Here Come the Munsters

Here Come the Munsters
Directed by	Robert Ginty
Produced by	Leslie Belzberg John Landis
Written by	Bill Prady Jim Fisher Jim Staahl
Starring	Edward Herrmann Veronica Hamel Christine Taylor Robert Morse Sean O'Bryan Mary Woronov Max Grodenchik
Music by	Michael Skloff
Cinematography	Paul Maibaum
Edited by	Dale Beldin Marshall Harvey
Distributed by	Universal Fox Broadcasting Company
Release dates	October 31, 1995
Running time	96 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2,500,000 US (est.)

Here Come the Munsters is a television film 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. The film told the story of the Munster family's arrival in America from Transylvania.

While the movie draws on many elements of the original series, it departs from the established Munsters canon.^[1][2]

As of 2016, this is the one Munsters movie unavailable on home video, though it was once issued on a now out of print VHS tape.

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. 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. 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
• 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
• Irwin Keyes as One-eyed man
• Jim Fisher as Villager
• Scotch Ellis Loring as Flight Attendant
• Brian George as Immigration Official
• Robertson Dean as Angry Dog Owner
• Jim Staahl as Quaranteen Official
• Keone Young as Ralph, the limo driver
• Kellen Hathaway as Trick-or-Treator
• Bill Prady as Paramedic
• T.J. McInturff as Stanley
• Francesca Smith as Monique
• Jane Carr as Cassie O'Leary
• James Keane as Maitre d'
• James Basile as Waiter
• Lynne Marie Stewart as Mrs. Waffer
• Judy Kain as Mrs. Hersby
• Tommy Bertelsen as Ted Walker
• Ralph P. Martin as Sergeant
• Jim Jackman as Front Desk Officer
• Christina Venuti as Woman at Fundraiser
• Aaron Paris as Transformed Band Leader
• Yvonne De Carlo (cameo in restaurant)
• Al Lewis (cameo in restaurant)
• Butch Patrick (cameo in restaurant)
• Pat Priest (cameo in restaurant)

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, as in the original series and in The Munsters Today. Also, In this film Marilyn is the same age as the series, however Marilyn has said in the original Series that Herman and Lily have raised her since she was a baby.
• Grandpa uses a spell on a hearse to turn it into 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 (where "Spot" lived) instead of under a trap door in the living room as in the original series and in The Munsters Today.
• The ownership of the family house also changed. In the original series and The Munsters Today the Munsters owned the house but in this version they're just house-sitting for Herman's sister.

See also

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

References

External links

• Here Come the Munsters at the Internet Movie Database