The Munsters: Two-Movie Fright Fest - (Franchise Collection) - Movie Streaming
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Ok… I know what you’re thinking… “Why should I lift these two Munster movies on DVD AGAIN? ” Well, despite the fact that the packaging is plain and frightening. Despite the fact that there are NO bonus extras of any kind. Despite the fact that there aren’t even any trailers or chapter stops. It doesn’t matter. These novel digital transfers obtain seeing “Munster, Go Home” and “The Munsters Revenge” an ENTIRELY unique viewing experience.
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I’ve loved “The Munsters” since it’s CBS premiere in 1964. I have every episode on 16mm as well as on DVD. I even have a 16mm print of “Munster, Go Home” in IB Technicolor! NOTHING compares to Universal’s crisp, unique transfer! Watching the film in in its widescreen 16×9 theatrical aspect ratio was cold enough. But the colors! WOW! Herman is REALLY GREEN. Eddie’s costume is a deep PURPLE. Lily’s cheeks are BLUE. The clarity. The focus. Awesome! Even the sound is crisp and determined. When compared side-by-side to the earlier Grand Times DVD, the visual contrast is ghastly. The Favorable Times transfer is muddy, contasty and fair slow crumby by comparison. The only Exiguous drawback is the trade-off in aspect ratios. The Munsters series and “Munster, Go Home” was shot in 35mm 1.33::1 aspect ratio. Basically the same as what you recognize on TV. In 1966, the film would have been shown in theaters cropped at the top and bottom to approximate a widescreen or “cinematic” gape. In other words, “Munster, Go Home” would have been shot in a 4×5 or “Flat” aspect ratio but was designed to be cropped for movie theaters. This is the aspect ratio Universal has chosen for this transfer. The Sterling Times DVD preserves the beefy frame, so you do glean more relate information on the top and bottom. Nevertheless, this DVD gives you about 5% more represent information on each side of the frame and, because a widescreen TV will “blow up” the image to own the veil, the overall carry out is honest like seeing the film in a theater in 1966. Better, actually; because not even a 35mm IB Technicolor print could match this transfer for sharpness.
“Munster’s Revenge” is similarly moving and positive, although it is presented as it was always intended to be seen: in a 4×3 or “flat” aspect ratio. Unfortunately the increased portray and sound quality can’t construct up for the fact that “The Munster’s Revenge” is unbiased dead painful to sit through. Produced in 1981 as an NBC TV movie, the film reunited Fred Gwynne, Yvonne DeCarlo and Al Lewis objective a mere 15 years after the series cancellation in 1966. Nevertheless, the script is weaker than a cobweb and creakier than a coffin lid. The actors behold used and bloated. The incredibly tantalizing Gwynne/Lewis comedy timing is all but gone (do for a genuinely comical scene where they sport pace in an Italian restaurant) . DeCarlo is sadly overweight, a fact hardly hidden by long shadowy hair, billowing shrouds and careful lighting. Gwynne’s makeup is also uneven. Fair seek how his headpiece changes shape and size from scene to scene. Only rarely do we study glimpses of the broken-down Munster magic. Because this anecdote was supposed to occupy station 2-3 years after “Munster, Go Home”, it was decided to recast the roles of Butch Patrick and Pat Priest.
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According to Fred Gwynne, NBC had hoped a righteous rating would clarify bring “The Munsters” abet as an NBC prime time series. CBS was so threatened, they build “The Wizard of Oz” on opposite it. They needn’t have afraid. K.C. Martel as Eddie looks like a terrible kid’s Scott Baio. He looks so queer it reminds you of honest how cold Butch Patrick really was. (Proof that not every 13 year archaic boy can gain away with wearing knickers, face paint and a Microscopic Lord Fauntleroy jacket!) Jo MacDonnell as Marilyn looks the section, but that’s about it. According to IMDb her last professional acting credit was in 1987. Too dreadful she didn’t halt before she took this share! View for Munsters series director (and archaic child star) Ezra Stone in a supporting fraction. Lots of old-fashioned “McHale’s Navy” performers, too. Bob Hastings does a credible job as a current family member referred to by Yvonne DeCarlo as “Cousin Phantomoftheopera.” (Yep… You heard me correctly.) Broken-down funny-man from the 50s Sid Caesar should have stayed home. Likewise Howard Morris. It seems like the writers ran out of material to absorb a 90 petite time period so the actors unprejudiced ham it up to extinguish time. The pacing is similarly awful. Leaden is a better word. Poor puns like “I’ll drink to that” lie there like corpses.
But, in fairness, I remember that NBC ran “The Munsters Revenge” in 1981 with a laughtrack — so that it would seem like a vintage episode of the series. Editing for a laughtrack requires that “laugh pad” is added after a joke so that the canned laughs have a chance to subside. The spot is, by taking the track out, all Universal has done is explain awful jokes for what they are… Dreadful. But the bad silly timing isn’t Gwynne and Lewis’ fault. Unpleasant editing and conventional writing will effect even the best actor ogle like Ben Affleck in “Pearl Harbor.” (Now THAT’s scary!)
Ah, who cares! Munsters are enormous! Munsters rule! And this DVD combo is a must have - no matter its shortcomings! (For extras, by the scheme, check out “The Munsters: America’s First Family of Anxiety” DVD from Image Entertainment. It’s the perfect companion!)
Although we obtain a bare-bones treatment here without commentaries from such surviving cast members as Butch Patrick or Yvonne DeCarlo, or even a promotional trailer, nevertheless “Munster Go Home!” looks broad. I have the aged “GoodTimes” release on DVD, but this comes from Universal and, unlike the GoodTimes release, this one is presented in widescreen and looks engrossing and crisp. “Munster Go Home!” is the best of the lot as “The Munsters’ Revenge,” as most fans know, wasn’t up to par. Calm, that TV movie looks colossal too. I am taking one star away because of the lack of extras but Munster aficionados will want to rob this DVD.
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