Rob Zombie Says He Wasn’t Allowed To Shoot The Munsters In Black And White
Rob Zombie’s new comedy The Munsters, based on the 1960s family sitcom of the same name, was released Tuesday. According to a new Variety profile, because Universal wouldn’t approve the project if it was filmed in black-and-white as the musician and writer-director wanted, he instead went for a garish and “ludicrously colorful, hyper-saturated aesthetic” for his reimagining of the classic show.
“Sometimes you’re dealt a certain scenario,” Zombie said. “You can walk away from it, but that doesn’t create anything. You can figure out how to deal with it… Sometimes you create something you would have never created.”
In GameSpot’s review of The Munsters, reviewer Chris E. Hayner observes that “when it was first announced that Rob Zombie would be adapting the classic TV series The Munsters as a movie, there were understandable fears… [but] Rob Zombie made a comedy and it absolutely works.” Adds Hayner, the film is a “campy departure from the norm” and “not the movie you think it is.”