeal to Scooby baby-boomers like me. The gang has their classic outfits, many of the old H-B sound effects are back, and the character design is just like classic H-B! The old voice talent is back, even Nicole Jaffe as Velma at long last! It was a thrill to hear the original Velma we all know again. However, I still think Frank Welker's Scooby voice is nice, but I prefer Don Messick Scooby's voice (even over Scott Innes as Scooby!) Welker's Scooby sounds more like Brain the Dog (of "Inspector Gadget" fame). The music is well-done remixes of the classic Scooby underscore (it sounds like it was made on an electric synthesizer,)and the animation is nice and fluid (MUCH better than usual Termite Terrace animation.) Also they ditched the new H-B Scooby logo to remake the classic zooming Hanna-Barbera end logo (with the big, abstract orange "H-B" coming up to the screen), which I find odd since this film, like the other 1998-2001 Scooby video movies, were made at Warner Bros. Animation instead of Hanna-Barbera. But it is still neat. Also, although it is done in a full "retro-mation" style, they still have modern references, such as using the Internet on laptops, as well as the Yowie-Yahoo being a gigantic monstrous vampire (which makes it a bit more like the previous films). The surprise-twist during the unmasking scene is also cool. However, there is a minor flaw with this film. The audio mixing was done very poorly. It's in 5.1 surround, but not all of the sound effects come out clearly. (You'll need a surround-speaker set to notice this.) So far, I discovered nighttime ambiance sounds hidden beneath the music during night scenes, and during the big thunderstorm at the beginning, among the new, digitally-recorded lightning strikes, the old H-B "Castle Thunder" sounds can be heard. That is the only problem, so far. This slightly reminds me of how they produced "Krypto the Superdog" and Spumco produced "Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon" (reusing most of the old voices and H-B SFX, "classic" drawing artwork, etc.) Plus, with the DVD edition here, you get audio commentary made by Fred, Shaggy and Scooby, as well as specially-produced outtakes, and more! All in all, if you like the classic Scooby-Doo cartoons of the sixties and seventies, this is the film for you!

g_j_bowley 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?