{"id":80047,"date":"2022-09-27T22:29:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T22:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-munsters-rob-zombie-talks-his-colorful-take-on-the-60s-sitcom\/"},"modified":"2022-09-27T22:29:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T22:29:14","slug":"the-munsters-rob-zombie-talks-his-colorful-take-on-the-60s-sitcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-munsters-rob-zombie-talks-his-colorful-take-on-the-60s-sitcom\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Munsters’: Rob Zombie Talks His Colorful Take on the ’60s Sitcom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tAs a horror filmmaker, Rob Zombie has fostered an impassioned following over the past two decades, with a body of work characterized by its black humor and unvarnished violence, made all the more engrossing by the perverse but productive sympathies the director has for his movie monsters . Now, Zombie has completed his most shocking venture yet \u2014 an adaptation of the wacky, wholesome ’60s sitcom \u201cThe Munsters.\u201d With friendly faces and a very conspicuous PG rating, the movie is unlike anything Zombie has made before and arguably his most boldly stylized work yet.<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cA lot of people have said to me: ‘Finally, I can watch one of your movies with my kids,’ which I don’t have kids so that’s kind of meaningless to me. But that’s nice!\u201d Zombie tells variety<\/em>. \u201cThis is how I got into everything as a kid. This is for the next wave of monster fans coming our way. This movie is the gateway drug for more hardcore horror.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tUniversal Pictures Home Entertainment releases \u201cThe Munsters\u201d on digital platforms, Blu-ray and DVD on Tuesday. The film stars Sheri Moon Zombie, Zombie’s wife and enduring marquee lead, alongside Jeff Daniel Phillips and Daniel Roebuck, two more of the filmmaker’s regular collaborators.<\/p>\n

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\tMoon plays the spirited vampiress Lily, who falls head-over-heels for Phillips’ newly resurrected forest-green rockstar Herman Munster. The Count, Lily’s fretful father, is played by Roebuck, who \u201calmost drove off the road because he was so excited\u201d when first learning of the project, according to Zombie.<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cDan would have been a ’60s sitcom actor,\u201d Zombie says. \u201cIf you ask him for his favorite actor, it’ll be Don Knotts. He loves Paul Lynde. That’s his wheelhouse. \u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tJeff Daniel Phillips and Daniel Roebuck in ‘The Munsters’<\/span><\/p>\n

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\tWhile Zombie remains fiercely loyal to the tone of the original ’60s sitcom with his film, the director also recognized that it wouldn’t stand on its own legs if it primarily attempted to replicate its source material.<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cSometimes they make ‘Star Trek’ movies. I was such a fan that, no matter how good those movies were, I would just feel like, ‘Well, that’s not William Shatner. What the hell am I watching?’\u201d Zombie says, explaining the tricky task of revamping a beloved property.<\/p>\n

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\tThe filmmaker found his shock of the new in what at first seemed to be a creative limitation: Universal would not give \u201cThe Munsters\u201d a go if it was filmed in black-and-white, as the original ’60s sitcom was. Though disappointed at first, the requirement led Zombie to consider what \u201cthe opposite of black-and-white\u201d would look like, trailblazing a ludicrously colorful, hyper-saturated aesthetic for his monster mash. The resulting visuals are completely distinctive from the original series, while keeping with its core eccentricities.<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cSometimes you’re dealt a certain scenario. You can walk away from it, but that doesn’t create anything. You figure out how to deal with it,\u201d Zombie says. \u201cSometimes you create something you would have never created.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tZombie still managed to sneak in a brief black-and-white interlude: a recreation of the show’s opening credits, featuring the Munsters walking through their manor’s doorframe one-by-one. The homage featured prominently in the first teaser for the film, which introduced fans to the cast members in character.<\/p>\n

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