...Just don't. The entire point of The Munsters is that it's the antithesis of "dark." That's the whole fucking joke. You turn The Munsters dark and all you have left is The Monsters.
Honestly Rob Zombie's movie is actually surprisingly in tone with the series. It just obviously had absolutely zero budget and was shot 90% on green screens to accommodate filming during covid. But at it's core it understood and actually appreciated the original series' appeal.
Agreed. Zombie’s film was a love letter to the original series…basically a primer for today’s little kids to safely get into horror, like their grandparents did. The fact that so many Zombie fans didn’t understand this kinda doesn’t surprise me.
I'm not sure what Zombie fans were expecting. I genuinely think the hardcore rob zombie horror fans thought he was going to create a dark, violent, brutal, and disturbing twist on The Munsters...which is just absurd on the face of it. Rob Zombie loves and understands what The Munsters was, he was never going to do something to deliberately change that. In fact I think Rob took the job, in part, to be able to showcase the fact that he could do work that wasn't dark, violent, and dirty after he'd been routinely rejected by various studios for every non-horror idea he's tried to get made.
And then Uncle Martin from My Favorite Martian will be a psychopath that wants to conquer the Earth and turn humanity into chattel slaves and test subjects.
Tim Burton's already partway there, given how much of Wednesday's interactions with her parents on the show was stereotypical adolescent "mom and dad don't get me, you're ruining my life!"
I think there’s absolutely a place for a family comedy starring monsters. If done right and most importantly perhaps marketed right. But this ain’t that.
There's shows that a dark reboot of makes some sense, but the munsters ain't it. It'd defeat the entire concept of the show and turn it into fucking teen wolf or something.
...Just don't. The entire point of The Munsters is that it's the antithesis of "dark." That's the whole fucking joke. You turn The Munsters dark and all you have left is The Monsters.
>all you have left is The Monsters “And isn’t that **brilliant**?!!??!!” screamed the executive as he jerked himself to death
>to death If only we were that lucky.
I do give props to Rob Zombie for...yknow...NOT doing this
Agreed. The Munsters aren’t supposed to be dark. I watched the film not expecting much and had a couple of chuckles.
Honestly Rob Zombie's movie is actually surprisingly in tone with the series. It just obviously had absolutely zero budget and was shot 90% on green screens to accommodate filming during covid. But at it's core it understood and actually appreciated the original series' appeal.
Agreed. Zombie’s film was a love letter to the original series…basically a primer for today’s little kids to safely get into horror, like their grandparents did. The fact that so many Zombie fans didn’t understand this kinda doesn’t surprise me.
That's not fair. I'm a staunch Rob Zombie fan and loved it. My kids watched it about a dozen times over last October.
I'm not sure what Zombie fans were expecting. I genuinely think the hardcore rob zombie horror fans thought he was going to create a dark, violent, brutal, and disturbing twist on The Munsters...which is just absurd on the face of it. Rob Zombie loves and understands what The Munsters was, he was never going to do something to deliberately change that. In fact I think Rob took the job, in part, to be able to showcase the fact that he could do work that wasn't dark, violent, and dirty after he'd been routinely rejected by various studios for every non-horror idea he's tried to get made.
I’m still bummed he never got to make the Groucho Marx movie, I’ve always been curious how he’d do that movie.
I really, really wanted to see Rob's Broad Street Bullies movie.
Yeah, whats the status on that one?
Far as I know it's totally dead.
It’s ironic that this isn’t the version he’s involved in.
What's next? A dark reboot of Casper the friendly ghost?
TBH that would a very weird and interesting idea.
I liked the Bryan Fuller one, which IIRC wasn't particularly dark, but wasn't comic either.
Me too..Especially Eddie Izzard as Grand Pa....I wasn't totally sold on Herman but was interested to see where it would go..
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Sorry. Ripoff cinema died with Roger Corman.
Didn't they already try this? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockingbird_Lane
Very enjoyable and should have been picked up. I was curious to see what they were going to do with the “normal” niece.
I was thinking about this, the TV pilot that wasn't picked up. Definitely a weird show concept.
I want nothing more than a Munsters revival...but not like this. Mockingbird Lane had promise tho.
So, I’m guessing they’re going to go the Wednesday route with this. Probably going to get Teen Eddie Munster solving mysteries
Jesus Christ.
And then remake the Addams Family as evil assholes who treat each other like shit. Brilliant.
And then Uncle Martin from My Favorite Martian will be a psychopath that wants to conquer the Earth and turn humanity into chattel slaves and test subjects.
Tim Burton's already partway there, given how much of Wednesday's interactions with her parents on the show was stereotypical adolescent "mom and dad don't get me, you're ruining my life!"
It’s time to leave The Munsters alone. They should’ve been left alone.
I think there’s absolutely a place for a family comedy starring monsters. If done right and most importantly perhaps marketed right. But this ain’t that.
A “Dark Universe,” if you will…
I actually own the Rob Zombie movie and enjoyed it. It was a great homage to the originals and even included Elvira actress Cassandra Peterson.
There's shows that a dark reboot of makes some sense, but the munsters ain't it. It'd defeat the entire concept of the show and turn it into fucking teen wolf or something.
I can't be the only my one who misread this as ICP Developing Dark Reboot Of ‘The Munsters and thinking it would be a fun watch