Here Come the Munsters

Infobox Film
name = Here Come the Munsters
caption =
director = Robert Ginty
producer = Leslie Belzberg
John Landis
writer = Bill Prady
Jim Fisher
Jim Staahl
starring = Edward Herrmann
Veronica Hamel
Christine Taylor
Robert Morse
Sean O'Bryan
Mary Woronov
music = Michael Skloff
cinematography = Paul Maibaum
editing = Dale Beldin
Marshall Harvey
distributor = Universal
Fox Broadcasting Company
released = flagicon|USA October 31, 1995
runtime = 129 min.
awards =
country = United States
language = English
budget = $2,500,000 US (est.)
imdb_id = 0113296

"Here Come the Munsters" is a telefilm that aired on Fox October 31, 1995. It starred Edward Herrmann, Christine Taylor, and Veronica Hamel. It included cameos from original "Munsters" surviving cast members Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Butch Patrick, and Pat Priest (Fred Gwynne passed away two years earlier). The film told the story of the Munster family's arrival in America from Transylvania.

While the movie did in some parts capture the feel of the original series, it departs from the established "Munsters" canon.

Plot

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, Normann Hyde, is missing, and her Mother (Herman's sister) 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. The 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 some how the experiment backfired and Norman Hyde became Brent Jekyll. This is a take on "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Brent Jekyll is running for Congress and as part of his campaign is trying to get foreigners out of America (this includes the Munsters). There is a more sinister part of the story as it seems that Hyde was sabotaged and transformed into Jekyll purposely, to bring forward a politician without a past who people would listen to.

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

*Edward Herrmann as Herman Munster
*Veronica Hamel as Lily Munster
*Robert Morse as Grandpa
*Mathew Botuchis as Eddie Munster
*Christine Taylor as Marilyn
*Mary Woronov as Edna Dimwitty
*Troy Evans as Detective Warshowski
*Joel Brooks as Larry Walker
*Jeff Trachta as Brent Jekyll
*Max Grodénchik as Norman Hyde
*Judy Gold as Elsa Munster Hyde
*Amanda Bearse as Mrs. Pearl
* Irwin Keyes as the one eyed man
* Jim Fisher as the villager
*Yvonne De Carlo (cameo in restaurant)
*Butch Patrick (cameo in restaurant)
*Al Lewis (cameo in restaurant)
*Pat Priest (cameo in restaurant)

Trivia

*The movie featured cameos from the then four surviving original cast members.
*The movie featured the Munster Koach as it was seen on the original show and "The Munsters Today".
*The Munster Mansion used in the film was also featured in several episodes of "Goosebumps". It bore absolutely no resemblance to the house on the original series located at Colonial Street, Universal Studios.
*While at a campaign event, a party guest takes a look at the Munster family and inquires if they are a member of the Green Party.
* The opening of the movie includes footage from Universal's Frankenstein (1931 film), and a black and white intro scene, in homage to the original show.
* The Herman headpiece worn by Edward Herrmann is cast from the same mold as the one worn by Fred Gwynne in the earliest Munsters episodes. It was too big for Gwynne and eventually replaced, but it fitted Hermann fine. The piece was originally produced for Glenn Strange's incarnation of the Monster.
*This telefilm was shot in Valencia, California and aired appropriately on Halloween.

Departures from traditional canon

* In the film, Marilyn's last name is Hyde, and she is the daughter of Herman's sister, not Lily's like in the original series and "The Munsters Today".
* Grandpa uses a spell on a hearse to turn it into the The Munster Koach. This is in contradiction to the original series, and "The Munsters Today", where Lily buys it as a gift for Herman.
* Grandpa's lab is shown to be under the stairs instead of under a trap door in the livingroom like in the original series and "The Munsters Today".
* The ownership of the family house also changed in the original series and "The Munsters Today" it was clearly stated that the Munsters owned the house but in this version they're just house sitting for Herman's sister.

External links

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