The Munsters The Munsters The Munsters is an American sitcom depicting the home life of a family of benign monsters starring Fred Gwynne as Frankenstein's monster-type head-of-the-household Herman Munster, Yvonne De Carlo as his vampire wife, Lily Munster, Al Lewis as Grandpa, the over-the-hill vampire who relishes in talking about the "good old days", Beverly Owen (later replaced by Pat Priest) as their teenage niece Marilyn Munster, whose all-American beauty made her the family outcast, and Butch Patrick as their half-vampire, half-werewolf son Eddie Munster. The series was a satire of both traditional monster movies and the wholesome family fare of the
The Munsters (film series) has invited family and friends from the "old country" to stay for Christmas. Despite being released only a year after "Here Come the Munsters", the film features an entirely different cast. This film has been released on DVD. In August 2004, the brothers Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Marlon Wayans negotiated a deal with Universal Pictures to produce a contemporary film adaptation of "The Munsters". In September 2006, Shawn Wayans revealed that "The Munsters" would be produced and written by the brothers and that it was slated for a 2007 release starring Rose McGowan as Marilyn Munster. Shawn also