New key art for Rob Zombie's The Munsters has surfaced, featuring three of the main characters with a charmingly spooky aesthetic.
The poster, shared by Screen Rant, shows the title of the film in lurid green, over Herman, Lily and Grandpa posing in front of their haunted mansion at 1313 Mockingbird Lane. The film is a reboot of the 1960s comedy TV series, and the key art shows a clear homage to those origins, although the black and white of the original is replaced by the cartoonishly bright colors that Zombie chose for his Munster family.
Zombie addressed the color scheme of his film in a recent interview, saying, "I knew that if I went in and demanded 'This movie's going to be in black and white or forget it!' we would not be talking about the Munsters right now, because it would have never happened. I guaran-fucking-tee it." However, he found a way to compensate for the modern update. "I noticed when the actors were in their makeup... they looked like cartoon characters come to life. They were just so insanely colorful. I was like, I have to light the movie in the same fashion. It really seemed at all times like a live action cartoon, which was really exciting."
The Munsters was originally created by Allan Burns and Chris Hayward and produced by the creators of Leave It to Beaver, satirizing their own sitcom. Premiering in 1964, the series followed a ghoulish family, each member of whom resembled a different monster from classic Universal horror movies. Fred Gwynne and Yvonne De Carlo played Herman and Lily, the heads of the family. Although The Munsters achieved higher ratings than its fellow monster-comedy The Addams Family, both shows lasted only two years on air before finding acclaim in syndication.
Regarding his reboot, Zombie has been clear about his intent to capture the old-fashioned spirit of the original, despite his reputation for making serious frightening horror films. "Yeah, it's 100 percent in the spirit of the show," he said. "I didn't want it to be different. I wanted to totally retain the vibe that it had in the '60s." Thanks to that vibe, The Munsters has officially attained a PG rating from the MPA.
A release date for The Munsters has not yet been announced.
Source: Screen Rant