"The Munsters with Yvonne De Carlo"

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"The Munsters with Yvonne De Carlo"

Directed by Norman Abbott
Written by Bob Mosher
Music by Jack Marshall

Main Cast

Catherine Zeta-Jones (Yvonne De Carlo/Lilly Munster)
Jerry Stiller (Al Lewis/Grandpa)
Freddy Highmore (Butch Patrick/Eddie Wolfgang Munster)
Brad Garrett (Fred Gwynne/Herman Munster)
Hayden Panettiere (Pat Priest/Marilyn Munster)
Elisha Cuthbert (Beverly Owen/Marilyn Munster)
Kevin Costner (Charlton Heston)
Greg Kinnear (Bob Morgan)
Andy Serkis (Voice of: Igor & Spot)

Tagline: "Frankenstein, Vampires, Werewolves, yeah, I’ve worked with them"

Synopsis: The Munsters with Yvonne De Carlo starts off in a bar where the beautiful singer and inspiring actress Yvonne De Carlo (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is spotted and launched into B-Movie fame. It isn’t until The Ten Commandments releases, she breaks out into the Hollywood scene playing Moses’ wife; creating scandals with her fling with Commandments star Charlton Heston (Kevin Costner).

However, Yvonne found another man on the set of The Ten Commandments, stuntman Bob Morgan (Greg Kinnear). They soon got married. But after a faulty stunt, Bob gets seriously injured, Yvonne putting her career on hold. Though, this puts a strain on their new marriage, it puts a worse one on De Carlo’s career.

Not finding any good work, Yvonne loses the spotlight and seems to be old news. But luckily Yvonne stumbles upon the new upcoming TV show ‘The Munsters’, getting the part of Lilly Munster, a vampire and the mother of the family.

The movie truly begins with the fiction on Yvonne’s first day at work. Quickly the cast becoming a family, playing the wife of actor Fred Gwynne’s (Brad Garrett) character Herman Munster, who is Frankenstein’s monster. Beverly Owen (Elisha Cuthbert) is their daughter, Marilyn, and Butch Patrick’s (Freddy Highmore) character is Eddie Wolfgang Munster, a werewolf. Al Lewis’s (Jerry Stiller) character is, Grandpa, a vampire and Yvonne’s characters father. Not to mention the dragon under the stairs, Spot (voice of: Andy Serkis), and the family pet bat, Igor (voice of: Andy Serkis).

The show is an instant hit; Yvonne is invited to a cast party after shooting the 15th episode, when she discovers that the cast are really the monsters they portray. The cast realizing that she isn’t a monster, Yvonne tries to escape, but for the sake of keeping their monster identities a secret, Al bites Yvonne turning her into a real vampire; Yvonne goes on a blood rampage, killing Beverly Owen.

Soon realizing what she has done she figures that she has to deal. When the producers though find out about Beverly’s death, she is replaced by Pat Priest (Hayden Panettiere), another real werewolf. But, with speculations around Beverly’s death, the star struck cast trying to keep their monster identities a secret, and having to keep a dragon hidden under the staircase, hilarity ensues creating one of history’s best TV shows, The Munsters.

What the Press would say:

“Two thumbs WAY up!”-Ebert & Roeper

“T.V. to the Movies that works!”- People

“A+! A Great TV Show and a FANTASTIC film as well.”-Entertainment Weekly

“A Kooky, Strange, Hilarious, Original Comedy that is packed with laughs!”-Rolling Stone Magazine

In black and white, The Munsters with Yvonne De Carlo is a fantastic version of film to TV transfer. Directed and written by the director and writer of the Munsters, give the same feel as they did for the TV show. The music by the late Jack Marshall also helps the film.

Yvonne De Carlo….I mean Catherine Zeta-Jones has a remarkable resemblance in an amazing performance. Jerry Still and Brad Garret shine along with much humor as if it was really the TV show. However, Freddy Highmore is a real scene stealer with his mischievousness and Elisha Cuthbert helps add some depth into scenes as well. Andy Serkis is at his best voicing both characters giving them each their own personality. The CGI department making them as realistic as a talking bat and dragon can get.

With hilarious and original scenes and reenactments of the classics, in the end this is a film not to be missed.


Best Picture
Best Director: Norman Abbott
Best Screenplay: Bob Mosher
Best Original Score: Jack Marshall
Best Actor: Jerry Stiller, Brad Garret
Best Supporting Actor: Freddy Highmore
Best Actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones
Best Supporting Actress: Hayden Panettiere