The Munsters

Lily is a typical 150-year-old lovelorn vampire who's looking for the man of her nightmares -- until she lays her eyes on Herman, a 7-foot-tall green experiment with a heart of gold. It's love at first shock as these two ghouls fall fangs over feet for each other in a Transylvanian romance. Unfortunately, it's not all smooth sailing in the cemetery as Lily's father has other plans for his beloved daughter's future, and they don't involve her new bumbling beau.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
  • Stars: Butch Patrick, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Sheri Moon Zombie, Daniel Roebuck, Jorge Garcia, Richard Brake, Cassandra Peterson, Sylvester McCoy, Dee Wallace, Catherine Schell, Tomas Boykin, Roderick Hill
  • Director: Rob Zombie
 Comments
  • misolares - 27 April 2024
    Loves It!
    Best movie ever!!! First of all I loved this! I think this is one of my top 10 movies ever. I loved watching the show as a child and now watching this as an adult makes me so happy. It was done perfectly! I loved everything - the actors, the acting, the sets, costumes, the story, the script! Even the jokes were hilarious! I'd you don't get it it's because you just don't and aren't a true fan. Second if you want to watch Rob Zombie films it's because you are a fan of his movies and his visions otherwise why are you watching them?! So I'm definitely a fan. If you loved The Munsters original show you will love this movie!
  • hashtag_jonna - 18 October 2023
    People! It's supposed to be cheesy!
    I think some people are confused... this movie is obviously supposed to be campy and I thinks it's great. The way the actors portrayed the original characters and their mannerisms is just fantastic! I am not a fan of watching gore so the number of Rob Zombie movies I can enjoy is limited lol but I do love cheese and macabre and this movie delivers both! I loved that the music was just like it was on the show. It has the undertone of a 60's sitcom but the colors of a comic book. I think so many people expected it to be serious and I just don't think that was even the point of the movie at all. It's not for everyone but I enjoyed it!
  • Reviewenstein - 4 June 2023
    The Munsters Prequel I Didn't Know I Needed
    I'm shocked by how good this was. It shouldn't have been, right? A big-screen version of a beloved TV series is a recipe for disaster, even when the director is a huge fan. Remember the Tim Burton Dark Shadows movie? Ouch. And I *like* Tim Burton. But somehow Rob Zombie, of all people, pulled it off. I've seen every attempted reboot of The Munsters, and they've never been good enough to stand on their own, with the exception of Mockingbird Lane. Why, you ask? I think it's the lack of Fred Gwynne. His performance was sublime and vital to the show's enjoyability. Mockingbird Lane knew that and didn't try to duplicate it. Yet here we are...

    The movie definitely had its problems. The cinematography was weirdly flat (I assume Zombie was going for a sitcom look). I have no idea why the names "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" were changed to "Doomley" and "Wolfgang." Richard Brake wasn't great as Wolfgang, and, of course, Sheri Zombie was terrible as Lily. Sheri in particular was what I imagine nails on a chalkboard would be like if the nails were confused about what their job was and the chalkboard was the tormented souls of a thousand cursed scriptwriters. I wonder how many takes they did before they gave up trying to get her to pronounce "pestilence" correctly. Sylvester McCoy wasn't given enough to work with. Plus a bigger budget would've been useful.

    But man, I couldn't stop smiling. It was like a throwback to the world before the 90's - like a feature-length Halloween special. It was fun, good-natured, uncynical, entirely devoid of social commentary, deeply silly, and the jokes were pitch-perfect for what it was. And Herman... I thought Jeff Daniel Phillips did a *fantastic* job. Of all the attempted Fred Gwynne impressions over the years, this was the most effective for me. The common wisdom is that actors taking over existing characters should make the role "their own" without "doing an impression," and this was proof to the contrary. Do the impression well enough, understand the character, and you can pull it off. Heck, his voice is a few octaves higher than Gwynne's and it *still* worked.

    I had a great time watching it, I really did. I hope Zombie gets to make more of them.
  • zitajohann - 11 December 2022
    Was a near miss or maybe a near hit
    Very frustrating movie because it made some good choices and some horrible ones. The bad: as is with all Zombie movies the casting of his wife is the weakest link. Honestly think they should have just casted Cassandra Peterson even at 70. The tone was somewhere in between good and bad, it had some funny jokes and I kinda like that they went with colorful lighting unlike the The Addams family 1990 which basically did b&w in color. Herman was also somewhere in between good and bad, I think with some tighter editing they could have made him a servicable portrayl of the dopey yet lovable Herman. The good: Casting of Orlock and Grandpa I cant complain about, I enjoyed them both.
  • jp7570 - 11 November 2022
    Who exactly was this reboot made for??
    This is a complete disaster from start to finish. Rob Zombie has better credentials with other efforts, but this one just doesn't know what it wants to be.

    It plays like a cartoon, including goofy music, bright colors, buffoonish acting, even flat amateurish title graphics. Those qualities aim it squarely at a younger and less discerning audience - people who were not around when the original was on-air. Even if you saw the original in syndication, this has only a passing resemblance to it.

    For those the remember watching the original when it was new, this 2022 version completely misses all the dark humor. Sure it was never the Addams Family, but the original Munsters had its moments. This, sadly does not.

    Clearly, Rob made this on the cheap. Clues include: the cast consists mainly of unknowns (except for a couple of C-level character actors); the director's wife is cast in a leading role; and it was shot in Hungary (presumably less expensive there than, say, Atlanta or Vancouver). Every pinched penny shows up on the screen.

    If this was an attempt at a "back-door" pilot, that door has slammed shut. There may indeed be a market for a modern, dark humor version of a gothic horror family on a streamer. Oh wait, Tim Burton is already doing that on Netflix with "Wednesday". But these days, it wouldn't be surprising to see yet another reboot attempt of The Munsters in 2023. That's what happens when creativity is eclipsed by an inexpensive IP.
  • akwreviews - 31 October 2022
    Be open minded and enjoy a fun Munster Movie
    This movie is one that I was excited and concerned for. I am a huge Rob Zombie fan and huge Munsters fan. This movie is a NEW take on the Munsters and a great introduction to the world, honestly a great introduction to a new Universe of Films and TV if it were taken to that level. It fully introduces us to Herman and also Lily and Grandpa's life before Herman. The jokes are at times more adult oriented in a 90s way, but still kid friendly. If you're looking for Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo or Al Lewis, you're going to be disappointed because they have passed away in real life and therefore cannot be the characters. Jeff, Sheri, and Daniel are over the top in a respectful ode to The Munsters way and realize they cannot be those people or characters. If you understand that, and understand this is a movie made in the 2020s then you will really enjoy the fun and simple laughs, the memories and characters in the movie.