Munster, Go Home!
1966  NR  COMEDY  1h 36min
CAST— Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Butch Patrick, Debbie Watson, Terry-Thomas, Hermione Gingold
MUSIC— Jack Marshall  DIRECTOR— Earl Bellamy  BASED ON— Characters appearing on The Munsters (television)

     A decent lark starring everyone’s favorite family of fright, the Munsters. When Herman learns that he is to inherit an English estate he packs the family up for a voyage across the pond to scope out his new surroundings. But when Freddie Munster (played by Terry-Thomas) discovers that he lost the title of Lord to his American cousin, a perfect stranger, he, his sister and Mumsy devise a plan to do away with them once and for all. But before their plan goes into motion Herman and Grandpa stumble upon a counterfeiting operation hidden in the bowels of Munster Hall. Like the idiots that they are they report the crime to Mumsy rather than to the authorities, oblivious to the fact that she’s in on the counterfeiting ring. They now encourage Herman to compete in the local auto race where they have a driver hired to kill Herman. But really, where’s the fun in that? Reuniting the cast (minus either of the original Marilyns) of the popular TV show The Munsters, the film has the look and the feel of the classic series, plus the added incentive of Technicolor. The drawback is that there’s nothing fresh here for newcomers to appreciate; best left to Munsters freaks. Cheerio.
OUR RATING— ** ½
FOLLOWED BY— The Munsters’ Revenge (1981)