Halloween with the New Addams Family 1977 HQ

A 1977 NBC TV movie that reunited the cast of the original 1960s series The Addams Family.

[@peterwilson2591]

The chemistry between John Astin and Carolyn Jones was fantastic. Sparks flew every time they did a love scene together. Astin said in later life that Carolyn was the one person that he missed the most.

[@mariassimpleamdrandomvlogs5025]

Its becuz they are attracted to eachother but kept it pro

[@HeathenMetalhead221]

@@mariassimpleamdrandomvlogs5025 I think John Astin even said he loved her in an interview. Which I can believe given their chemistry in the show. They remained life long friends though. I bet if they tried to be together IRL they would've ended up like a real life Morticia and Gomez

[@jacquelinejoyce8066]

John Astin talked about this on a podcast with Gilbert Gottfried. It's on youtube. John talks about Carolyn about 22 minutes into the interview.

[@2krandolph]

In my opinion, Gomez and Morticia were the sexist couple on television on the original Addams Family.

[@arianetomate8218]

​@@HeathenMetalhead221either way we are lucky we got to see them on screen together portraying a passionate couple

[@RavenMenel]

I was so excited to find this. It's going to be weird in colour since I am so used to it in Black and White. I think the Black and White added a certain effect to the show.

[@robertocontrerasjr4665]

Uncle Faster has electric chair a laboratory dungeon under the house a kitty cat is a lion

[@Vixen743]

When I was younger I had so much hair my family referred to me as ‘COUSIN IT’ showers were quite the event

[@mrsamsung8184]

Turn the color all way down...much better

[@DJRitty]

@@mrsamsung8184 I just reprinted it in b&w lol much better, like Dracula Dead and Loving It.

[@Theatrenut]

Watched on on my TV turned the colour down to zero so I could watch in Black & White

[@kelamo7067]

Why did it say special guest star Carolyn Jones? She's the original Morticia.

[@JoeLibby]

kelamo Probably the billing her agent or manager negotiated and had put in her contract.

[@AmberTheFangirl]

top billing

[@glamdolly30]

Strange, wasn't it. It clearly marked her out as a bigger star than the rest of the cast. Which is bizarre for a fairly modest movie like this. It suggests to me the actress was quite grand! She was certainly not a bigger star than the great John Astin who played her husband Gomez. His resume of movies and TV roles is every bit as distinguished as hers. If I were him I'd have insisted on equal billing with her - but I guess he just wasn't that petty.

[@AZAComics]

@@glamdolly30 she's an oscar-nominated actress...maybe that's it? *Shrug* she also had top billing on the show.

[@glamdolly30]

@@AZAComics John Astin (Gomez) talked about this in a TV interview, he was philosophical and had no interest in a fight but it's clear her billing was unusual. It probably says more about her bullish agent, than it does about her!

[@bortward8268]

The fact that John Astin outlived every member of the original cast is unbelievable. He will outlive all of us.

[@KillerXGothMadness]

No disrespect to John Astin, but I expected Lisa to be the last surviving member. What is sadder is that if they are a real family, that means that John Astin had outlived both his children. I am glad to honor the original series and let it influence myself with their good qualities (including the love for the macabre🦇💀🕷🕸).

[@josephinthechickensoup123]

So many deaths in 2023 😢😢

[@brunofusco448]

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[@brunofusco448]

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[@_stxrblazerr]

​@@josephinthechickensoup123ikr :c

[@ThatGuyOverThere904]

This *is* the real Addams Family. You can't EVER beat the original, perfect John Astin/Carolyn Jones duo.

[@Tylerson]

I had this on tape growing up and I do love this old show, but even still, I'd say Raul Julia put in a hell of a performance.

[@amandareichardt755]

that is deadly true

[@UltimateGamerCC]

Zaus i know this is 5 years late, but i have to say that Raul Julia and Angelica Houston came pretty damn close, at least for me.

[@Cazz8203]

This is shit...the 90s movies were far superior

[@matthewsmith3078]

Raul Julia and Angelica Huston are worthy contenders though.

[@tapeduk]

I was always glad they made this while most of the cast was still alive

[@BledaRassmar]

Rest in peace, Blossom Rock...she had a stroke that made it difficult for her to speak well and so she wasn't able to be in this Halloween special...I wish they had put her in anyway, and dubbed over her lines or something...she did get to watch the film from the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital...she died the year after it was made. Grandmama was a great beauty in her day and is doubtless so now.

[@blondeboyworld]

Technically all of the main cast was alive still. However Blossom Rock (Grandmama) was suffering from poor health and could not take part in this. She died 2 months after this aired.

[@lloydkline6946]

I love t❤ Addams family and the moster tv show of the 1960s

[@suewilliams7661]

The guy who plays mr Addams is still alive I think he’s 90 years of age

[@ariannahoward4554]

@@toakasiamoamo9712 even the kids are?

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

How many people think this would have been better in black and white?

[@jamesfegley9065]

But then you wouldn't see them in color them in color is just the way everyone wants it I like it.

[@warriorprincess159]

I totally agree. That is what's wrong with it. It also needed more seasons

[@TANKTREAD]

I agree. Wish it was not filmed in CA though. The Addams Family lived in NJ, the East Coast(the cartoon and TV show would reference the East Coast). The Munsters(which I loved)lived out West in CA. Oh well.

[@ericayoung8389]

If course

[@janetcraft]

Me. Just take a look at my mug shot.

[@danielarmstrong2467]

Carolyn Jones was still SMOKIN' HOT.

[@marcntexas]

My first crush...

