Munster, Go Home!
Munster, Go Home!
| 06 August 1966 (USA)
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Herman discovers he's the new lord of Munster Hall in England. The family sails to Britain, where they receive a tepid welcome from Lady Effigy and Freddie Munster, who throws tantrums because he wasn't named Lord Munster. An on-board romance had blossomed between Marilyn and Roger, but on land Marilyn discovers Roger's family holds a longstanding grudge against the Munsters.

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Hellen

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Lawbolisted

Powerful

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ReaderKenka

Let's be realistic.

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ThrillMessage

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

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dweilermg-1

By filming the MUNSTERS TV series in black and white it always had the look of a classic 1930s Universal horror film which the characters parodied. Thus making this movie in color just does not look right.

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dolittle672002

I was 6 years old when I first saw this comedy in the theater. It was double billed with THE GHOST & MR. CHICKEN. I loved both films but MUNSTER, GO HOME was my personal favorite. My favorite TV show was now on the big screen and one of the major draws for my brother & I would we would get to see Herman Munster in Technicolor! What a treat that was. The film written by George Tibbles, Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher (Original writers for the Munsters sitcom) give us a fun outing with Herman, Lily, Grampa, Eddie and Marilyn (Now played by an adorable Debbie Watson). The music score was by Jack Marshall (Thank God they used the composer from the TV show!) - The opening credits outside the Munster's home still gives me goosebumps - It's the now classic TV theme played at a slow tempo. Earl Bellamy does an outstanding job with the direction! You really have a hard time believing this was a back lot picture. Terry Thomas almost steals the film and Hermione (GIGI, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC) Gingold is perfectly cast as his mother. John Carradine has a great character role as the butler, Crookshank to Gingold & Thomas. Yvonne DeCarlo's Lily, Al Lewis' Grampa & Butch Patrick's Eddie are all perfect bringing their characters to the BIG screen! All look Great in color too!. But the film belongs to my childhood hero Fred Gwynne! His Herman is priceless! I love his big kid outlook he brought to Mr. Munster and it's flawless in this film. God Bless you Mr. Gwynne - You are sorely missed. The DVD transfer is gorgeous! I think they even enhanced the Technicolor which makes the green (Not gray like the TV show) really stand out. This is one family film that should be in everyone's collection. Munster's fans it's a must! Shame on Universal for not turning this family of fright into a film series when the show went off the air in 1966 - But I'm very grateful for this film for a lot of fond memories go with it.

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Woodyanders

Herman Munster (the delightful Fred Gwynne) inherits an estate in England. Herman along with his sweet wife Lily (lovely Yvonne De Carlo), rascally Grandpa (the always great Al Lewis), brash son Eddie (the engaging Butch Patrick), and cute adopted daughter Marilyn (the adorable Debbie Watson subbing for Pat Priest) all go to Great Britian. The Munsters' no-count British relatives try to scare them off to no avail, so they resort to more drastic measures in order to get rid of the merry oddball clan. Director Earl Bellamy keeps the film moving along at a sprightly tempo, stages the expected blithely inane slapstick gags with considerable aplomb, and maintains an infectiously bouncy tone throughout. This picture further benefits from a top-drawer cast of veteran British thespians: Terry-Thomas as the infantile, temperamental Freddie Munster, Hermoine Gingold as stern matriarch Lady Effigie Munster, Jeanne Arnold as the wicked Grace Munster, Robert Pine as the smoothly charming Roger, and Bernard Fox as the hearty Squire Moresby. Special kudos are in order for John Carradine, who gives a deliciously sour performance as gloomy and sinister butler Cruikshank. Benjamin H. Kline's sharp cinematography makes inspired use of vibrant color. Jack Marshall supplies an appropriately spirited silly-spooky score. A hugely enjoyable romp.

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Scooby-Dude

Let me start off by saying that I am very biased about The Munsters, having been a huge fan of the show since I was a little kid. That being said, I think that Munster, Go Home! is a very appropriate and enjoyable closing to the television show, which had a run of two seasons before it was canceled by CBS. This film remains true to the spirit of the show, with the same group of people who made the show possible (producers, original cast excepting Pat Priest) as the creative force behind the scenes. As always, Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis, Yvonne De Carlo, and Butch Patrick make this movie extremely enjoyable with their familiar and endearing characters that made the television show such a favorite. The supporting cast for the film is likewise terrific, headed by a scene-stealing Terry-Thomas (of "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World) as the deliciously sleazy Freddie Munster. I'm not going to recite plot here, as you can read the summary above, but I will warn potential viewers that while this movie was very fun to watch and it kept in the spirit of the television show, there is no laugh track, so you really need a good feel of the show's humor in order to develop a rhythm, so to speak. Also, a lot of gags are rehashed here-- {SPOILERS} For instance, Grandpa accidentally transforms himself into a wolf on board a ship, and must be quarantined. Lily nags Herman into rescuing him. Herman twists the lock of Grandpa's cage apart and picks him up, scaring the crew members who stumble into the room. Later, they smuggle Grandpa off of the ship by having him pose as a dead, fur stole around Lily's neck. This entire ordeal closely mirrors the episode of the show in which the Munster family goes camping. In this episode, Grandpa turns himself into a wolf and is captured by park authorities. After much nagging from Lily, Herman rescues Grandpa by twisting the lock off his cage and carries him out, scaring the park rangers who stumble upon the scene. The family then smuggles Grandpa out of the park, disguising him once again as Lily's fur stole. Another instance of rehashing television stories happens with the drag race, a crucial plot point of the movie. After Herman wrecks his initial race car, Grandpa uses spare parts and a coffin to build a drag racer he calls "The Dragula." This is handled in the film as if it is an original idea and has never happened before, but in actuality, there was an entire episode in which Herman loses the family car in a drag race, and Grandpa goes through the exact same process of building a drag racer from spare parts and a coffin in order to enter the next race and win back the family car. He calls his creation "The Dragula," and the cars in both situations are exactly identical. The difference is that the movie pretends the television episode never happened. However, if you really like this kind of humor, as I did and still do, and take this rehashing for what it was probably meant to be-- homages to familiar moments from the short-lived but much beloved television show-- then I think you will really enjoy "Munster, Go Home!" And hey, it's much much better than "The Munsters' Revenge"!

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