The Ex Mortis special effects team is currently hard at work creating the FX for writer/director Rob Zombie’s upcoming film The Munsters, and Zombie took to his Instagram account to share an early look at some of the creatures Ex Mortis are working on. This is an interesting glimpse behind the scenes, because the creatures in the images don’t appear to be members of the core Munsters family.
The Munsters is based on the classic sitcom that 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.
The cast for Zombie’s film has not been confirmed, but the rumor is that Jeff Daniel Phillips and Sheri Moon Zombie will be playing Herman and Lily Munster, and they’ll be joined in the cast by Daniel Roebuck, Jorge Garcia, Richard Brake, Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson, and Sylvester McCoy.
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, and more.