The Munsters

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The Munsters

PG

2022

1h 50m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Fantasy

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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.

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Critics Consensus

The Rob Zombified Munsters revival shows clear affection for the source material, but it never translates into a compelling update on the classic series.

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Audience Says

Without funny jokes or even a story that goes anywhere interesting, this Munsters movie is a major waste of time.

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

Zombie has sent a love letter not just to a near-forgotten TV series, but to his own wife, refashioning the original Munsters as their own freakish love story in a conservative America whose values they parody.

Jan 9, 2023

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Carlos Aguilar

The Playlist

Packs substantial hilarity because it surrenders to the silliness of the concept without including anachronisms or attempts at sophistication.

Rated: B-

Oct 4, 2022

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Owen Gleiberman

Variety

“The Munsters,” the family-of-ghouls ’60s sitcom that Zombie is adapting, was such a ticky-tacky piece of gothic bat-house surrealism that the movie, broad and slovenly as it is, works more than it doesn’t.

Sep 30, 2022

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Rosalie Kicks

MovieJawn

Don’t listen to the haters, THE MUNSTERS is fangtastic!

Rated: 2.75/4

Jun 19, 2024

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Graeme Tuckett

Stuff.co.nz

If you're a grown up with ridiculously fond memories of the TV show... Or, if you have a couple of under 12s running around the house with a taste for costumes, high camp and the innocently macabre, then The Munsters might be a treat.

Rated: 3/5

May 26, 2023

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Jorge Loser

Espinof

[Rob Zombie] has recovered the charm of the original to present a personal and respectful vision that wants to encapsulate the spirit of his legacy. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 28, 2023

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Julian S

THE MUNSTERS may not attract new fans, but for Zombie enthusiasts, it’s a lighthearted diversion, while devotees of the original TV show will likely be intrigued by the remake.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/25

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thiago s

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, o filme traz uma comédia de terror só que não funciona e os personagens são bens fracos.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/25

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Cap H

I try to make my own decisions on movies and not be swayed by reviews good or bad, so I finally got around to watching this one, or at least trying to watch it. I used to watch the TV show as a kid and enjoyed it, but have not watched it for decades so I am not being lead by nostalgia or a deep seated fan boyism, and I do like a lot of remakes and reboots. The story, for want of as better word, was pretty damn weak, and the acting and humour was terrible with a few exceptions. Jorge Garcia and Daniel Roebuck were pretty good, but everyone else ranged from "meh" to awful. Rob constantly insists on shoe horning his wife into everything, and it is pretty well known that she is not that great of an actress, but that dead horse has certainly been well and truly flogged with peoples opinions on here, so I won't add to that. Sylvester McCoy, I usually like, but here ... oh my god, he is annoyingly bad. As for Phillips as Herman. While not terrible, he was not a patch on the original as his version of Herman was just out and out annoying, not the almost loveable idiot as Gwynnes version. I really did try to give this movie a go, and even own the blu ray of it, but I pretty much gave up after about 40 minutes as I felt my IQ dropping rapidly. Stick to proper horror films, Rob.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/27/24

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Ash R

I absolutely loved and I mean love this movie. I think it's the best rob zombie movie for sure. All these people talking bad have no taste

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/06/24

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Jonathan O

I don't feel Rob Zombie work I mean he's a good horror filmmaker in the firefly trilogy but this looks cheap the jokes and dialog are bad and horrible and the writing is cringe but the make-up and costume design looks great.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/05/24

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Audience Member

This is my favourite Rob Zombie films yet! And I am a solid fan for the past 20 years. Don’t listen to the haters they don't understand the irony in the humour and the genre itself. Such a great tribute to the Munsters!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/01/24

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Rob Zombie
Producer: Rob Zombie, Mike Elliott
Screenwriter: Rob Zombie
Production Co: Universal 1440 Entertainment, Hero Squared
Rating: PG (Scary Images|Macabre & Suggestive Material|Language)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 27, 2022
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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