The Munsters' Revenge

As many others have said, this is a very lame movie with stale jokes, poor production values, a bad script, and almost no laugh track. It's a shame that Lily didn't have more screen time, and a shame that Butch Patrick, Pat Priest, and even Beverly Owen didn't at least have cameo appearances. It was a reunion movie, they should have been in it. Instead they focused on characters that had nothing to do with the original series. Sid Ceasar's performance was awful, actually offensive, and the Phantom of the Opera only made the movie worse. Still, it's the last time we get to see the original Munsters, Grandpa, Herman, and Lily, so as a true fan I'm glad they made this movie. I wish it could have been good, but it's better than nothing. I purchased seasons 1&2 as a set from Walmart for $19, which included this movie and "Munster Go Home". It's a great deal.

Apr 2021 Really enjoyable tv movie , the 2nd Munsters movie, made some 15 years after the first and the series. If you like the series then you cannot go wrong here, it involves a wax museum and a mistaken identity plot, good harmless family fun with Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis in fine form. 9 out of 10.

I love Herman, how could you not? He's so cute. But you learn taht Gwynne and Lewis hated their roles, and didn't like the typecast. You watch a video on Lewis about him cussing about freedom of speech on a show he was in. But when i was growing up i loved it because you don't know these things. But i have to know everything. So i learn everything. This has good points though. I never liked any of the Marilyn's esp this one and this Eddie is annoying and a half. Yvonne is still beautiful. Charles McCauley was in it briefly. Always liked him. Old gorgeous Ruskin owned the pizza shoppe. He looked good in the 80's but he wasn't in it enough. The Phantom wasn't too annoying either.

"The Munsters' Revenge" was a reunion movie for SOME of the original cast of the classic TV show. The three leads, Lily, Herman and Grandpa all reprise their roles...a major plus for the film. However, instead of having the original Eddie and one of the original Marilyns, the film kept the characters young and recast them. The plot is fair. A local wax museum owner is evil. In reality, his wax dummies are robots and he uses them to commit various crimes. But some of them also look like the Munsters and soon Grandpa and Herman are arrested for the crimes committed by their robotic alter egos. The biggest problem with this film is that it just wasn't written well. It lacks humor and heart and instead just feels as if the three originals are going through the motions. Not terrible...but also not good.

I wrote this review 16 years ago as a freshman in high school, so please forgive me. I just re- found it while looking at my profile for the first time in years, but I thought I'd leave it up for fun. I still find the movie mildly amusing, but I wouldn't suggest it to anyone but dedicated fans of the Munsters (and even they might not like it). -------- Original review: This movie has one of the cheesiest plots I have seen. For me, that's what makes it so awesome! Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis are very good at what they achieved in the original Munsters series. While there was less slapstick, they still worked wonderfully together "comedically." I wish Yvonne De Carlo, as Lily, would have had more plot involvement. She showed that she could do comedy in the original series, but it was mostly wasted in this movie. This movie also stars the great Sid Caesar, but sadly he doesn't have any interaction with Gwynne and Lewis. I think some better work could have come out of that.

Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis, Sid Caesar, and Yvonne De Carlo star in this funny, funny movie. The late Fred Gwynne is truly wonderful as Herman Munster who lives with Grandpa Munster (Al Lewis), wife Lily (Yvonne De Carlo), and his son and daughter. Sid Caesar is hilarious as the owner of a wax museum that has a whole section dedicated to the Munster family. When the wax figures of Herman and Grandpa begin to terrorize the town everyone blames the two. The two now have to clear their names before it's too late. You'll laugh out loud just like I did.

What this film needs is a laugh track, but even with that we've got a missed opportunity on our hands. Still in all, it's a treat to see the family reunited (especially considering how much Fred Gwynne despised his role). It's still nice to see Herman and grandpa getting into those same old jams, but what's with that Eddie? Should have had Butch Patrick return as the now-grown son.

The Munsters Revenge was a nice return for the original family. I'm not a big fan of TV reunion movies in general but The Munsters Revenge was great. Herman and Grandpa were back accused of a crime they didn't commit. They had to prove their innocence and there were some nice scenes along the way particularly when Herman and Grandpa were in the police station. Oh yes, and there's a few villains in the film as well which adds to the enjoyment. This film did have similarities to Carry On Screaming from 1966 and it was just as amusing. Now when is someone going to release this onto DVD?