Munster Go Home! Isn't a particularly great adaptation for the big screen (for starters, The Munsters looks wrong in colour and the film doesn't feel right without the canned laughter), but it's still a whole lot better than the travesty that is Rob Zombie's 2022 film. Fred Gwynne, Yvonne DeCarlo, Al Lewis, and Butch Patrick play the monstrous members of the Munsters, with Debbie Watson as Marilyn, who is lucky to have not inherited her family's 'good looks'. When Herman Munster is bequeathed the title of Lord in a will, as well as a valuable estate in England, his jealous relatives try to make sure he's not around long enough to enjoy his fortune.
The film is mostly mildly amusing rather than hilarious, but it is too good-natured and daft to dislike. Gwynne and his TV co-stars do what they do best, and they are joined by a great supporting cast, with Terry Thomas doing his trademark cad routine, and horror legend John Carradine as a whiskery butler. The absurdity includes the Munsters taking a cruise to the UK, the greedy relatives attempting to scare Herman and Lily (a futile task), and Herman and Grandpa discovering a counterfeit operation (a somewhat redundant subplot), but the best is definitely saved for last, when Herman enters a road race, driving his souped-up drag car, The Dragula. The final act is full of wild and crazy antics that end the film on a high.
5/10.
The film is mostly mildly amusing rather than hilarious, but it is too good-natured and daft to dislike. Gwynne and his TV co-stars do what they do best, and they are joined by a great supporting cast, with Terry Thomas doing his trademark cad routine, and horror legend John Carradine as a whiskery butler. The absurdity includes the Munsters taking a cruise to the UK, the greedy relatives attempting to scare Herman and Lily (a futile task), and Herman and Grandpa discovering a counterfeit operation (a somewhat redundant subplot), but the best is definitely saved for last, when Herman enters a road race, driving his souped-up drag car, The Dragula. The final act is full of wild and crazy antics that end the film on a high.
5/10.