Here Come the Munsters to help him escape. They flee from the scene in the Munster Koach. Four of the original "Munsters" surviving cast members Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Butch Patrick, Pat Priest, appeared in a cameo scene in a restaurant. While the movie draws on many elements of the original series, it departs from the established "Munsters" canon. In this version Marilyn's last name is given as Hyde, and she is the daughter of Herman's sister, not Lily's (as she is in the original series and in "The Munsters Today"), also, In this film Marilyn is the same age as the series,
Yvonne De Carlo was in debt by 1964 when she signed a contract with Universal Studios to perform the female lead role in "The Munsters" opposite Fred Gwynne. She was also the producers' choice to play Lily Munster when Joan Marshall, who played the character (originally called "Phoebe"), was dropped from consideration for the role. When De Carlo was asked how a glamorous actress could succeed as a ghoulish matriarch of a haunted house, she replied simply, "I follow the directions I received on the first day of shooting: 'Play her just like "Donna Reed".'" She sang and played the harp in at