Check out our editors' picks for our favorite Prime Video original movies and TV series, including "The Boys," "Fleabag," and more. It was dedicated to Paulette Oates, who helped resurrect Warner Bros. The music fits well and the theme song is one of the franchise's best and most infectious. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Beth was completely absent at the end of the episode after the gang have solved the mystery and recap all that happened, even though her voice was heard saying, "How did you know it was my cousin Elwood? 6. and the Goblin King. To me though, my feelings of finding him not adding much to the plot have still not changed.So much about the episode is great though. ), Dolphin (Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright), Enormous turkey (Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost), Fish (Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright), Frill-necked lizard (Scooby-Doo! For other uses, see Headless Horseman (disambiguation). Headless Horseman (Scooby-Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed) Headless Horseman (Scooby-Doo! Scared a Lot in Camelot. and the Weird Water Park), Paco (Scooby-Doo! When Velma says Shaggy found the most important clue, Shaggy says "yeah" in his normal voice, and then says, "I did?" Next episode and the Goblin King (AKA Scooby-Doo And The Shadow Goblins) is the twelfth in the series of Scooby-Doo direct-to-video films produced by Warner Bros. Scooby, Shaggy and Scooby Dum encounter the Headless Horseman outside and run back inside to tell the others. The Headless Horseman The Headless Horseman (Source: The Scooby-Doo Show, 1976) Speaking of villains that you wouldn’t want to bump into during a dark and foggy night, the Headless Horseman is another Scooby villain that is even … The following credits reflect as closely as possible to how they are seen on-screen. 105 Velma returns downstairs and Shaggy, Scooby and Scooby Dum run into the Headless Horseman who gives chase. Directed by Charles A. Nichols. 9/10. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. and the Legend of the Vampire), Headless Horseman's horse (Scooby-Doo! Watt a Shocking Ghost October 9, 1976 (ABC) The gang go to where the Headless Horseman is supposedly buried. Back on the party floor, the Headless Horseman makes an entrance causing havoc. Shaggy and the two cousins run downstairs to tell the gang, but when they all return upstairs, the Horseman is gone. It is one of the show's creepiest episodes too, and have always felt that. and the Goblin King), Headless Horseman's horse (The Headless Horseman of Halloween), Horned lizard (Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders), Mother octopus (Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright), Mouse (Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf), Mutant sea creature (Scooby-Doo! Scoobert "Scooby" Doo is the title character of the animated television series Scooby-Doo, created by Hanna-Barbera. 6 of 10 people found this review helpful. One of the episodes that was liked when younger and now love. Elwood takes Mrs. Crane's necklace to the bank and then after his car disappears into the fog, the gang notices Headless Horseman ride by again, now with by Elwood's head! He is an anthropomorphic computer virus who was created by Bill McLemore to try and deliberately destroy a fellow college student's project to achieve a lot of money. The mystery is an interesting one with some clever clues that are not obvious, the identity of the perpetrator may not be a surprise (very few reveals in the show shocked with a few exceptions) but that didn't matter to me.Animation may lack finesse, but the colours have lovely atmosphere and the backgrounds are lovingly detailed. Scooby Dum hears the word clue and start looking for more. In Sleepy Hollow, the gang investigate the legendary Headless Horseman, when he shows up at a Halloween costume party at Crane Manor. Animation in the late 1980s. The episode started off really well with the costume party, just loved those outfits. Beth mentions her great-great grandfather was Ichabod Crane. The gang previously met Scooby-Dum in The Gruesome Game of the Gator Ghoul. There are some lovely comic moments with Shaggy and Scooby as usual, it's goofiness personified but the visual gags and verbal jokes are very amusing and endearing. Elwood makes an exit and Daphne, Fred, Velma, Scooby, Shaggy, and Scooby Dum get to work. Animation (though it used a Hanna-Barbera logo at the end of the movie). Modern day viewers will be puzzled about the phone call clue as they will likely go "But he could have used a cell phone to call the bank." Scooby-Doo: The Headless Horseman of Halloween, The Scooby-Doo!/Dynomutt Hour: The Complete Series, https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/The_Headless_Horseman_of_Halloween?oldid=394279. Sure enough, the Headless Horseman is there, about to take off in a plane. In this episode, Shaggy mentions that Scooby Dum is Scooby's brother, although this was corrected when he later referred to them as cousins; it had already been established in a. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Haunted Hollywood) Finally the plane wrecks and the Horseman is captured. While in neither of these did he actually wear them, it has since become the standard image for the headless horseman to wear a grinning jack-o-lantern for a head. Chronology Scooby-Doo! The village of Sleepy Hollow located in Westchester County, New York then, was known as North Tarrytown. and the Monster of Mexico), Past alligators (Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island), Piranha (Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School), Present-day alligators (Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island), Rat Creature (Scooby-Doo! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Was this review helpful to you? The Headless Horseman of Halloween Search for "The Headless Horseman of Halloween" on Amazon.com, Title: The first commercially available cell phone didn't became available until 1983, five years after this episode was first aired. Air date in another voice. The clue is a fish and the fish squirts water at Scooby Dum, causing everyone to laugh at this. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Really liked its creepiness, with a villain that is one of the freakiest of the series, but Scooby Dum didn't do much for me and did find him an annoying and unnecessary character when becoming a big fan of the show twenty plus years ago (will make a confession, still love the first three Scooby Doo incarnations and have never thought that 'The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo' was that bad).Twenty plus years on, "The Headless Horseman of Halloween" is one of those episodes that got better and better over-time and actually is now one of my favourite 'The Scooby Doo Show' episodes. Fred and Velma figure it out and race to the airport. When he reappears with another character's head, that has to be one of the show's most shocking moments and when younger it actually freaked me out.It is not just non-stop creepiness. Scooby and Shaggy run in and tell their story, and Beth fears that the Headless Horseman has come back to haunt her family, considering her grandfather Ichabod was chased by one years earlier. When younger, "The Headless Horseman of Halloween" was enjoyable but not one of my favourite 'The Scooby Doo Show' episodes. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. At the time this episode aired, "Sleepy Hollow" did not exist geographically. Who's Watching Who? Written by See below The Headless Horseman looks great. Directed by And it is not just the villain, who terrified me when younger and he still gives the creeps, but also the atmosphere. Previous episode This was built upon in the Disney adaptation, where in order to fit Disney's style better, the regular pumpkin was changed to a flaming jack-o-lantern. Told his aunt that the Headless Horseman was after her necklace. He claims he wants a head and scares away the guests, but not Mystery Inc. Beth says this is her cousin Elwood, who states that ever since Mrs. Crane brought the necklace into the house, the Horseman has been appearing. Also have found that Scooby Dum has grown on me generally while still not always finding that he adds much, his most interesting appearance is "The Gruesome Game of the Gator Ghoul" though "Vampire Bats and Scaredy Cats" is his best overall episode.Here in "The Headless Horseman of Halloween", Scooby Dum didn't come over as irritating and has amusing moments despite his laugh and his repetitive found a clue theme. and the Goblin King) Headless Horseman (Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers) Headless Horseman (LEGO Scooby-Doo! Back in the late 90s, we were treated to several Scooby-Doo movies where the fantastical creatures were actually real — starting with Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island and ending with Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase — but after those films, the formula returned to the typical “Dudes in Masks” type of mysteries, that is until the release of Scooby-Doo! He explains that someone chopped a tree down and it fell on the power lines cutting the power to the mansion, and he was walking to the neighbor's to complain. Sleepy Hollow looks nothing like it does in the episode though large mansions like the one seen in the episode do exist in that part of Westchester County. Parents need to know that this Halloween adventure is slightly scarier than the typical Scooby-Doo cartoon. Music of the Vampire), Seals (Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright), Sheep (Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf), Skunk (Scooby-Doo! Scooby Dum, Scooby's cousin, is also there with Mystery Inc. Fred, Daphne and Velma bob for apples and Shaggy and Scooby are hitting up the buffet table, as usual. Scooby Dum, coming out of the pond, says he found a clue. With Daws Butler, Casey Kasem, Don Messick, Heather North. To steal his aunt's diamond necklace when his company went bankrupt. Frankencreepy), Octopus (Scooby-Doo! There's even a reference to horror legend Boris Karloff thrown in. The Phantom Virus is the main antagonist of the 2001 animated film Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, and the PlayStation video game version of the same name. His hands were ghostly white, just like the Headless Horseman's. A raging Halloween party is happening at a fancy mansion. The name was changed in 1996. Details View production, box office, & company info. Shaggy found the biggest clue; on the other side of the clipping, it reads that APEX, Elwood's shoe company, had filed for bankruptcy, so he tried to steal the diamonds.