This is a perfect Halloween treat. Shaggy and Scooby, while trick or treating, manage to annoy The Amazing Krudsky, a magician at the Coolsville fair. A chance encounter with a fairy (Hayden Pantierre) leads Krudsky (voiced by by Wayne Knight) to actually get some real power. And at the last house on the block, Shaggy and Scooby meet Mr. Gibbles (voiced by Wallace Shawn — inconceivable!) at his magic shop and get drawn into a magical world to save the fairy and stop Krudsky from pushing the world into an eternal state of Halloween!
The story and animation is kind of a combination of Scooby-Doo meeting the wacky world of The Corpse Bride or The Nightmare Before Christmas. That weird world where monsters and skeletons party on Halloween is lots of fun, including meeting Jack-o-Lantern, the Wolfman, a few witches, and of course the Headless Horseman.
In addition, there's a DVD extra that teaches you a number of simple magic tricks to amaze your friends and family. These are simple tricks like the disappearing card and the levitating paper clip, but it's still fun to learn some sleight of hand. And it's right at the perfect age for grade schoolers interested in doing a little prestidigitation!
It's just a fun movie where we see Scooby and Shaggy running scared from scene to scene, and we're just tagging along for the ride. I enjoyed watching it with my girls. Definitely something to look for as a Halloween treat for Scooby-Doo-loving kids.
Be sure to check out Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King on DVD at a retailer near you!
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