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Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island Releasing Early at Walmart

8/28/2019

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BloodyDisgusting has just informed us that Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island will be releasing a month early at Wal-Mart! As a special Wal-Mart exclusive for the 50th anniversary, the DVD will be available at Wal-Mart on the same day as it is released digitally, Tuesday, September 3. The DVD will not be available anywhere else until one month later, on Tuesday, October 1. 

The film will also be released on DVD in the UK on Monday, September 9.

Check out another trailer for this film as well thanks to Scooby-Doo News on Instagram!

19 Comments
Greybishop
8/28/2019 08:07:16 pm

I'd bet good money that it doesn't release in Canadian Wal-Marts that day. Hope I'm wrong, but I'm not.

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WildwindVampire link
9/3/2019 07:43:09 pm

I'm not sure why this comment got marked as spam, but it did. I fixed it now, sorry about that!

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Greybishop
8/29/2019 04:37:04 pm

Money says that this won't be released in Canada on that day.

It's like I live in another country...

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WildwindVampire link
8/29/2019 09:54:33 pm

"It's like I live in another country..." Hahaha!

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John Locke
9/2/2019 11:47:29 pm

Going to try to pick it up tomorrow, the odd thing is Walmart's website isn't saying it'll be out till October like the rest...so wish me luck

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John Locke
9/2/2019 11:50:53 pm

Nevermind... they have two listings and for some reason, searches weren't bringing up the second one for a bit...


https://www.walmart.com/ip/Scooby-Doo-Return-to-Zombie-Island-DVD-Walmart-Exclusive/111893244?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wl13=5091&adid=22222222227304912197&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=380533413078&wl4=pla-811397523782&wl5=9027593&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=111893244&veh=sem&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIo_ufgO2z5AIVCtvACh033AAKEAQYASABEgKSofD_BwE

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WildwindVampire link
9/3/2019 07:17:50 am

Weird that they have two listings. Hope you're able to find it!

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John Locke
9/3/2019 09:23:09 am

More weird that both didn't come up, the exclusive thing makes sense from a few angles, mostly tracking sales, also technically mean Walmart isn't breaking street date which I've heard they used to do a lot... computers make things interesting...

WildwindVampire link
9/3/2019 07:44:07 pm

Indeed, they did it all the time back in the early 2010s. I'm glad it was released on DVD today for those who want the physical copy and don't want to wait a month to see it.

Colin
9/4/2019 09:32:50 pm

They even shrink wrapped the o-ring, which has a shrink wrapped dvd case inside, so that they could put a UPC sticker over the printed one on the artwork.

Despite what the packaging says, they did fortunately include Part 2 of "Ghosts of the Ancient Astronauts."

What did you think of the film? I thought it was OK but didn't live up to the standards of the original. The only thing that bothered me is that they tried to retcon the original by saying Daphne hosted a show back then as a "school project" to make them seem like they are still in college, even though they were definitely supposed to be young adults back then. The sheriff also calls them "teenagers" in the new film.

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John Locke
9/4/2019 10:11:54 pm

I didn't hate it, but it won't be one of my favorites like the original, biggest knocks were...honestly the music being nowhere near as awesome, and the swearing off mystery solving got old...

The rest, I thought the motives fit, though I did guess one quickly. I don't even mind the retcons because that's really just par for the course nowadays.

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Colin
9/5/2019 04:27:43 am

Yeah, they definitely went on too long with the swearing off mysteries joke...

WildwindVampire link
9/5/2019 06:23:19 pm

If you didn’t think of it as a sequel to Zombie Island, I thought it was a good film. It didn’t near live up to the original, and there were several glaring inconsistencies. The school project bit was really irritating. But it was a good film on its own. I like how they referenced Reluctant Werewolf. Good to know about part 2 being on there since I have the digital copy, thanks Colin!

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John Locke
9/5/2019 06:25:56 pm

Agreed, I enjoyed it overall, though the school project didn't bug me, scooby cannon is full of more holes than swiss cheese.

Colin
9/5/2019 07:12:14 pm

It bothered me that they went out of their way to say the school project thing, when they could have just not mentioned Daphne's show, as it wasn't necessary for the recap.

But yes, definitely a solid entry that would probably come off better if it wasn't being compared to the original.

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Colin
9/5/2019 07:13:48 pm

Oh, what were the other inconsistencies? I must have missed them.

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WildwindVampire link
9/6/2019 09:16:57 am

It's not explained how Simone and Lena's house turned into a hotel, then they make the guestbook comment about how pages were ripped out because they didn't want the gang to see the original time they had signed it (they didn't sign a guest book because it wasn't a hotel yet). They also said Zombie Island was just a "summer vacation" which it wasn't, it was directly correlated to Daphne's show.

John Locke
9/5/2019 07:33:40 pm

I feel that's a lose lose situation, they either not mention it and face complaints, or do it and get complaints, geeks are pedantic.

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Colin
9/6/2019 11:55:00 am

Weird that they just added in the guestbook. It's not like the film needed it.




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