Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
A vampire festival turns musical in Louisiana.
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Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire is a 2012 direct-to-DVD animated musical comedy horror film, the seventeenth entry in the direct-to-video series of Scooby-Doo films. It is notable as the first film in the series to be a musical. The film was released for rental through Amazon Video and iTunes on December 22, 2011, followed by a DVD and Blu-ray release on March 13, 2012, and premiered on Cartoon Network on March 3, 2012.
Plot
The Mystery Inc. gang heads to Petit Chauve Sourie Ville, a Louisiana town holding a vampire festival called Vampire Palooza, for a vacation. Velma drives them there. They meet Lita Rutland, the festival organizer, who tells them tourism is low and the event is losing money. Their host, Vincent Van Helsing, a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, runs a vampire museum and writes books that aren't selling.
Mayoral candidate Jesper Poubelle, who is against vampires, is protesting the festival. Van Helsing shows the gang an old book about vampire ways, a jeweled necklace and tiara supposedly from a vampire bride, and a glass-fronted coffin holding the still body of Lord Valdronya, an ancient vampire. The gang and Van Helsing watch a performance by actors who are committed to the vampire lifestyle and only work at night. The troupe leader, Bram, who catches Daphne’s attention, says they will perform a resurrection ritual.
The incantation works better than expected, and Valdronya appears on stage before flying away. Back at the museum, the bridal jewelry is missing and the body is gone, but the coffin is still sealed.
Lita Rutland wants to use the vampire sighting for publicity and profit, while Jesper Poubelle gets media attention for his anti-vampire campaign. The gang checks his organization’s trailer and finds he plans to run for mayor, using the vampire story to boost his fame. On their way back, Valdronya attacks them.
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- Wikipedia: Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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