[@devodavis6454]

She was born in 1930, so it's not that weird (to me) she could still look good in '77. It was only 6 years later that she passed away from colon cancer... sad. If I had to *pick* the worst way to go, man, that would be it. Weird trivia: Carolyn was married to Aaron Spelling in the early 60's.

[@jonathangoodwin457]

I'd like a back in the day when is black-and-white Not being black-and-white it wins the movie still good movie but it's better black-and-white does I seen it when it was black-and-white. I'm 63 now even though I still enjoyed the movies

[@jamesmoyner7499]

Daniel Armstrong Something strange, but also kind of cool is that both Carolyn Jones and John Astin were both nominated Oscars unfortunately both lost.

[@mechajay3358]

Absolutely

[@leastlikedcritic7529]

Nobody can top Ted Cassidy, he was the best Lurch.

[@geeked-outturtlesfan4288]

YOU RANG?

[@violetdorado7630]

You Rang?

[@raydonahue1978]

You raaaanngg?

[@raydonahue1978]

I like Carel S. too.

[@proudhunter85dirty]

Dr. David Banner, physician, scientist. Searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have.

[@catpeach326]

How can anyone dislike the original cast? If it wasn't for this cast the 90's version might not have even been made!

[@rolandofgilead43]

i don't think it any of them would have been made if it wasn't for that perfect cast of the Original show

[@erinmefford8041]

Stimpson J. Kat I agree

[@DeeDee-ww9ve]

I agree!

[@sierracook3343]

Definitely

[@purplemist2977]

preach

[@Lampshade51]

What a nice encore for the original cast! Shot on color tape instead of black and white film 10 years after the original show went off. They all still had it! John Astin was still hilarious. Carolyn Jones was still beautiful, Jackie Coogan was now even more bizarre, and Ted Cassidy hadn't changed a bit. Even the grown up Pugsly and Wednesday carried themselves nicely. This is really a gem and hard to find. Thanks for posting it!

[@stevek6432]

the did under use the adult wednesday and pugsley,

[@scootergreen3]

They shot this with Video and not film or tape. Not as effective.

[@lorenmorgan1931]

​@@scootergreen3 yeah I really think that if someone where to cut the framerate back to 24p it would flow a little better. Instead it really has that shot in the late 70s look to it. You are 100% correct though, the tube cameras just couldn't absorb set lighting the way film did, and looks more like a hypothetical Christmas at Graceland.

[@NOV123]

Grandmama’s original actress was missing 😢

[@TheBlackUnfold]

​@@NOV123She couldn't because she was ill and passed away.

[@spanimator22]

Goodbye Blossom Rock... RIP my favorite Grandmama she died a year after the movie in 1978..:(

[@Dermot2927]

Well done Mr and Mrs Rock, giving her such a great name.

[@DeeDee-ww9ve]

Then Lurch died in 1979. And Carolyn in 1983 :( so sad. RIP xxxxx

[@glamdolly30]

I read that they wanted Blossom to reprise her role as Grandmama but she was too ill. So sad that Carolyn Jones, Morticia, died 6 years after this movie of colon cancer aged just 53.

[@isaiahholland1816]

:( 1978 the year Halloween was born

[@ljmcdonald2703]

Her sister was the singer Jeanette MacDonald

[@ValkyrieDaisy95]

Actually in love with John Astin's Gomez

[@thekingsilverado9004]

Do ya speak French Daisy? Some see me...

[@robertocontrerasjr4665]

The Addams 👪 movies awesome well Christopher Lloyd was playing Uncle Fester it is 👍 dynamites the on guard playing swords in 🏫 blood overall everybody it was fake it was just juicy puzzly like to play Mind Games he put something on his 👵 stew all this pot & 👴 loves to

[@zakofrx]

He was the sex symbol that men wanted to be.

[@drunkydrunk2351]

Lol, yeah...remember that one episode, when he said, "Say Something More In French"... welp, looks like Morticia doesn't want yet X3

[@ophelia7277]

Raul Julia was amazing, but nobody compares to John Astin.

[@Juliaflo]

I second that.

[@cockroachcharlie5619]

Its a close call for me and always has been. I like to just simply separate the series and film continuities. Both were superbly acted by the main cast and are equals in their own right. They were also different enough interpretations of all aspects that I'm comfortable not trying to pick between them.

[@natalii9871]

Cada quien se adapta a lo que se pide.... Para mi Raul Julia fue mejor

[@robertocontrerasjr4665]

ADDAMS FAMILY GREAT SHOW & MOVIES 😎 HALLOWEEN DAY

[@sineadwarburton8488]

There is no need to be rude. 😡👿

[@babyirakagi1664]

This is a gem! Carolyn Jones will always be my number one Morticia Addams actress!

[@jasonstriker5975]

I agree. And Daryl Hannah was the worst Morticia.

[@heathergerbyshak4078]

I can’t even imagine that.

[@Ang543210]

Yes !🙋

[@Ang543210]

Yes #Baby !💁

[@trexguy]

So much better in Black and White. Color loses its charm and mystery.

[@nakyer]

This was never in black and white. It was made in color, unlike the TV series. The later movies were also made in color. Hello?

[@maureenkoscinski108]

+nakyer I think he meant the tv series

[@nakyer]

Maureen Koscinski Well then, he'll have to be destroyed, of course. Repeatedly.

[@horrorcide13]

The original living room was pink. Pink pink pink. I *hate* pink.

[@nakyer]

Horrorcide Why is it being said the original living room was pink, when the show as in black and white?

[@isaiahchapman7660]

Carolyn looks like she hasn't aged a day when the original series ended.

