The Munsters Movie #horror #Halloween

 The Munsters  - a movie by Rob Zombie...

I'd heard a lot of comments on this, especially as it was made by Rob Zombie. I've never seen his films as they usually seem rather weird... ) See RogerEbert.com review.

When I first saw the trailer I wondered as the characters are kind of goofy-looking (or goofier than the regular Munsters TV Show) But....

I liked it! It's not a great film by any means, kind of hokey and corny at times, but...it's fun. The regular Munsters show was kind of corny sometimes, too, and this plays on that. It's kind of an hour-plus version of the TV show but in color. The fun was seeing the classic monster appearances, finding a baby Spot, and the funny play on a famous singing pair. It had moments of referring to the old black-and-white TV versions, too.

It's a goofy, fun, light-hearted movie and I think I'll definitely watch it again as I'm sure I missed some things the first time. I especially liked the castle decor.

Happy Halloween!

Monster Week - The Thing

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THE THING:

When I was younger, my sister and I used to watch MonsterVision.  There was a show we watched before that when we were even younger, but I can't remember what it was.  One of the featured films we saw happened to be the The Thing with Kurt Russell.

I remember being afraid and thinking I would have nightmares, but I couldn't stop watching.  Something about the film intrigued me.  Something made it fascinating.

It wasn't until I was in college that I discovered the 1982 version was a remake of a 1951 film called The Thing from Another World.

I had the pleasure of watching it in a sci-fi and horror film class through the English department.  The professor described the alien as a shape-shifting vegetable.  A carrot that could take on other forms.  Still, I really enjoyed that film, too.

About this time, I was collecting toys, and I really wanted the creature.  You can find more information about it here.  (FYI:  Aliens is one of my all-time favorite movies, and I own several of the toys from the film and have several tattoos, but that is a different blog post!)

For some reason, I never got it.  (I still have all my toys, incidentally, I just don't have anywhere to put them!)

Then, in 2011, they came out with another version of The Thing.

I watched it and enjoyed it, but it didn't give me the same thrill as the other films did.  Maybe by this point in time the story was overdone.  But I have to say, the creature was still freaking fantastic!

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