Here Come the Munsters

Here Come the Munsters
Release poster
Based on	Characters by Norm Liebmann Ed Haas from a format by Allan Burns Chris Hayward
Written by	Bill Prady Jim Fisher Jim Staahl
Directed by	Robert Ginty
Starring	Edward Herrmann Robert Morse Christine Taylor Mathew Botuchis Troy Evans Joel Brooks Sean O'Bryan Mary Woronov Jeff Trachta Max Grodénchik Veronica Hamel
Music by	Michael Skloff
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	John Landis Leslie Belzberg
Producer	Michael S. Murphey
Cinematography	Paul Maibaum
Editors	Marshall Harvey Dale Beldin
Running time	97 minutes
Production companies	MCA Television Entertainment Bodega Bay Productions
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	October 31, 1995 (1995-10-31)
Related
The Munsters film series

Here Come the Munsters is a science fiction comedy television film based on the 1960s CBS television series, The Munsters and was directed by Robert Ginty and written by Bill Prady, Jim Fisher, and Jim Staahl. The film stars Edward Herrmann, Christine Taylor, Veronica Hamel and Mathew Botuchis as the Munster family and tells the story of their arrival in the US from Transylvania. It aired on Fox on October 31, 1995.

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, Norman Hyde, is missing, and her mother 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.

Brent Jekyll is running for Congress. A plank of his campaign platform is trying to get foreigners out of America. In a more sinister part of the story, it seems that Hyde was sabotaged and transformed into Jekyll purposely, to bring forward a politician without a past to whom people would listen.

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

Additionally, the four surviving cast members of the Munsters: Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Butch Patrick and Pat Priest make cameos as restaurant guests.^[1]

Release

Here Come the Munsters aired on Fox on October 31, 1995.^[2] The film was uploaded in high-definition on The Munster's official YouTube channel on November 17, 2023.^[3]

See also

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

References

External links

Wikiquote has quotations related to Here Come the Munsters.

• Here Come the Munsters at IMDb

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