[@maryrudac8645]

Yeah that’s true

[@elainemblakely282]

Sorry, guys, I couldn't get through half of this. It was so out of character yet trying to keep with the style and campiness of the original. Good to see the old cast, though.

[@wookieeMan06]

Me too

[@1957mrbill]

I agree. The movie reminds me of when they did the "Rescue From Gilligan's Island" It just looks like a cheap attempt to make a few bucks off of the original series.

[@johnalang]

Carolyn Jones...still hot

[@Beatlesfanize]

+John Lang Yup she was still pretty in 1977,,,,,,,,very sad she died August 3, 1983 (aged 53)

[@MurrayMelander]

And still dead.

[@pokekinglawrie3874]

Adams family

[@vatsal5030]

Waaatch Halloweeen ooonlinee heeere => twitter.com/d811e22ef6230fab5/status/822791964454072321

[@lordvlygar2963]

Got me a wife that looks like Morticia.

[@EmmaDancesNever]

Really shows the amazing abilities of the cast, especially John and Carolyn. Even though it had been fifteen years since they had reprised their roles, they were the exact same happy couple, and it was like nothing had changed since the last episode of the second season! I have some issues with some aspects of this TV movie, I think the actors were just wonderful!

[@hayleyzefox610]

Well.. carolyn did seem a bit colder

[@jacklow9611]

Cousin Itt didn't sound the same. That was a bit disappointing. Too bad the same actresses weren't there as Granny Frump and Grandmama. Blossom Rock and Margaret Hamilton played them better.

[@genefogarty5395]

@@jacklow9611 Felix was Itt in this and his voice was never used in the original. Blossom was too ill to reprise her role.

[@jacklow9611]

@@genefogarty5395 Yes, I could see in the credits that Felix Silla reprised his role as Cousin Itt, but my "complaint about Itt's voice was that they could have used the same voice for him here as they did in the original. As for Blossom not being able to reprise her role, I wasn't sure if she was still alive at the time they filmed this, and I know that Margaret HAD died in the time between the ending of the original series and the filming of this one, but it WOULD have been nice IF she had survived to reprise her role.

[@jwavada]

Margaret died in 1985, a few years after this.

[@QJby1Hod]

Carolyn Jones as Mortica was hot as sin!

[@syphonfilter8372]

Oh yeah :)

[@jumpyg1258]

She was 47 when this episode aired. She looked great for her age. Unfortunately she died 6 years after this aired in 1983.

[@Frey_2026]

77 and they already had Star Wars references.

[@melissacooper4282]

I know what you mean. When Pauncho was telling the story of Cousin Shy to Pugsley and Wednesday Jr. " Once upon a time, a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. "

[@MikeyFilms]

@Joe Casson oh god those references 😂😂

[@garethmorgan8326]

This movie is 39 years old and Damned if it does not keep getting better all the time .

[@ehrichan6726]

How do you feel about this movie is now 47 years old nearing 50 years

[@AnoukCusters]

Ohmygod, I just love Carolyn and John playing together

[@doyleperkins4916]

Even with a piss poor script...

[@garrusniemela8932]

Ill be honest after binge watching the original series this is a hard watch lol

[@misfithog5855]

This may not be perfect, but I still like it. I like the little continuity nods thrown in throughout it. I love that Lady Fingers lives with them now ( so the relationship worked out for Thing. That's CUTE!). And I truly love to see "my" Gomez and Morticia being just so perfect again (John Asten and Carolyn Jones just are the two people i personally picture when thinking of Gomez and Morticia). I also truly had fun seeing Fester throughout this, and especially his "helpful" acts to the wannabe thieves. Plus, that song is great. Now I know a Halloween Carol. :) That said, yes, this special was not perfect. The plot makes very little sense, I see no reason for the existence of the new "main" family members and at some point there were just too many people in the same suit running around in that house! - And of course it is sad that Blossom Rock was too sick to reprise her role. All in all I am happy I found and watched this, though. Thanks for uploading.

[@keshiaanders6452]

Imagine if Thing & Lady Fingers have little hand babies!😊

[@joestrike8537]

@@keshiaanders6452 I'm not sure I want to think about that too much 🙄

[@walterschivo9123]

Great to see Jackie and Ted reprise their roles before their eventual deaths.

[@Ang543210]

What a #miserableSENTENCE !💁

[@celticpoet21]

36:04 gee, I thought Morticia would love the idea of Wednesday riding a motorcycle or being a daredevil, they're plenty dangerous. or maybe not eccentric/dangerous enough to that level.

[@HeathenMetalhead221]

I wish they did another series at this time with this cast instead just a special. Carolyn Jones is still breathtaking as Morticia and her chemistry with John Astin is unmatched. Jackie Coogan and Ted Cassidy were the best Fester and Lurch. Still the best Addams family line up to date.

[@patricebest545]

Lisa Loring just passed rip John Astin only one left now Carolyn Jones just beautiful

[@Ang543210]

Our lives #Patrice !💁💙

[@MartyWoodcock]

The original Adams Family was soooooooo much better. That's just my opinion though.

[@minisugar1500]

I liked original too

[@Rena66]

+Marty.R Woodcock (Marty's Megapixels) Absolutely agree. The original is waaaayyyy better than the movie versions...hands down! It's what I saw as a kid and was a fan of....it stayed with me forever! Even though the movie versions are good enough, they simply can't compare to the original TV series for many reasons.

[@GMRC2]

+MidianGTX how can you say there was nothing truly Addams when Charles Addams himself had involvement in the 60s TV series? Even the 90s movies stole from the TV show(original characters- thing, names, etc. there was a lawsuit about it). I don't think it needs(needed) to be offensive to be Addams. It was just pure awesome

[@stclairstclair]

+MidianGTX Not by todays standards, but back in 1964 it did show a husband (Gomez-john Astin) kissing his wife and being sexually attracted to her, until then, no network would dare to show that. I just watched an interview with john Astin.

