When someone starts killing students using urban legends, who you gonna call? How about tall, slender redhead Alicia Witt, who even when she's not being surprised by a weird janitor, chased by a hooded figure or investigating suspects that have Red Herring written all over them, will remind you more of Daphne than Sarah Michelle Gellar did. A recurring theme in Scooby Doo is the weakness of adults, so don't miss the scene where Witt finds her roommate murdered with the words 'Aren't You Glad You Didn't Turn On The Light?' written on the wall, which the Dean dismisses as "a very morbid suicide note." When another student disappears, he tells the head of security not to worry because "he's not missing - it's the weekend! Hes probably shacked up in some motel with a girl. Or a guy. Farmyard animal, whatever. Werent you ever eighteen? The culprit turns out to be bug-eyed Velma lookalike Rebecca Gayheart, whos been using urban legends to take revenge on those responsible for her boyfriends death (plus a few innocents besides). Come the climactic unmasking, she's shot twice, thrown through a window, sent through a windshield at high speed and drowned, yet still manages to return for a Scooby Dooby Dooooo moment (with her hair perfectly intact).
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
