The Munsters franchise is one that Universal Pictures really doesn't care about as they've messed it up so many times now. With there latest mess up of the franchise coming in the film that i'm about to review for you all today with this film also being one that let's be honest here alot of us forgot was even a thing in the first place as there's been no move on The Munsters franchise since this film came out and so then join me as I review the film that features a slumming it Sylvester McCoy with the film in question being called simply just "The Munsters" enjoy.
The plot of this film is the very first thing that's wrong with this film as this film has no plot to speak of whatsoever. With the film instead mainly feeling like a bunch of random scenes just stuck together and while the film does indeed have a very loose narrative in it's final forty minuets all that is is an excuse to get The Munsters to America with the first hour of the film not having a plot as it's more focused on telling the story of how Herman and Lily met in the first place instead of actually telling a plot be it a good one or not and while the film very easily could have had a plot that revolved around Human and Lily meeting heck even the loose plot near the end of the film would have been better then what actually got in the film the very fact that this films writer , director and producer Rob Zombie chose not to give this film a plot really does make him seem like a lazy filmmaker and this film feel pointless as the film has nom plot to speak of and there for has no reason to exist in the first place in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Sheri Moon Zombie as Lily Munster and Donna Doomley and Jeff Daniel Phillips as Herman Munster , Shecky Von Rathbone and Zombo. Also starring in this film is Daniel Roebuck as Grandpa Munster and Ezra Mosher , Richard Brake as Dr. Wolfgang and Orlock , Jorge Garcia as Floop , Sylvester McCoy as Igor , Catherine Schell as Zoya Krupp , Tomas Boykin as Lester , Levente Törköly as Bela Krupp , Jeremy Wheeler as Mr. Gateman , Roderick Hill as Mr. Goodbury , Mark Griffith as Mr. Graves , Renáta Kiss as Uncle Gilbert , Butch Patrick as The Voice Of Tin Can Man and Cassandra Peterson as Barbara Carr.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. However that's also the problem as the acting in this film isn't all that good with the worst actor in this film being Sheri Moon Zombie who just isn't that good of an actress when in a leading role as she's an actress that's alot more suited to being a side character or even a minor character at best and yet here by making her a lead character Rob Zombie has completely exposed the fact that his wife just can't act with the same thing being true for alot of this films cast as alot of this films cast just don't turn in good performances in this film with the only real exception being Daniel Roebuck who really does capture the spirit of Al Lewis with the acting in this film not really being helped by the fact that the script for this film is just so bad as it really gives none of this films cast absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does effect the overall quality of the acting that's in this film as this films script really is just all that bad.
In what is a rather bold move this film decides to tell the story of how Herman and Lily met and give alot of focus to there romance. This is a good idea as none of the previous movies or even alot of the episodes of either the original show or even The Munsters Today gave the romance between Herman and Lily alot of attention and here it's the main focus which really isn't that bad of an idea as the film gives there romance a kind of Romeo And Juliet type feel only done with The Munsters which isn't a bad idea but at the same time an idea that's this good still needs a good script in order to do that good idea some justice ad that is the one thing that is letting this romance down as is the fact that both Sheri Moon Zombie and Jeff Daniel Phillips don't have alot of chemistry together as they come across as people who are close friends and not as people who meant to be madly in love with each other this is despite the fact that the idea of showing us how Herman and Lily met is more then strong enough to support it's own feature film and while the actual romance could have been handled a little bit better the idea behind it is still a solid idea.
For some reason this film chose to give Lily alot more screen time which for this franchise just straight up doesn't work. As all of the main characters should be given an equal amount of screen time and yet it's Lily that gets more screen time then either both Herman or Grandpa with this having the add of effect of making what would have been some very minor issues with her character now seem all the more huge as because if the the character had less screen time or equal screen time to both Herman and Grandpa then people would be alot less forgiving with Sheri Moon's acting as the film would then become and ensemble piece which is something that's perfect for her and it would also mean that it would that the dreadful writing that is all over her character wouldn't be as noticeable as while it would still noticeable people would be more focused on the dreadful writing on the other characters to really notice it but what is something that would be noticed no matter what is the fact that the character is just bland and boring in this film with her character not having much of a personality and is just there just because she was there in the original show and that's really it.
Herman and Grandpa do come of a little bit better as it does come across as there actors Jeff Daniel Phillips (Herman) and Daniel Roebuck (Grandpa) are at least trying to recapture the spirit of the original characters. With only Daniel Roebuck being successful but it does show that there is some small amount of effort to recapture the magic of the original show whilst also still trying to do something new with the franchise and in that regard Rob Zombie is the best man to bring this film to the screen as he is a fan of The Munsters but at the same time the film itself still isn't all that good as while Herman and Grandpa come of better when compared to Lily there still not that very well written as characters with there being not reason for them to like each other with them going from Grandpa hating Herman to liking him with nothing being done to explain why that that's the case and Grandpa does have somewhat of a personality that's in line with the original show Herman on the other hand doesn't have that as instead of being a lovable and caring person like he was in the original show in this film is straight up the dumb one of the group with him not being all that lovable at all which make Herman just come across as being a very one dimensional character and not like the caring character that he was in the original show.
To be frank this film looks cheap which might be because of the fact of that the film may or may not have had a small budget or it might be because of the fact that Rob Zombie wanted to give the film alot of color to add some "hyper-real" fashion which all it does is just call attention to the fact that this film looks cheap looking with it being painfully obvious when the film is using green screen and rear and front projection which is great if your trying to make it look like the original show but that's also the problem as this isn't the sixties and it's not the original show it's the twenty twenties and it's not a TV show it's a movie and as a result of that is the fact that the film should have looked alot more dearer then what it did and the fact that wasn't case at all only has the add on effect of making this film look like a cheaply made made for TV movie and not an actual film that was released on Netflix with this being a big issue alot of the time when it comes to the creature effects where it's just so obvious that there just actors in masks that it becomes distracting and takes you out of the film.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty nine minuets and forty six seconds. Which is such a long running time for a film like this one to have as the film doesn't have a plot to speak it really does make the film alot longer then what it really needs to be as while you very easily could have gotten the film up to a feature length running time for the Lily and Herman plot as that would have at the very least have been something better then what we got but at the same time tho this film is broken on a fundamental level regardless of the films plot or the films running time ad while yes the film would have been better with a short running time as it would have forced the makers of the film to really focus it's plot alot more then what it actually does at the same time tho we'd still be watching a bad film and that is something that would never change unless the film was fixed at the most basic of levels and one of those being the fact the loose plot at the end of the film should have been alot longer then what it is but I will admit that this film really does have some really dreadful pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really bad. As the film doesn't have that many actually funny jokes in it with alot of this films jokes just being painfully unfunny at best with only a few the films very early jokes getting a smile and only one of the films jokes near the end of the film getting a smile as well and that isn't due to the joke itself as it's instead due to the actors in the scene that make the joke funny and as a result of that is the fact that we end up with a film that is just straight up unfunny and insulting to the fans of the original show as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall out of all the The Munsters films out there this one is just above The Munsters Scary Little Christmas interms of quality but it's still a bad film that will put off new potential fans to the franchise and as well as all of the old fans who are returning to the franchise as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all f the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and ad well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk , Tenor and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this episode up on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.
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