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The Munsters1964

Name: The Munsters
Genre: Comedy Horror, Classic Monsters, Vampire, Werewolf
Released: 1964-09-24
Rating: 7.8

Created by Chris Hayward, Bob Mosher

7.8

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 7.8TMDB 7.9

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Year

1964

Seasons

Network

CBS

Status

Ended

Box Office

🏆 5 nominations total

The premise

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

Horror Vault's take

Meet the Munsters — a warm, tight-knit household of classic monster archetypes who go about everyday suburban life completely baffled by the terror they inspire in ordinary folks. Fred Gwynne and Yvonne De Carlo anchor the ensemble with infectious comic chemistry, making this 1960s sitcom as much about family love as it is about Frankenstein bolts and coffin beds. Each episode delivers gentle slapstick and affectionate genre parody that holds up surprisingly well decades later.

Episode Guide

🏆 Best Episode Overall

S2.E31 · Herman’s Lawsuit

10.0

⭐ Highest Rated This Season

S1.E16 · Grandpa’s Call of the Wild

9.0

★ 8.0 avg· 1h 30m total· Sep 1964 → Jun 1965

S1.E1 · Munster MasqueradePremiere
8.0
Sep 24, 1964 · 30 min · Dir: Lawrence Dobkin
Marilyn’s boyfriend, Tom Daily, invites the Munster clan to a masquerade. Eddie remains at home with Mrs. Morton as his sitter. Marilyn goes as Priscilla, Lily is Little Bo Peep, Grandpa is Napoleon and Herman is King Arthur in a suit of sh
S1.E2 · My Fair Munster
8.2
Oct 1, 1964 · 30 min · Dir: David Alexander
Grandpa mixes up a love potion designed to make the opposite sex fall madly for anyone who drinks it.
S1.E3 · A Walk on the Mild Side
8.0
Oct 8, 1964 · 30 min · Dir: Norman Abbott
Herman is suffering from insomnia. The only thing that will make him sleep is a late-night walk in the park. A 'monster' type creature has been spotted in the park at night and Lily would prefer if Herman would stay home. What she doesn’t k
S1.E4 · Rock-a-Bye Munster
7.2
Oct 15, 1964 · Dir: Norman Abbott
Herman and Grandpa overhear Lily and Marilyn talking and somehow get the idea that Lily is pregnant. What’s really happening is Dr. Dudley’s son, Elmer, is coming to stay with the Munsters while Dr. Dudley and his wife are on vacation.
S1.E5 · Pike’s Pique
7.0
Oct 22, 1964
The gas company wants to run a pipeline 25 feet under the Munsters’ house. However, at that depth it would run through Grandpa’s dungeon lab...