[@ryanrowe8386]

much beter

[@lesliegrimes5136]

Anyone notice that Grandma Frump is played by the same actress who played Aunt Millie/Princess Millicent in the original series episode , “The Addams Family meets Royalty.”

[@JessyBee1313]

seeing them in color is so surreal....just like the Munsters movie...total mind freak!

[@gingerriviera3654]

How does John Astin look as though he hasn't aged since the show? That's truly Spooky!

[@Ang543210]

Yoga !🙋

[@cockroachcharlie5619]

The Ophelia Frump cameo was easily my favorite part of this. She was my favorite member of the extended family so it was nice to see her again.

[@littlebit080780]

I like how the original Addams family's mansion was elegant and not totally dark like in the movies.

[@ThePhyscoGoth]

littlebit080780 i wasnt dark cause the reused a house that was featured on falcon crest the soap

[@littlebit080780]

Physco Goth I like it better anyway. B/c I picture the Addams Family as being strange and sorta macabre but also with a sense of elegance and sophistication.

[@mytruepower2]

littlebit080780 Another thing I noticed was that in the movies, they seemed somewhat reclusive, while in the original series, they were very enthusiastically-sociable; always inviting people over and offering them bubbling treats. They were very upbeat and positive; just in a different way. I liked that.

[@littlebit080780]

mytruepower2 IKR!! The original Addams Family were just a little eccentric and followed their own path but were nice ppl, In the movies they were outlaws.

[@mytruepower2]

littlebit080780 I think a good was to describe it would be that they're "aesthetically-distinct." There's a bit more to it than that, but that's the main thing. I'm also "aesthetically-distinct" in certain ways, so I sympathize with the original family. Like them, I'm often puzzled by the sorts of things other people like, and I think a lot of people are, really. But that doesn't make us evil. As you say, the Addams clan are generally nice to others. It's just a question of how they interpret "nice."

[@BlackHatTy]

Love this, except the cloned kids. They could have named them better like Pubert and Monday or something instead of Jrs.

[@AmberTheFangirl]

It severely confuses me.

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

They're pointless.

[@tristarea08]

Or you know...Just not have them at all

[@Rmusic82]

All of the original 1960s Addams Family reunited altogether here in 1977 ..reprising their roles all except the lady who played grand mama .n.who was a replacement..cause the original mama granny originally played by actress Blossom Rock..was too ill sickly in a hospital to play her role with the rest of the reunited original cast.. this new actress who played mama in my opinion didn't capture the wicked pitch with voice that the original mama had

[@DeeDee-ww9ve]

Except for Wednesday and Pudsey

[@DeeDee-ww9ve]

Except for Wednesday and her brother

[@darreylhenderson702]

@@DeeDee-ww9ve they are both in this movie, what are u talking about?

[@BledaRassmar]

Blossom "Grandmama" Rock was such a great character! And you are right, her voice was perfect!!! And gore-geous in her heyday. I wish she had at least made a cameo, or been in it somehow. She deserved it. She was a perfect Grandmama.

[@glamdolly30]

@@BledaRassmar They asked the original actress Blossom Rock, but she was too busy dying.

[@LastSled]

1955: Gomez and Morticia Addams give birth to a son. "Let's name him Pugsley!" 1958: Gomez and Morticia Addams give birth to a daughter. "Let's name her Wednesday!" circa 1970: Gomez and Morticia Addams give birth to anther son. "Let's name him Pugsley Junior! And retroactively name our first son Pugsley Senior! And only ever dress our new son in the same outfit of a black-and-white-striped shirt and black shorts, just like we did our first son!' circa 1970: Gomez and Morticia Addams give birth to another daughter. "Let's name her Wednesday Junior! And retroactively name our first daughter Wednesday Senior! And have our new daughter wear a dress just like the one we've always had our first daughter wear! And braid Wednesday Junior's hair in the same style as Wednesday Senior has always worn!"

[@maan0704]

Thank you! That’s the only reason I’m reading comments. Why am I the only one who finds this odd. That and the body builders.

[@Dermot2927]

Great to see they were still having sex though.

[@CodenameSailorEarth]

When the 90s movie sequel came out, I was the only kid who insisted Pubert was Pugsley Jr.

[@breadfan_85]

@@CodenameSailorEarth Pubert was the name originally proposed for Pugsley, but they changed it because it was too "suggestive."

[@o.b.7217]

Nothing beats family traditions.

[@007thomasberger]

I don't know why exactly, but I love the song at the end. I'm strangely pathetic by hearing this. Btw John Austin is 85 years old this year. Sending all the best from Europe :)

[@007thomasberger]

As I see it connects people all over the world:)

[@007thomasberger]

Where are you from? :)

[@KattAD]

I will always enjoy the Addams Family. Puts me in a good mood.

[@briannajackson2715]

Katt AD shut the fuck up don't nobody care

[@Siathuan]

Do you want to play "Is There A God?" Because it sounds like you're volunteering...

[@briannajackson2715]

Ok

[@briannajackson2715]

Katt AD my family is dead so thanks

[@KattAD]

Shut the fuck up "don't nobody care". And I'm not normally a mean person but I'm going to crack open a can of beer and laugh that they are dead. Act like a brat expect this.

