Garfield and Friends (TV Series) Mystic Manor/U.S. Acres: Flop Goes the Weasel/The Legend of Long Jon (1989) User Reviews

Pretty Spooky

[davidslucter · 8/10 · 15 November 2023]

This is only a review of "Mystic Manor" because I don't have as much to say on the other segments. I'll start off by saying Mystic Manor is tied with the Sludge Monster for best Garfield and Friends episode. It has a really spooky feel and the mansion though based on Psycho (1960) from the outside the inside is all original. It is also a very trippy episode. Most of the fear doesn't come from ghosts or monsters but the houses strangeness itself. The house isn't just haunted, it is alive. This is shown by the mysterious echos, doors to other realities and the fact that when there is a monster it can teleport from floor to floor at ease. And the twist that the house was still an attraction and all that was just to scare them was funny yet still surreal. They never explain the monster or magic so the house is still haunted. All I'm all this episode is great and has a brilliant mood.

Strange Episode

[grantdtaylor-85937 · 8/10 · 5 November 2023]

I won't spoil it but Mystic Manor was a really good section. The rest was "meh" but wow, mystic manor had some really good twists. I didn't really care for the other two. Long Jon was alright but Flop Goes the Weasel was forgettable. Mystic Manor though is my all time favorite Garfield and Friend episode and a good Halloween watch. It has a perfect, spooky atmosphere with the right amount of cultural references. Sad you can only watch it on YouTube now. This episode and many others would've become lost media if the official Garfield and Friends yt channel hadn't picked them up and put them all on yt. If you ever want Garfield with a spooky atmosphere give this a watch!