“Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters” was another “Looney Tunes” compilation film. This one certainly has more of a horror theme to it so if you like the shorts that had horror elements, you might like this. The compilation films frustrate me so much because all the good stuff is old material we have seen before and a lot of the new stuff is really lousy. There are also some noticeable audio problems between old and new that become really distracting.

Daffy Duck helps an elderly millionaire to laugh again. When he later dies, Daffy inherits the fortune. However, he’s forced to use his money for good. He decides to create a new business to catch ghosts. With the help of Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig, Daffy will lead the fight against ghosts and other monsters.

I love seeing Daffy, Bugs, Porky, Sylvester, Tweety and some of the other characters. The old shorts are still hilarious and Mel Blanc did a truly outstanding job voicing them. However, the new material here was the last time Mel Blanc would voice these characters before his death. Unfortunately, his voice had just gone at this point so none of the characters sound right and it’s even more jarring when we keep cutting between the old shorts and the new material.

The new sequences here are really bad. They’re just not funny and it’s even more frustrating when we see that the makers have edited out parts of the old shorts. I love “Looney Tunes” but I’ve never really been a fan of the compilation film format. This one suffers from additional issues like Mel Blanc’s voicework. I can’t recommend the film as it is. However, I will make clear that parts of it are hilarious. Please just seek the original shorts in a better form than this.