[@brooklynboiprod]

I love Morticia. Beautiful, elegant, and confident. She brings out the beast in me

[@Ang543210]

Hahahahaha ✋

[@amandalitster7713]

❤❤Jackie Coogan❤❤ best Uncle Fester ever

[@Ang543210]

#Amanda !💁💙

[@aggiesjc]

Carolyn Jones looks amazingly good here for being 47, and having endured some hard times in life, two failed marriages by then.

[@lisamcdonald1014]

Lisa Loring lost her mother to chronic alcoholism in 1974, when she was 16

[@ljmcdonald2703]

@@lisamcdonald1014 They were talking about Carolyn Jones

[@ScottyKirk1]

This is the Brady Bunch Variety Hour version of The Addams Family. Most of the players are there, but it's kind of an alternate universe version of the show... But like the BBVH, I'm still glad they did it even though it's so bizarre and different from the original.

[@Superlad9494]

Bizzare works for them though.

[@kingsnake23]

Why isn't this out on dvd? This is a true classic.

[@MrGeocidal]

+Joseph Brooks No they shouldn't. Just stick to the 60s version and the 90s version.

[@kingsnake23]

Luke Beauchamp Dude........shut up.......okay?

[@MrGeocidal]

+Joseph Brooks Of course you can disagree with my opinion and I can disagree with yours. That's what I did last week.

[@nakyer]

What? Do you have ingrown toenails for brains or something? This is an extension of the 60s show! Same cast and all. Get with it or get out.

[@MrGeocidal]

nakyer Are you so dumb you think having the same cast makes it the same thing? Just look at it. Same cast, inferior show. If you can't see that you're a blind idiot.

[@DrRotwang]

It pains me to say it, but this thing is boring and awkward. :\ Eleven minutes in, and Gomez hasn't left the house; the setup is clumsy and the action is repetitive. I'll keep watching, 'cause I loves me some original cast members...but all the while, I'll be wondering: "Why didn't anyone notice this was a slog?"

[@cosmicowl2372]

The original Morticia was so much hotter than the film version

[@GTVAlfaMan]

+CosmicUndeadElf That is Carolyn Jones in the film version, just as in the original tv series.

[@cosmicowl2372]

Buick Mackane No I mean in the 90's, when she was played by Angelica Huston

[@cosmicowl2372]

Tinta Lio The one in this this is the original

[@cosmicowl2372]

shortharley You don't get what I mean, lol

[@ovc1880]

So you're saying Carolyn Jones is much hotter than Anjelica Huston. Yes, I agree :D

[@mrose9935]

Skip to 1:07:56 “Christmas and Easter bring wonderful treasures, but spirits and pumpkins bring far greater pleasures! Phantoms and ghosts, make wonderful hosts, and every year they convene, to wish you a merry, shh, creepy, Halloween…Scarecrows and black birds are always together, spiders spin cobwebs in overcast weather, goblins are brewing and banshees are crooning, a weird, and ghastly routine, to wish you a merry, shh, creepy, Halloween…This is a night, of heavenly fright, witches on broomsticks are up to their tricks, and poltergeists wail to the moon - which looks like a silver balloon! Frankenstein’s monster is having a ball, scaring the gargoyles right off of the wall. Boogeyman pranks and our favorite guests, and children are king, and queen. They wish you a merry, shh, creepy, Halloween!" This song is soooo hauntingly sweet!! Why 'o why can't iTunes sell it?? 😌🎃

[@melissacooper4282]

I don't know. I really love that song they sang as they slowly go upstairs to the tower. I also love the background music that is playing while they're in the attic awaiting Cousin Shy.

[@LoveyDovey9000]

This song slaps like this be a great Halloween song

[@BINFP]

Love it 💘

[@Deadpool_64]

I do wish they had rebuilt the sets and used the same sound effects from the show. It's just too different.

[@chickypooh73]

Rip Lisa loring

[@A2Z83]

why did they name it New when its the original actors and why are there two wednessdays and two pugsleys

[@wednesdayjade3600]

*I love this. I can't stop watching this. Even though, at first it was a little weird, seeing them in color. I'm so use to seeing them in black & white because of the TV series which I adore!! And I just am glad that The Addams Family still lives on today. I love them so much, wish they were my next door neighbors.*

[@whizzard9141]

they should have a bigger, creepier house. the house in this movie is not fit for an addams.

[@nicolekuhn8420]

I know that I am young and wasn't born back then, but I love watching the classics. Better than is now on tv. :)

[@superwhofallerlockedd2775]

Ikr! Same here

[@hayleyzefox610]

Me too! Im 12 now and love this series so much

[@SpreadingtheMuse]

They were lucky that Lurch was still alive to be in this. He died the following year.

[@johnalang]

SpreadingtheMuse The question is...what happened to Margaret Hamilton...she played the original Grandma Frump...and she was still alive.

[@guyaoki9651]

John Lang she was too sick to be in it.

[@fscap811]

+Guy Aoki I read on Wikipedia that Blossom Rock, the original Grandmama Addams, was too ill at the time to participate, but they give no reason for not bringing back Margaret Hamilton, who was still alive as stated.

[@Auggies1956]

Vintage John Aston as his character Gomez.

[@vincenzolacerenza8671]

The movie has Nothing to do with the original series. The story is not even convincing. Pity because the casts were still fantastic

[@gomongio]

Ticia, cara mia... The one and only Carolyn Jones. They should have kept it in b/w

[@hayleyzefox610]

I bope someone can make this version in b/w

[@lloydkline6946]

Original Addams family was in the 1960s, the movie has to be up to date 1970s stuff

[@thatguyfromthatthing2476]

Who's watching in October 2016?:)

[@maureenkoscinski108]

Me

[@AJRussortm]

I came here by way of "The Monster That Challenged the World"..go figure !

