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Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School

1988 · 92 min

A cozy, silly Halloween cartoon romp full of goofy monsters and gentle scares that kids will love and adults can enjoy half-watching.

Tagline: Hey there, it's the ghoul school!
Overview: Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy are on their way to Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls, where they've been hired as gym teachers. Once there, however, they find that not only is it actually an all-girl school of famous monsters' daughters but there's a villainess out to enslave the girls.

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Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
found family
identity
coming-of-age
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: animated
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	4
Horror	3
Humour	6
Realism	1
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: animation, family, tv movie, mystery, fantasy
Directed by: Charles August Nichols
Written by: Glenn Leopold
Starring: Casey Kasem, Don Messick, Glynis Johns, Susan Blu, Patty Maloney, Pat Musick, Marilyn Schreffler, Russi Taylor
Music: Sven Libaek
Runtime: 92 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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