With Wednesday, Netflix brought the Addams Family back to the screen in 2022, but focused on the family’s daughter. Anyone who witnesses all the grotesque family madness should definitely turn on the television today, because with The Addams Family and The Addams Family in crazy traditions ZDFneo shows the fantasy cult films in a double pack.
The Addams Family on TV: That’s what the first two films are about
In the first part, the family has to deal with an impostor. Father Gomez (Raul Julia) has been plagued by feelings of guilt for 25 years. At that time he had a falling out with his brother Fester (Christopher Lloyd) and is now trying to establish contact with him through a spiritual ritual. A fraudster also gets wind of this and tries to get the family’s inheritance with her son as a doppelganger.
In the second film, Morticia (Anjelica Huston) and Gomez experience renewed parental happiness. Her two older children Wednesday (Christina Ricci) and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) are anything but enthusiastic about the offspring and try to get rid of the tormentor. To prevent this, nanny Debbie Jellinsky (Joan Cusack) is hired. She is primarily targeting the unmarried Uncle Fester in order to also get the Addams fortune through him.
Both films were directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, who then went on to make the Men in Black film series.
The Addams Family has been making us laugh for almost 100 years
Illustrator Charles Addams created the characters in the 1930s as a satirical version of his own family. The comic strip with its morbid humor enjoyed great popularity and years later became the popular TV series The Addams Family in the 1960s.
Why the family inspires generations is, in addition to the black humor loving nature and cohesionwhich the family shows off again and again. Although it surrounds itself with all sorts of morbidity, at its core it is more functional than most model families. The cult films from the 90s get to the point and are still extremely entertaining.
The fantasy marathon is also the perfect introduction to the second season of Wednesday, which has now been filmed about which a lot is already known. Guest stars include Lady Gaga.
When are the two The Addams Family films on TV?
ZDFneo shows the weird cult family today, Thursday, January 9th, 2025 9:35 p.m. The sequel will air immediately afterwards at 11:10 p.m. Unfortunately there is no repeat, but you can also stream both films on Netflix or Prime with a Paramount+ subscription.
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