Absolutely the worst movie.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

I must confess that I have never seen an episode of the television series "The Munsters" - that's what happens when you grow up in Canada where Canadian content is forced on its citizens, which leaves less chance for American series to air. Anyway, I knew a little about the show before watching this movie, and there's one problem this movie has right from the start - it is filmed in color, and the make-up on the various Munster characters looks very phony when it was probably not on the black and white TV show. But that's a minor quibble compared to the big problem of the movie, and that is that it's not funny at all. Instead of aiming at a wide audience, the mentality of the script is aimed at young children. While young children might laugh at some of the childish antics here, this adult sat through the movie stone faced. The basic idea of the movie - the Munsters encountering Brits - had a lot of promise, but the execution is sorely lacking. And it doesn't encourage me to look online for episodes of the television show.

Munster, Go Home! (1966)* 1/2 (out of 4) Herman Munster (Fred Gwynne) inherits a large castle in England so he packs up Lily (Yvonne De Carlo), Grandpa (Al Lewis) and kids and heads off. Once there he learns that some other family members are staying at the castle and wants to keep it as their own. A year after the television show was canceled, someone thought it was a good idea to put the Munsters on the big screen and since it ended up bombing at the box office, the show was obviously canceled for a reason and the need for a movie wasn't needed by anyone. I think there are many, many issues with this film but none of them really belong to the Munsters themselves. The first twenty-five minutes are actually fairly good as the family gets the news and then heads off on a long cruise. Needless to say, this sequence could have been a TV episode and perhaps this is why it works. We get qutie a few good one liners and even some funny jokes including one where, when on the boat, a man sticks his arm out for a tip and Grandpa mistakenly thinks the guy is offering up his blood to suck on. There's another gag with Grandpa taking the wrong pill, turning into a wolf and then being put in a cage. After they arrive in England is when the film completely falls apart and it only takes a matter of minutes to do so. The "other" family in the house is so annoying that they will quickly get on your nerves. Their entire story contains zero laughs nor does Marilyn's relationship with a man whose family hates the Munster family. The biggest death nail is that this sucker runs an extremely long 96-minutes, which is just crazy. Another major problem, I personally feel, is that the movie was shot in color and it just doesn't work well for the ghouls. Seeing them in B&W makes the spoof of the Universal era work but in color they just look out of place and at times silly. The performances aren't bad and one does have to tip his cap to John Carradine almost hidden behind all that make up as the caretaker.

After appearing in 57 of 70 television episodes as Marilyn Munster one would think Pat Priest would have been included in The Munster's FIRST feature length film. There was some lame excuse that she was too old, even though the film was released a year after the series' last episode. Debbie Watson gave a good performance in MGH, but I had a difficult time excepting her as part of the Munster clan.This, however, did not detract from the film that Munster Charm that came to us for two wonderful seasons on The Munsters. I still loved the film in all its brilliant color. I've just purchased the First Season episodes on DVD and am very saddened and surprised to learn Munster Go Home, the DVD version, is currently out out of print. Munster Go Home is as enjoyable as the series and should be offered to all Munster fans of all ages to enjoy.

I just recently seen this good film a couple days ago and I think its a funny film.The Munsters are Hilarious especially Herman and Grandpa and Lily is something else! What a woman Yvonne De Carlo is! I really like Maria Lennard as Millie the bar tender/maid. She is a very pretty and different woman and she reminds of the beautiful Rachel Weiz. This is a good film for all monster,horror,comedy,and Universal Monsters fans!