Universal has finally announced an official release date for Rob Zombie's feature adaptation of classic '60s TV series, The Munsters. The movie is still heading to Netflix at some point, but before its streaming debut, it'll be available on Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD platforms from September 27, 2022.
The first trailer for Zombie's uncharacteristically family-friendly reboot was widely ridiculed online, but this new teaser is quite a bit better, with some of the gags actually hitting their mark (a novel concept, we know).
“The movie is layered and weird, but it’s bizarrely innocent. I feel like it’s the perfect Halloween movie,” Zombie tells USA Today, likening the film to “a live-action cartoon.”
Check out some new footage from The Munsters below, along with the Blu-ray cover.
“The strangest love story ever told: Herman and Lily’s crazy courtship takes The Munsters on a hauntingly hilarious trip from Transylvania to Hollywood in the all-new feature length film.”
Jeff Daniel Phillips is playing Herman Munster, with Sheri Moon Zombie as Lily Munster and Daniel Roebuck as Grandpa Munster. Richard Brake (31, 3 from Hell) will co-star as Dr. Henry Augustus Wolfgang, and Catherine Schell (Space: 1999, The Return of the Pink Panther) is playing Zoya Krupp the gypsy queen. Dee Wallace, Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson and Jorge Garcia will also star, with original The Munsters actress Pat Priest making a cameo appearance.