[@bryanmatthews1540]

1,16.2017

[@annimerethenilsen5597]

That Guy From That Thing me and many other old people! it was tv from our childhod.maybe not great art,but sceary for us when we were small kids.and we loved it.

[@cockroachcharlie5619]

July 2017.

[@3373-g8z]

Ted Cassidy had less than 2 years to live,he never even saw the 80s. Carolyn Jones died in August of 1983. The 70s were the Golden Years of my generation. What a wonderful time to be a kid.

[@Ang543210]

🙆Thank goodness it was made and for everyone involved in it's creation !❤

[@Ang543210]

Very sweet and sad 🙆💐

[@Ang543210]

#SadandOK !💁💙👫

[@Mikey-kf2rp]

"You rang?"

[@GHOSTCHASER01]

PURE CLASSIC!!!! AWESOME REUNION T.V. MOVIE I LOVE THE ADDAMS FAMILY!!! "NEVER SAY DIE "

[@briggscharleton6139]

This was great. I was expecting the worst, but the writing waa just like original. Touche

[@delphinbringsby6768]

"Merry, Creepy Halloween" has always been a favorite. I found this VHS in a bargain bin back in '95 and I watch it every Halloween season. Pretty much no one else I have ever met can enjoy this special.

[@toakasi6425]

Beautiful class and elegance

[@carmichaeldale4477]

When I first saw this, I almost cried with joy! I had been an Addams family fan all my life and was disappointed that only 2 Seasons were filmed in black and white! Seeing this in colour made me think that there were going to be more much to my disappointment to learn that it was a one off! Nobody could ever replace John Astin in this role, which any new version could never come close to equating this! I saw John Astin perform on stage some 20 years ago in Adelaide Australia at the fringe in Edgar Alan Poe production just to see him ! It was one of the most memorable performances I have ever seen which still gives me goose bumps! Hope he will live to pass 100 in good health! Such a unique actor! Thank you for the Addams family memories!

[@zombiefulci3301]

This was Carolyn Jones' first role in years coming out of semi retirement, she was repressed by a domineering husband. He kept her hidden away in a secluded lakeside home. She lost many quality years, sadly Carolyn died just 6 years after this movie.

[@heathergerbyshak4078]

What a shame. Six more years of Carolyn Jones would be wonderful!

[@darreylhenderson702]

I looked up her credits on IMDB And it appears that she worked consistently between the original series and this movie.

[@michaelshultz2540]

John Aston now 93 years old ❤ we should all have such dna.

[@Ang543210]

Nan Myoho Renge Kyo !🙋

[@ehrichan6726]

He’s has turned 94 this year!

[@michaelshultz2540]

Must be somthing in those stogies. Just like George Burns 20 a day and lived to 100

[@Ang543210]

DNA of a #Buddha !💁💙

[@ladalekoehler2176]

It’s so sad that Carolyn Jones died so young of cancer. I couldn’t believe she was married to Aaron Spelling. She was great in King Creole with Elvis.

[@kingsnake23]

I used to have this on tape, I was raised on this. The part that really made me crack up is when Lurch took them weights from that bodybuilder and threw it out the door, and those guys ran away. "I don't know about you, but I'm gettin' outta here."

[@melissacooper4282]

I lol at that one too. But the one where I really lol is when Lurch discovers his conquest was really a man! That look on his face when he takes off Little Bo Peep's wig was priceless!

[@lisamcdonald1014]

😂

[@RebeccaDhillon]

John Aston is pure charisma and sexual charm. I cannot believe this exists in so happy!!!! ❤

[@geeked-outturtlesfan4288]

RIP to the original cast *Mortica Adams -* Carolyn Jones (1930-1983) *Pugsley Adams -* Ken Weatherwax (1955-2014) *Uncle Fester-* Jackie Coogan (1914-1984) *Gramama-* Blossom Rock (1895-1978) *Lurch-* Ted Cassidy (1932-79) *Thing-* Jack Voglin (1904-1982) *Voglin was one half that played Thing. Ted Cassidy also played the playful hand in the tv series*

[@ljmcdonald2703]

*Cousin Itt* - Felix Silas (1937-2021)

[@theatergeek82]

It's sad that a few a them died so young

[@tristarea08]

Wednesday Addams-Lisa Loring(1958-2023) That just leaves Gomez(John Astin)

[@catherinefears9574]

It looks like the 70's can ruin everything including the Addams Family. Ugh......that track music..

[@melissacooper4282]

Well I liked the sountrack they play when Mikey gets spooked in the graveyard by Cousin Itt. And the song the family sings while slowly going up to the tower.

[@zakofrx]

It always amazes me how we went from great movies in the 40s,50s and 60s to the low quality in the 70s and to then go back to high quality again in the 80s.... . I wonder if it was because of being able to film on video tape for much cheaper lead to low budget experiments compared to being sure when they used to spend a lot more using film.

[@doyleperkins4916]

@@zakofrx Good points.

[@surferdude7569]

637 S Lucerne Blvd, Los Angeles, California if you type this address into google it will show you this house the filmed this TV movie in

[@AnneliesRosseel]

Is it just me or isn’t Carolyn enjoying playing Morticia like she used to

[@DP-hy4vh]

If you watch the A&E documentary (which is posted on KZbin), she was married to a guy who kept her out of showbusiness for seven years. It nearly derailed her career and caused her Hollywood stardom to fade.

[@Ang543210]

They can't tell it isn't going to be BLACK and white !🙋

[@maureenkoscinski108]

wow Wednesday is gorgeous!

[@johnny1963ify]

Maureen Koscinski Lesbo!

