Beyond the Mask: Monstrous Hybrids and Southern Gothic in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
While the Scooby-Doo franchise is widely known for its “men in masks” and classic Gothic aesthetics, the 1998 film Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island subverts these familiar tropes through a distinctly Southern Gothic lens. By orchestrating an uncanny transition from domesticity to predation, and from mystery to horror, the film abandons the “safe” suspense of the […]