The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972)
"The Ghostly Creep from the Deep"
The Harlem Globetrotters are lost in the swamps but thankfully they're following The Mystery Machine as it too is lost. The two groups end up staying at a creepy house when they are attacked by the ghost of Redbeard and his other pirate friends. The Ghostly Creep from the Deep isn't a bad episode in the series but at the same time it still falls very short of being called a classic or even a good episode. I think there are a few interesting moments here with the majority of them involving Redbeard. I thought the look of the ghosts were quite good and there's no doubt that they all made for some good villains. I also liked the look of the pirate ship and there's also no question that the swamp setting was quite good. The film offers up quite a few jokes but very few of them actually work. The majority of them are aimed at the various members of the Globetrotters but none of the characters are really given much to do. Fans of the television series should get enough entertainment out of this to make it worth sitting through but others will probably want to start somewhere else first.
Episode: C+