I was bored within the first ten minutes of watching, and about ready to pluck out my own eyeballs by the end. Have you ever watched 1998’s oft-forgotten The Addams Family Reunion with Tim Curry and Daryl Hannah? Well, The Munsters is as bad as that film, if not worse. The movie is filled with cringeworthy dialogue, some of the flattest ‘dad’ jokes ever told, and some woefully embarrassing performances that wouldn’t look out of place at an amateur pantomime. Playing out like a cross between a bad Saturday Night Live sketch and an episode of a cheap Fox Kids show from the ‘90s, The Munsters is a chore to watch. As it stands, we’re only two days into 2023, and The Munsters is already on my list for one of the worst films of this year. Had this film been released in the UK last year, it would have featured amongst my list of the worst films of 2022. Painfully unfunny, dreadfully acted, and mind-numbingly slow, The Munsters is truly bloody awful. My advice? Unless you are the world’s greatest Munsters fan, or you have a high tolerance for pretty much anything, give this movie a wide berth. It is essentially being dumped out while no one is paying attention, with the hope that maybe some horror-fans will pick it up, using any leftover Christmas cash. The fact The Munsters is making its UK debut on January 2 nd, which is a public holiday and the last day of the Christmas break before everyone goes back to work, should tell you all you need to know about this movie. The movie debuted in the US ahead of the Halloween season (via Netflix), but us Brits are only just receiving it now. Now before anyone jumps in and says “erm… wasn’t this movie released last year?”, let me add that while The Munsters is brand-new to the UK today, the film was released last September in the US. The film stars Sheri Moon Zombie, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Daniel Roebuck, and Richard Brake, and makes its UK debut today, through DVD, Blu-ray, and video-on-demand platforms. The film is also slated to be Zombie's family-friendly film debut, with The Munsters having landed a PG rating.Written and directed by Rob Zombie, The Munsters is a horror-comedy, which is based on the 1964 television show of the same name. Details surrounding the project's story have been kept tightly under wraps, though fans have been given some glimpses of The Munsters' new Mockinbird Lane Mansion. The Munsters stars Sheri Moon Zombie, Jeff Daniel Phillips and Daniel Roebuck as the titular family. The film is currently slated to release in theaters as well as stream exclusively on Peacock. In 2021, horror and metal icon Rob Zombie, who previously headed up a reboot of the Halloween franchise, was signed on to produce, write, and direct a feature-length reboot of The Munsters. They've probably got the real Zombo tied up someplace." Once Eddie appears live on set with Zombo, he unravels the illusion for the viewers at home by telling the audience, "Zombo is nothing but a big fake," before ripping off the actor's costume and prosthetics. During a backstage meet and greet, Eddie tells his mother, "You know what I think? I think that he's a fake. When given the opportunity to go on the show and meet Zombo for themselves, both Eddie and Lily Munster are taken aback by the fact that everything they have seen is just an act. Over the course of the episode, young Eddie Munster becomes enamored with the character, much to the chagrin of his father, Herman, who is similarly unable to recognize Zombo as fiction. Portrayed by Louis Nye, Zombo was the host of a popular horror show within The Munsters universe. Zombo first appeared in the 1996 episode "Zombo" from the second season of the original The Munsters television series.
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