Good, not great.
Yes, I too was hesitant about the film when I first saw the trailer. Now, having seen the film, that may not have been the best trailer. This film does a fantastic job of capturing the spirit of the original The Munsters and modernizing it for today. It is silly, self-aware, and serious about both.
Jeff Daniel Phillips, Sheri Moon Zombie, & Daniel Roebuck did a great job presenting the core group of characters we loved so much from the original show. They did not so much reinterpret those characters as much as they embodied them. I have never been as impressed with Sheri Moon Zombie's acting as I was with this role, as Lily Munster. The comedic performances of Phillips & Roebuck are a cornerstone of this film, the entire franchise is dependent on that chemistry.
At times, it does feel a bit cheaper than I was expecting. This film really ought to have been a TV pilot for a reboot of the series. Give Zombie a few more bucks, cut the fat a bit, and l'm totally on board for more Rob Zombie's The Munsters. But, this film felt overlong. It felt like they went back into the cutting room and dug around on the floor looking for stuff to add. I was a bit disappointed that I didn't see Spot or Igor return at the end, (perhaps I just missed them.)
Nonetheless, I absolutely recommend throwing this on during the Halloween season, as it expertly captures the made-for-TV, Halloween Special many of us grew up with. Unfortunately, it does not have a better produced-cleaner, tighter, more streamlined-series to accompany it as many of those specials did.
I was shocked to see it came out in 2022, I thought it was released more recently, but odds are it came out around the time we were dealing with the aftermath of a hurricane. Still, after power was restored the first thing I watched was 2022's Hellraiser, so the confusion about the films release might be the difference between how much effort Netflix & Hulu want to put into promoting their films-Hulu, willing to do a lot more promotion than Netflix, (Netflix, seemingly willing to put absolutely no effort into promoting what is on their service.)
I would enjoy seeing more of this franchise, with this cast, and with Rob Zombie at the helm, (a choice that seems to have been both apt and paid off-In quality, if not in cash.)
Yes, I too was hesitant about the film when I first saw the trailer. Now, having seen the film, that may not have been the best trailer. This film does a fantastic job of capturing the spirit of the original The Munsters and modernizing it for today. It is silly, self-aware, and serious about both.
Jeff Daniel Phillips, Sheri Moon Zombie, & Daniel Roebuck did a great job presenting the core group of characters we loved so much from the original show. They did not so much reinterpret those characters as much as they embodied them. I have never been as impressed with Sheri Moon Zombie's acting as I was with this role, as Lily Munster. The comedic performances of Phillips & Roebuck are a cornerstone of this film, the entire franchise is dependent on that chemistry.
At times, it does feel a bit cheaper than I was expecting. This film really ought to have been a TV pilot for a reboot of the series. Give Zombie a few more bucks, cut the fat a bit, and l'm totally on board for more Rob Zombie's The Munsters. But, this film felt overlong. It felt like they went back into the cutting room and dug around on the floor looking for stuff to add. I was a bit disappointed that I didn't see Spot or Igor return at the end, (perhaps I just missed them.)
Nonetheless, I absolutely recommend throwing this on during the Halloween season, as it expertly captures the made-for-TV, Halloween Special many of us grew up with. Unfortunately, it does not have a better produced-cleaner, tighter, more streamlined-series to accompany it as many of those specials did.
I was shocked to see it came out in 2022, I thought it was released more recently, but odds are it came out around the time we were dealing with the aftermath of a hurricane. Still, after power was restored the first thing I watched was 2022's Hellraiser, so the confusion about the films release might be the difference between how much effort Netflix & Hulu want to put into promoting their films-Hulu, willing to do a lot more promotion than Netflix, (Netflix, seemingly willing to put absolutely no effort into promoting what is on their service.)
I would enjoy seeing more of this franchise, with this cast, and with Rob Zombie at the helm, (a choice that seems to have been both apt and paid off-In quality, if not in cash.)