# Rob Zombie's next project: The Munsters?!? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [June 8, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombies-next-project-the-munsters/943817 "2021-06-08T04:08:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombies-next-project-the-munsters/943817/1 "2021-06-08T04:08:09Z")
As reported here: [Rob Zombie To Direct ‘The Munsters’ For Universal – Deadline](https://deadline.com/2021/06/the-munsters-movie-rob-zombie-universal-1234770945/?fbclid=IwAR0GCX-Mwc2iJLSTYUUTrtxpIBU6o-6LR3oZHadoOjwMJQThwY7yIRmZAQs) I can’t imagine the casting for this one…but I can’t wait to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombies-next-project-the-munsters/943817/2 "2021-06-08T04:19:25Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I can’t imagine the casting for this one I don’t think I’m going out on a limb by predicting that his wife will definitely be playing Lily. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombies-next-project-the-munsters/943817/3 "2021-06-08T04:37:07Z")
I’m 100% in. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombies-next-project-the-munsters/943817/4 "2021-06-08T11:03:00Z")
I know he’s not really a movie guy, but [Brad Garrett](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004951/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) was born to play Herman Munster. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombies-next-project-the-munsters/943817/5 "2021-06-08T15:43:18Z")
I hope they come up with an interesting backstory for why this family consists of an artificially created person, a boy with lycanthropy, one or two vampires (was Lily supposed to be a vampire, as well as Grandpa?), and a blonde. I mean, without a backstory, it’s just silly. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombies-next-project-the-munsters/943817/6 "2021-06-08T15:48:48Z")
Wasn’t part of the point in the series that there was no backstory? The absurdity of the situation itself was funny. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombies-next-project-the-munsters/943817/7 "2021-06-08T16:48:36Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I hope they come up with an interesting backstory for why this family consists of an artificially created person, a boy with lycanthropy, one or two vampires (was Lily supposed to be a vampire, as well as Grandpa?), and a blonde. I mean, without a backstory, it’s just silly. - Yeah, I really want an explanation for the blonde. That’s just _weird_. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombies-next-project-the-munsters/943817/8 "2021-06-08T17:50:31Z")
I was dismissive of RZ as a director until I watched The Devils Rejects. That movie was a masterpiece. He’s made a bunch of stinkers since then but he will always get the benefit of the doubt from me on new movies because he demonstrated real skill on DR so I know he could do it again. Munsters doesn’t sound like the basis of a good movie for anyone though. It has to be a comedy and can’t have any origin story because, well, its the Munsters so it’s even further out of his wheelhouse. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombies-next-project-the-munsters/943817/9 "2021-06-08T18:13:26Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I hope they come up with an interesting backstory for why this family consists of an artificially created person, a boy with lycanthropy, one or two vampires (was Lily supposed to be a vampire, as well as Grandpa?), and a blonde. I mean, without a backstory, it’s just silly. > [@Biotop](#): > > Wasn’t part of the point in the series that there was no backstory? The absurdity of the situation itself was funny. Yeah, I thought that was kind of the point of the series. It’s the classic Universal monsters in a family sitcom, and there’s no particular rhyme or reason to any of it. But, for what its worth, the failed 2012 reboot pilot, [_Mockingbird Lane_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockingbird_Lane), actually _did_ try for a coherent backstory. Spoilers, I guess: If I recall correctly, Grandpa was a mad scientist _and_ a vampire, and he was the one that brought back Herman from the dead. Eddie is a werewolf because lycanthropy is a recessive hereditary trait; both Herman and Lily apparently have a copy of the recessive gene. Marilyn is “normal” because she’s a mutant - everyone was disappointed that she had no monstrous traits, and she lives with her aunt and uncle because her mother rejected her for being human. There were hints that there was even more going on, with Grandpa being a genuinely scary evil genius, which would be revealed as the series progressed - which series never materialized. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombies-next-project-the-munsters/943817/10 "2021-06-09T20:04:01Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > (was Lily supposed to be a vampire, as well as Grandpa?) I always thought she was a ‘bride of Frankenstein’ type. Lily and the BOF both had prominent streaks of white in their hair. > [@running\_coach](#): > > Yeah, I really want an explanation for the blonde. That’s just _weird_ . There’s a black sheep in every family. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombies-next-project-the-munsters/943817/11 "2021-06-09T20:22:33Z")
I’m hearing his “More Human Than Human” song playing over the closing credits. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombies-next-project-the-munsters/943817/12 "2021-06-10T14:43:58Z")
Or Dragula. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombies-next-project-the-munsters/943817/13 "2021-06-10T17:34:38Z")
FWIW I always liked the Munsters more than the Addamses. The Munsters were (ab)normal folk, just trying to get by. Herman had a regular job. I’d hate to live next to the Addams house. You could end up dead just by accident. Given that, the Munsters was a product of its time. If it were remade, it would need updating. And that would ruin it. Just like Bewitched. Just create a new show, people! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombies-next-project-the-munsters/943817/14 "2021-06-10T18:07:26Z")
Too bad Sid Haig died. He was always a RZ favorite and he would have made a great “Grandpa.” ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombies-next-project-the-munsters/943817/15 "2021-06-10T19:29:03Z")
Would be interesting if it was shot in a Natural Born Killers sort of way. Some old sitcom stylings along with a laugh track mashed with some modern gore and violence.