Woof, this one stings. Firstly, I grew up loving the Munsters. It was cheesy then, it is cheesy now. That’s not really the knock to how this was made. The issue is that I don’t really see the purpose in why this movie was made. Usually when something is rebooted, it is to bring a fresh perspective to an already established franchise (for easy pickings we can look at Rob Zombie’s Halloween), or to jumpstart a new saga. When this was originally announced, I was amongst the people that assumed Zombie was going to bring a darker and more adult tone to the Munsters. Instead, we seemingly got a strong attempt to be as similar as possible to content that is way outdated. It’s so out there and I genuinely don’t think there’s much of a target audience beyond the nostalgia crowd. It might also be a different story if the plot had a movie story arc. This felt like a pilot to a tv series that dragged on for two hours. It feels like there should be more, yet somehow felt too long. Having an 8 episode season of 20-25 minute episodes would make a whole bunch more sense for the tone the movie is putting out.

All in all, I love Zombie, and I cannot recommend this one.

Rating: 1/5 - 5.5/10 - Would Not Recommend