Wow! Such a good movie.

Overrated and overhyped

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

I remember back in the summer holidays about 1980 (before we had the TV series repeats in England)I couldn't believe my luck that MGH was coming up after the break, it all sounded so good, and looked like it would be good spooky fun for this 13 year old. Sadly even at that age I remember being disappointed with the end result. Flash forward to 2013, I thought I would watch it again. Maybe I was expecting something different back then, who knows!...but no! same result, but I can tell you why this time. I think as an English person watching, I expected fun and frolics in the mother country, but instead was treated to obviously fake British accents and a fake landscape as well....obviously California! Still I guess I can't argue..it is cult, I'm just warning you!

Munster, Go Home! (1966)* 1/2 (out of 4) Herman Munster (Fred Gwynne) inherits a large castle in England so he packs up Lily (Yvonne De Carlo), Grandpa (Al Lewis) and kids and heads off. Once there he learns that some other family members are staying at the castle and wants to keep it as their own. A year after the television show was canceled, someone thought it was a good idea to put the Munsters on the big screen and since it ended up bombing at the box office, the show was obviously canceled for a reason and the need for a movie wasn't needed by anyone. I think there are many, many issues with this film but none of them really belong to the Munsters themselves. The first twenty-five minutes are actually fairly good as the family gets the news and then heads off on a long cruise. Needless to say, this sequence could have been a TV episode and perhaps this is why it works. We get qutie a few good one liners and even some funny jokes including one where, when on the boat, a man sticks his arm out for a tip and Grandpa mistakenly thinks the guy is offering up his blood to suck on. There's another gag with Grandpa taking the wrong pill, turning into a wolf and then being put in a cage. After they arrive in England is when the film completely falls apart and it only takes a matter of minutes to do so. The "other" family in the house is so annoying that they will quickly get on your nerves. Their entire story contains zero laughs nor does Marilyn's relationship with a man whose family hates the Munster family. The biggest death nail is that this sucker runs an extremely long 96-minutes, which is just crazy. Another major problem, I personally feel, is that the movie was shot in color and it just doesn't work well for the ghouls. Seeing them in B&W makes the spoof of the Universal era work but in color they just look out of place and at times silly. The performances aren't bad and one does have to tip his cap to John Carradine almost hidden behind all that make up as the caretaker.

Of course it would have been impossible for the Munsters to take a trip to England in a 25-minute TV episode. So it's fun to see it finally happen. I'm not the world's biggest Munster fan, but I've been watching the series ever since I was a little kid and I do love it (a wee bit). This, in particular, is a fun adventure, in which Herman inherits an English title and goes to the Sceptred Isle to claim it, even in spite of the wishes of his greedy cousins, who want the title for themselves. Naturally, this movie has the same kind of rim shot-based gags that highlight the show ("I thought he was made in Germany"), but it also has a great deal of fun and some gags are really quite funny, not to mention the drastic culture shock that takes place when the Munsters-- who aren't even normal Americans-- take Great Britain by storm. So if you like "The Munsters," you should go ahead and give "Munster, Go Home!" a try. You won't be disappointed.

I'm surprised at the number of glowing reviews about this movie. Despite the only interesting aspect of the movie, which is its being in color, that stylish Munster magic is totally missing. I suppose they had to travel to make the time go by faster, but going to England really makes this romp rather stilted. The actors are giving their best, but rehashing jokes and situations from the TV seems rather sad. Not sure who the writers were but they totally missed the boat on this one and makes me wonder if they ever saw an episode from the TV show. And to recast Marilyn with a bland actress really screwed up the chemistry. Besides seeing the house and the characters in color, there's not much to keep your attention here, unless you're 12.