Here Come The Munsters (1995)

Made by the Fox TV Network; released October 31, 1995 An immigrant family moves to America to escape persecution. Despite their efforts to fit in and demonstrate a can-do American work ethic, they face suspicion from their neighbors and police, and find themselves in the sights of an opportunistic politician who seeks to exploit their foreignness to build support for himself. You probably think I'm making this up, but this is the actual plot. I think this was the first Munsters movie that didn't star the original leads (other than a cartoon pilot in the early 70s, maybe.) When I was a kid, my brothers and i worshiped our holy trinity of syndicated tv: The Munsters, Gilligan's Island, and Get Smart. Here Come the Munsters will never win an Emmy or Juno or whatever for writing, and the makeup was a bit distracting in the outdoor location scenes, but I wouldn't mind if they made a new Munsters movie every year, cornball puns and all. I'd seen all the other Munsters sequels and remakes, but today was the first time I'd seen this movie. It's hard to watch other actors try to play these roles, but Here Come The Munsters has my favorite cast outside the originals. Edward Herrman sometimes sounded just like Fred Gwynne and who doesn't love Christine Taylor. Pretty good Lily and Eddie as well and lots of familiar tv character actors (I really like Robert Morse, but he's perhaps the least effective in this movie.) This was released on vhs in the 1990s, but I don't think it's ever been on dvd in the US. Original castmembers Yvonne DeCarlo, Al Lewis, Pat Priest and Butch Patrick have a fun, if hammy, cameo scene. Edward Herrmann as Herman Munster Veronica Hamel as Lily Munster Robert Morse as Grandpa Christine Taylor as Marilyn Hyde Mathew Botuchis as Eddie Munster Troy Evans as Detective Warshowski Joel Brooks as Larry Walker Sean O'Bryan as Detective Cartwell Mary Woronov as Mrs. Edna Dimwitty Jeff Trachta as Brent Jekyll Max Grodénchik as Norman Hyde Judy Gold as Elsa Munster Hyde Amanda Bearse as Mrs. Pearl