The Munsters first aired on 24 September 1964, and viewers were introduced to the delightfully eerie residence at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, a decaying Victorian Gothic mansion with a crooked bat weather vane and bleak, unkempt grounds.

Though portrayed as the Munster family home in the fictional Mockingbird Heights, the house was actually a redressed façade on Universal Studios’ Colonial Street backlot, originally built in 1946 for the film So Goes My Love. The exterior was deliberately painted a darker shade, detailed with dead trees and a stone wall to create a spooky suburban landmark that remains one of television’s most iconic homes.

This photo shows a later set built on location in Hungary for the 2022 film.

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