Here Come the Munsters

Here Come the Munsters is a science fiction comedy television film based on the 1960s CBS television series, The Munsters and was directed by Robert Ginty and written by Bill Prady, Jim Fisher, and Jim Staahl. The film stars Edward Herrmann, Christine Taylor, Veronica Hamel and Mathew Botuchis as the Munster family and tells the story of their arrival in the US from Transylvania. It aired on Fox on October 31, 1995.

Here Come the Munsters
Release poster
Based on
Characters
by
Written by
Directed byRobert Ginty
Starring
Music byMichael Skloff
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
ProducerMichael S. Murphey
CinematographyPaul Maibaum
Editors
  • Marshall Harvey
  • Dale Beldin
Running time97 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseOctober 31, 1995 (1995-10-31)
Related
The Munsters film series

Plot

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The Munster family is tired of being persecuted back in Transylvania, and on finding part of a letter from cousin Marilyn in California, decides to head to the United States. On arrival they find that Marilyn's father, Norman Hyde, is missing, and her mother Elsa Hyde is in a coma. Marilyn details this in the letter but Spot burned the mail (and the letter carrier) so this comes as a surprise to the Munsters.

The family must find out what has happened to Marilyn's father, and find a way to revive Elsa. They also have to try to live in new surroundings as they try to "fit in" in America.

It turns out that Norman was trying to find a way to make his "peaches and cream" daughter, Marilyn, look a little more like the rest of the clan, but somehow the experiment backfired and Norman Hyde became Brent Jekyll.

Brent Jekyll is running for Congress. A plank of his campaign platform is trying to get foreigners out of America. In a more sinister part of the story, it seems that Hyde was sabotaged and transformed into Jekyll purposely, to bring forward a politician without a past to whom people would listen.

As the story unfolds, the family tries to save the day. With Herman arrested and placed in jail, Grandpa creates a replica of him from spare parts and uses it to help him escape. They flee from the scene in the Munster Koach.

Cast

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Additionally, the four surviving cast members of the Munsters: Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Butch Patrick and Pat Priest make cameos as restaurant guests.[1]

Release

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Here Come the Munsters aired on Fox on October 31, 1995.[2] The film was uploaded in high-definition on The Munster's official YouTube channel on November 17, 2023.[3]

See also

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  • Mockingbird Lane, a 2012 TV special originally intended as a pilot for a reimagined Munsters series.

References

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  1. ^ Archerd, Army (August 30, 1995). "Jack's back — and ready to work". Variety. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  2. ^ Staff (October 9, 1995). "Nets' Thanksgiving menu serves up hot pix, minis". Variety. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  3. ^ Squires, John (November 20, 2023). "1995 TV Movie Here Come The Munsters Uploaded in HD to Official "Munsters" YouTube Channel!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
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