Quartile rating: 7.5/10 · 1 rating
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang visit Oakhaven, Massachusetts to seek strange goings on involving a famous horror novelist and his ancestor who is rumored to have been a witch.
Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost is a fan-favorite among the direct-to-video Scooby entries, blending the classic mystery formula with a genuinely spooky supernatural twist — the witch Sarah Ravencroft turns out to be a real Wiccan-turned-evil, subverting the usual 'it was a guy in a mask' resolution. The inclusion of the Hex Girls adds memorable novelty and gave the film a cult following. The plot is engaging for its target audience with decent pacing, though it follows the familiar Scooby structure. Voice acting hits the expected marks — competent and charming but not exceptional. The animation is standard late-90s TV-quality direct-to-video work, functional but unremarkable. The ending delivers satisfying stakes for the format, with an actual supernatural threat defeated rather than a mundane criminal unmasked, which elevates it slightly above formula.