[@maureenavena3389]

+John Miller you know it's possible for a girl to think another girl is gorgeous and not be a lesbian right?

[@d123-pup8]

She awesome in ever one.

[@leeannasloan526]

Absolutely agree...I guess that makes us both " lesbos"...even though I am 40 and married and have four children...when people say something ignorant like the above comment toward you just reply " thank you for the compliment"

[@enyaefir4355]

@@maureenavena3389 yes. Can't we just say girls have female role models too? I like Lisa Loring as Wednesday, and Christina too.

[@KristinesTruth]

This house is beautiful but I miss the old one.

[@alexandervonkarnstein3697]

Carolyn Jones is much better than A. Huston!

[@alexandervonkarnstein3697]

Want you to pick up me? A. Huston is a good actress, but with C. Jones can keep up them neither in this area nor in the area of the good appearance!

[@mikesweeney5619]

Wow,Wednesday was about 18 or 19 when they did this,and she really grew up,and out!!!!

[@maryrudac8645]

Yeah Lisa loring has grown so much since 1964 through 1966

[@lisamcdonald1014]

She was 19 at the time this television film premiered on Sunday, October 30th 1977

[@teletubetodd]

I watched this when it aired in 1977 and switched it off. Despite the reunion of most of the original adult cast, they couldn't live up to the original series. As mentioned below, the actors seemed bored, as if going through a reunion routine, or being let down at a class reunion because of the age factor. Perhaps the videotaping reduced their energy. Their mansion here looks too suburban, not "haunted" enough. It was interesting, though, the way Vic Mizzy rewrote his old theme to recall the original but make it as unlike it as possible - perhaps to signify the "new" in the "New Addams Family" or to circumvent whatever copyright issues lingered. (By the way, this would be one of Ted Cassidy's last appearances before his death two years later. Blossom Rock was too ill to reprise Grandmama, and she died the following year.) Thanks for posting this, for what it's worth.

[@salvolondon]

Totally agree with you .

[@regnadkcin6702]

Most people prefer the first version of something they like, and want it to stay exactly the same no matter how much time has passed.

[@guyaoki9651]

I watched this when it first came out. I was still sick, away from school for a 1 1/2 weeks. The song at the end was hauntingly sweet & I thought Carolyn Jones had such elegance. They overdid the "that's French!" between the "three Gomezes" but it was great to see this again after all these years, glad all except grandma returned. A shame "Lurch" died just the next year. Lisa Loring in that white outfit! Woah!

[@jacklow9611]

Granny Frump was not played by the original actress either.

[@berenacampbell-wolfe-blanc5905]

Anyone notice that the woman that plays Mother Frump, is the same woman that played Princess Millicent Addams in the episode 'Morticia Meets Royalty' in season two, or was it just me??

[@berenacampbell-wolfe-blanc5905]

Oh right, so I'm not the only one to notice that then haha

[@berenacampbell-wolfe-blanc5905]

it doesn't matter about how handsome he is, its about what the actor brings to Gomez. Plus the cartoon characters didn't have names and John Astin (the original Gomez) chose the characters name and basically developed him, so John Astin was perfect! And so was Raul Julia (RIP) he played a different kind of Gomez who wasn't as goofy and more focused on the situations that happened in the films. I too have all three of the original series and I have both films. So, apart from Tim Currey and Glenn Taranto, Raul Julia and John Astin captured Gomez perfectly. and, yes I love Anjelica Huston as Morticia, but there is only one Morticia for me and that's the original who was played by the lovely Carolyn Jones (RIP).

[@doyleperkins4916]

@@berenacampbell-wolfe-blanc5905 Agreed. Only one Morticia.

[@ljmcdonald2703]

She was in that episode of I Love Lucy where Ethel and Lucy worked in a chocolate factory

[@ameliaalastairmoon4145]

Wow, this is bad. I adore the original cast, but the writing in this tv flick is just terrible. It does no justice to the actors' talent nor to the original concept of the series. They couldn't even get the house right.

[@RialVestro]

This is the most confusing version the Adams Family I have ever seen. Gomez has a brother who looks and acts almost exactly like him. He keeps referring to Wednesday and Pugsly (Jr.) as his children and they seem to live with him but then we see Wednesday and Pugsly (Sr. ) who are also their kids? Names usually get passed down from father to son or mother to daughter not brother to brother and sister to sister. And why do the younger ones look and act exactly like the older ones when they were kids? Are they clones? How does this even work?

[@Rayyvyn]

While of course I LOVE the Morticia/Gomez dynamic & the other original cast,I had huge problems with the sets,family Halloween costumes and the writing.It's like these ppl doing these jobs never heard of the Addams family,tv show or original comics. It all lost its fun/campy gothicness ! Too bright & cheery for the main house & party rooms.( Though the kitchen and playroom were great)They were aghast at the kids costumes,yet the rest of the family guests mostly all wore the same sort of stuff,lol.And too many missed opportunities for their usual turning language around,so dreary,tragic,etc are great things to be,instead we got," they lived HAPPILY ever after ",( there was even a full episode about a 2nd honeymoon& finding babysitters satchel w/gumdrops & bedtime stories that killed witches & stories ended that way & they rushed home to save the kids!).Or how about 'Tish saying, " it was DELIGHTFUL"," Be of GOOD CHEER",etc, etc... *Sigh*

[@JasmineMorrisPublicFuzz]

thank you for this gem!

