Figure 1.--Here Eddie in "Here Comes the Munsters" begins school. The firls are nice to him, but the boys are mean--especially the boy hear wearing long baggy shorts. Eddie of course wears his tarde mark velvet suit with a Peter OPan collar.

"Here Come the Munsters" is one of the films based on the The Minsters. It is a hokey remake of "The Munsters." This disappointing made for TV movie is not nearly as good as the original TV series. You have to put up with terrible acting in this very weak film. The film was broadcast on Halloween 1995. The cast includes: Edward Herrmann (Herman) , Veronica Hamel (Lily), Robert Morse (Grandpa), Christine Taylor (Marilyn), and Mathew Botuchis (Eddie). It explains how the Munsters come to America. Herman does not want to leave Transylvaania until a rocket sails through their home. They are then chased out by the villagers in Transylvania. There family already occupies 1313 Mockingbird Lane. The new immigrants ted Munsters have to deal with California life, find Marilyn's missing father, and cure her zombie-like mother. Grandpa in particular is very poorly done in this film, his makeup is comically amaturish. There are several feeble attemps at humor such as Eddie eating from a dog bowl. Eddie has a good size part and like the TV series wears a velvet short pants suit, this one in burgandy. Eddie in this remake is older than the TV Eddie--I'd say 12 or 13 yearsold. He wears longer shorts than the original with knee socks smartly pulled up. One boy at school wears long baggy shirts. One interesting aspect of this film is that the Munster cast (Yvonne DeCarlo, Al Lewis, and Pat Priest) excet for Herman make a cameo appearance.

Created: August 21, 2003
Last updated: August 25, 2003