The Munsters are, by design, a comedic reinvention of the classic monsters – Herman is Frankenstein’s monster, Lily is a vampire, Grandpa is Count Dracula, and Eddie is a werewolf – but other interpretations of iconic creatures occasionally made appearances.
Before TV’s first family of fright returns in Rob Zombie’s The Munsters, let’s look back at six classic monsters that have appeared in The Munsters Universe up to this point.
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Despite only appearing on screen for about a minute and a half, Uncle Gilbert is perhaps the most memorable member of the Munsters’ extended family. The reason is simple: he’s the Gill-man from the Creature from the Black Lagoon franchise.
In “Love Comes to Mockingbird Heights”, Uncle Gilbert sends the family 180,000 worth of gold doubloons from the old country for safekeeping until he arrives to visit. This inciting incident sets the plot in motion,...
Before TV’s first family of fright returns in Rob Zombie’s The Munsters, let’s look back at six classic monsters that have appeared in The Munsters Universe up to this point.
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Despite only appearing on screen for about a minute and a half, Uncle Gilbert is perhaps the most memorable member of the Munsters’ extended family. The reason is simple: he’s the Gill-man from the Creature from the Black Lagoon franchise.
In “Love Comes to Mockingbird Heights”, Uncle Gilbert sends the family 180,000 worth of gold doubloons from the old country for safekeeping until he arrives to visit. This inciting incident sets the plot in motion,...
- 9/22/2022
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
The casting announcements for Rob Zombie's cinematic reimagining of "The Munsters" just keep getting better and ... hairier. Zombie once again took to Instagram to give the first look at another branch of the Munsters monster family tree. Tomas Boykin, who previously worked with Zombie on his film "3 From Hell," has joined the cast to play Lester, Lily Munster's werewolf brother.
"Get ready for Lester," Zombie wrote in his Instagram caption. "He's gonna make you howl with laughter."
The character of Lester Dracula was originally played by Irwin Charone on the original TV run of...
The post Rob Zombie Reveals First Look at Lester the Werewolf in The Munsters appeared first on /Film.
"Get ready for Lester," Zombie wrote in his Instagram caption. "He's gonna make you howl with laughter."
The character of Lester Dracula was originally played by Irwin Charone on the original TV run of...
The post Rob Zombie Reveals First Look at Lester the Werewolf in The Munsters appeared first on /Film.
- 4/26/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
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