The Munsters

1964TV Series⏱️ 30mApproved🏆 #1105 Top Rated

ComedyFamilyFantasyHorror

⭐ 7.8

IMDB Rating

18,434 votes

A family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.

Director

N/A

Writers

N/A

Stars

Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis, Yvonne De Carlo

Release Date

January 1, 1964

Language

English

Country

United States

🎯 5

Nominations

💬 65

Reviews

📋 20.3K

Watchlists

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🎭 Top Cast

Fred Gwynne

as Herman Munster

Al Lewis

as Grandpa

Yvonne De Carlo

as Lily Munster

Butch Patrick

as Eddie Munster

Pat Priest

as Marilyn Munster

Beverley Owen

as Marilyn Munster

Chet Stratton

as Clyde Thornton

Edward Mallory

as Jack

Harvey Korman

as Lennie Bates

Paul Lynde

as Dr. Edward Dudley

🎬 Technical Specs

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

Wrigley Field - 42nd Place & Avalon Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA

Production

CBS, Kayro-Vue Productions

🏷️ Keywords

monsterspoofhusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipscult tv

🎯 Categories

FarceParodySitcomSupernatural FantasyVampire HorrorComedyFamilyFantasyHorror

⭐ Featured Review

Lurch who?

by helpless_dancer • 2001-04-08

"Although I liked the Addams Family quite a bit, the Munsters were it for me. Let's face it, grandpa make the show: without him a lot of the flavor would have been lost. I felt that he should have been on much more than he was. Marilyn, on the other hand, could have completely disappeared and I would never have noticed. Of course, the entire cast was great, the jokes were side splittingly corny, and the atmosphere of the house was nice and spooky...."

💡 Did You Know?

The first season opening credits were an outrageous parody of the opening credits of The Donna Reed Show (1958), which always began with Donna Reed lovingly passing out lunches to her departing family members as they left the house one by one. Yvonne De Carlo, as Lily Munster, did the same thing.