[@doyleperkins4916]

So NOT funny. What happened to this 1977 production? I was 12 at the time and watching this again 43 years later, I just don't understand how they could have permitted such a TV great to fall on its face. Much of the original cast were in this production. Ted Cassidy ("Lurch") would not die for another year or so. Even some of the original guest stars were cast. What the hell happened? There is no script and coming from Hollywood, California, myself I feel I have the right to point this out (from overexposure to the lifestyle). Don't you agree that the scantily clad muscle men gives the film an unnecessarily "gay" feel? WTF! Gomez Addams would doubtless agree that this revival of a great TV classic was a train wreck of a production, but not the fun kind of train wreck that Gomez orchestrated and thrilled to in the first two seasons (1964, 65). Too many scenes in this film revival were similarly a grisly, pointless train wreck! However, the ending was quite good and the Halloween song definitely memorable. The ending may have helped to set the tone and provide the creative impetus to the 1991 film with Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christina Ricci, etc.

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

They were both professional body buildings (both won titles) and neither were actors.

[@s.f.3976]

Although I know its the original cast, the feeling is not the same compared with the 60's show...they all seem tired of each other and bored, only gomez still has the same vibe, could be age (10 years after the original series), but its almost like this was a drag for them...and the writers really sucked with this too

[@MotionlessInMike]

I just saw this a few days ago and I couldn't agree more. I was pretty disappointed. Well at least it was nice to see them in color for a little while.

[@majorneptunejr]

jpsmart59 Lisa Loring and Ken Weatherwax from the original show were both in it. What were YOU watching ? They even had Felix Silla back to play Cousin Itt .

[@s.f.3976]

jpsmart59 they are grown up, not the jr. kids (the witch doctor pugsley and sexy wednesday lol)

[@melissacooper4282]

The original kids were in it. They played Pugsley Sr. and Wednesday Sr. There were different kids who played Pugsley and Wednesday Jr too. I think that they wrote that Gomez and Morticia had two more kids over the course of ten years and named them Pugsley Jr and Wednesday Jr.

[@agarroth3653]

It's the switch to color we suppose Black and White added a certain element Still the Addams so is kool

[@miNx2.1]

I'm so thankful for this colored original Addams family ❤ I'm giggling everytime they talk about the lodge, the humor is superb 😂 I wonder if ever (let's say to be in real life version) Gomez need to attend the lodge's meetings, does he attend distracted in thoughts just wanted to finish it & go home to see Morticia or he keeps calling while doing stuffs inside 🤣

[@123darkelf]

sigh a shame you cant even find the old vhs tapes of this...they never even released it on dvd which is bull crap because the original cast was awesome

[@cranecitytramp]

Here in Ireland and in the UK you can get a dvd box set of all three series including lots of extras, strange that it's not available in the USA.

[@123darkelf]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[@MidnightGeekSS]

amazon

[@wiccan381]

Ebay has quite a few. cranecitytramp They have the box sets here in the states on DVD, but not this Halloween special. :(

[@karlamorenochacon]

Also in Mexico are for selling the DVDS with the three original seasons of 60's, includes extras and more. There are nine discs in total in three boxes, special edition. I have them and are real treasures for me. I didn't know this color film. Good, but is not the same.

[@VultCult]

I think Lisa Loring was the cutest and nicest Wednesday by far. I realize that the 1960's TV show and this special wasn't inline completely with the comics, but the dark portrayals that followed come off as very shrill on screen. The movies were the worst.

[@rionasera]

They really went all out with their special effects budget, especially for "Thing."

[@Oblivionsthoughts]

Is it just me or is Wednesday senior Hot !!!

[@dennybear17]

+Angry Paintballer It is Lisa Loring. The ORIGINAL Wednesday. And yes she was quite the hottie back then!

[@Astraldragon1]

+dennybear17 I never would have guessed it was the original Wendsday actress Lisa Loring. I mean sure we all grow older and in the original show she was a child... but she just looked completely different and so I thought it was a new actress playing the part.. thinking Lisa Loring was not avaiable to do the special.

[@raticida123456]

+Angry Paintballer she has 19 in this film

[@psychobillynumbnuts1]

@@Astraldragon1 She still looks like herself as a child. The eyes give it away

[@johnhren6632]

Is really cool how they got some of the guest stars from the old series to the bad guys and stuff

[@Streetw1s3r]

It's weird in colour. They should've made it black and white.

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

Should redo the original series in color.

[@Streetw1s3r]

@@SonOfTheDawn515 It loses its charm in colour.

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

What was the point of having two Wednesdays and two Pugsleys? To their credit, they brought back all the actors they could bring back. They couldn't bring back Blossom Rock because she was dead.

[@jackgrattan3144]

I think it had something to do with the clowns who put this together planning to spin off a new Addams show, with a new cast, off of this wonderful piece of work, hence the double characters. Thank God it never happened.

[@darkhoarse820]

To paraphrase Bob Dylan, she wasn't dead yet, but she was getting there.

[@kelamo7067]

Yea! Grandmama was born in 1895!

[@melissacooper4282]

I think they had to have cute kids to wow the aww factor. The original Wednesday and Pugsley were young adults by this time so they lost their cute factor.

[@o.b.7217]

Blossom Rock actually died AFTER this was aired. She was sick when it got shot.

[@atlsuperstar]

That song at the end has been stuck in my head ever since I was little and thought about it EVERY Halloween but could never remember what the hell it was from..hahhaha! "We wish you a Merry..ssssshhhhh Creepy Halloween" Classic! Can't believe I finally know now!

[@fishysnake1]

I lasted 30 mins. I almost switched off less than 5 mins in when they flogged the French joke over and over and over again. The subversive wit that made the original so funny just isn't here. This is more like The Munsters frankly.

[@sergiomedina1055]

Does anyone else think the henchmen are odd even for the Addams?

[@Theatrenut]

This house reminds more of the Munsters House