Seven months ago, the website Murphy’s Multiverse shared the news that Rob Zombie would be writing and directing a film based on the classic sitcom The Munsters, with Jeff Daniel Phillips and Sheri Moon Zombie signed on to play Herman and Lily Munster, and their co-stars to include Daniel Roebuck, Jorge Garcia, Richard Brake, and Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson. While Zombie would later confirm that he was making The Munsters and it would be filming in Budapest, Hungary like Murphy’s Multiverse said, the cast was never confirmed… Until this morning. Zombie has confirmed that Jeff Daniel Phillips and Sheri Moon Zombie are playing Herman and Lily, with Daniel Roebuck taking on the role of The Count / Grandpa, and he confirmed the cast in the best way possible. He shared a The Munsters set pic of them in character!
Below you can see Zombie’s version of Herman, Lily, and Grandpa, sitting in front of their home at 1313 Mockingbird Lane. (This replica of the Munsters Mansion was recently built on a plot of land in Budapest, specifically for Zombie’s movie.)
The Munsters ran for two seasons, from September 1964 to May 1966, and consisted of 70 episodes. (You can buy the complete series at THIS LINK.) The show
starred Fred Gwynne as Frankenstein’s monster and head-of-the-household Herman Munster; Yvonne De Carlo as his wife Lily Munster; Al Lewis as Lily’s father, Grandpa, the somewhat over-the-hill vampire Count Dracula who longs for the “good old days” in Transylvania; Beverley Owen (later replaced by Pat Priest) as their teenage niece Marilyn Munster, who was attractive by conventional standards but the “ugly duckling” of the family; and Butch Patrick as their werewolfish son Eddie Munster.
Now we just have to wait and see who Jorge Garcia, Richard Brake, and Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson will be playing in the film. Sylvester McCoy has said that he is in the cast as well. I actually expected McCoy to be playing Grandpa instead of Roebuck.
Zombie has previously shown the blueprint for an exact replica of the Munsters’ house, given us a look at costume designs for Herman and Lily Munster’s sleepwear, confirmed that horror host character Zombo will be in the movie, posted a picture of the wig the actor who plays Grandpa will be wearing, given an early look at the crafting of Herman’s head, shown off some of the wardrobe, shared pictures of some creature effects, showed the houses being built on Mockingbird Lane, updated on the construction of the Munsters Mansion, teased that Herman will be wearing the leather jacket he wears when racing in the Dragula roadster, and more.
Check out The Munsters set pic below!