No matter how old you are, I’m sure you can recognize the names Scooby Doo, Shaggy, Velma, Fred and Daphne. The Scooby Doo franchise has existed for decades and seen multiple adaptations — from movies to TV shows, live action remakes and digital animations — everyone’s favorite crime solving dog has been around the block a time or two.

And, the Scooby gang has taken part in their fair share of haunting and Halloween themed mysteries, which includes one of my personal favorites: “Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island.”

This movie is one of the few in the long running franchise that’s ever legitimately scared me as a kid. My other favorite from this time frame is 1999’s “Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost (The Hex Girls are really cool guys!).

That tangent aside, let’s get into one of my last Halloween themed Throwback Thursdays!

“Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island” was released in 1998 and sees the gang in their adult years having gone their separate ways.

Daphne (Mary Kay Bergman) has become a popular TV host with Fred (Frank Welker) as her one-man producer and camera guy. Velma (BJ Ward) has taken her love of knowledge, reading and the supernatural and opened a book shop. And Shaggy (Billy West) and his pal Scoob (Scott Innes) are working as security guards… although not successfully.

The gang comes together again as Daphne continues her quest to find a real monster, and not just some two-bit criminal. Their quest leads them to New Orleans where they’re invited by Lena Dupree to visit her home, Moon Scar Island, which she swears is haunted by a vicious pirate of the same name.

Soon enough, Daphne’s wish comes true, with ghostly hauntings, zombies, witchcraft and lots of mystery!

Obviously I won’t give away the twist at the end. But I will say it’s extremely interesting how it’s told. The history behind Moon Scar Island has lots more going on than one might originally think.

The zombies and a few other creepy characters throughout this film are really what cemented it as the spookiest Scooby Doo film for me as a kid.

As an adult I can appreciate its storytelling and — of course — it’s killer song “It’s Terror Time Again” by Skycycle during the main zombie chase.

Movies like this one in the franchise were really the bread and butter of my childhood along with its original cartoon “Scooby Doo! Where are you?”

My dad wasn’t a big cartoon guy, but you can bet he’d occasionally swap out his boring sports games or constant morning talk shows for Boomerang and a wide range of Hanna-Barbera cartoons — these among them.

I would certainly recommend “Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island” for your next family movie night, or even with your friends if you feel nostalgic like I sometimes do.

The movie is rated G and may be rented from Hulu, Amazon Prime, YouTube, Google Play, Apple TV and Vudu.

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Laura Jameson is Managing Editor of The Express.