History Main / CreepyFamily

* ''Wang Fam'', a Filipino sitcom about a family of aswangs.

* ''Wang Fam'', a Filipino sitcom about a family of ''aswang''.

** A cute baby ghost searchs for his much more menacing parents in "Baby Spookums"

* Episode "Who's Minding the Monster?" of ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMysteries'' has the gang helping to babysit a werewolf baby that turns into wolf when the moon shines. His father was Dracula and his mother a BrideOfFrankenstein-like monster.

The two most well known examples are probably ''The Munsters'' and the ''The Addams Family'', both sitcoms aired the same year and had the same basic premise; a family that scared people, and both were not only amazingly successful but also had a strong impact in popular culture. Other than that they had a key difference: the Munsters are monsters acting like humans, the Addams are humans acting like monsters.

The two most well known examples are probably ''The Munsters'' and the ''The Addams'', both sitcoms aired the same year and had the same basic premise; a family that scared people, and both were not only amazingly successful but also had a strong impact in popular culture. Other than that they had a key difference: the Munsters are monsters acting like humans, the Addams are humans acting like monsters.

* ''Film/TheMonsterClub'' is an AnthologyFilm with Creator/VincentPrice and Creator/JohnCarradine; deals with a hybrid from a monster family know as Shadmock constantly speaking about his relations, a kid that discover his fahter is [[spoiler:a vampire]] and a town made of ghouls.

The two most well known examples are probably The Munsters and the The Addams, both sitcoms aired the same year and had the same basic premise; a family that scared people, and both were not only amazingly successful but also had a strong impact in popular culture. Other than that they had a key difference: the Munsters are monsters acting like humans, the Addams are humans acting like monsters.

A case of ItRunsInTheFamily and very often a behavior that identifies TheClan, most of the cases show a NuclearFamily albeit often with cases of {{Nephewism}} and, ironically, in most examples they are not [[DysfunctionalFamily Dysfunctional Families]]. Sometimes overlaps with QuirkyHousehold, when is an entire village is a case of {{Halloweentown}}. Contrast with TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether for the horror version, not to confuse with CreepyUncle.

** If we count the CthulhuMythos lore, there are entire family trees made of [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]].

** The Grungys, a parody of Series/TheSimpsons in "Guess What's Coming to Dinner"

* Several of the monsters in ''Film/HotelTransylvania'' have their families, most notably Dracula and the Wolf Man.

* ''The Addams Family'' was originally [[ ComicStrip/TheAddamsFamily a series of single-panel cartoons]] from ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' drawn by cartoonist Creator/CharlesAddams.

* ''The Addams Family'' was originally a series of single-panel cartoons from ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' drawn by cartoonist Creator/CharlesAddams.

These families are not like the others: from [[Series/TheMunsters friendly monsters]] to [[Franchise/TheTexasChainSawMassacre real psychopaths]], and sometimes [[Series/TheAddamsFamily friendly psychopaths]]. Well, families tend to have things in common. Members tend to look, behave and act similarly, whether because of genetics or uprising, a family normally has traditions, internal rules, shared hobbies and a whole microculture. This is what happens when the family is unusual.

These families are not like the other: from [[Series/TheMunsters friendly monsters]] to [[Franchise/TheTexasChainSawMassacre real psychopaths]], and sometimes [[Series/TheAddamsFamily friendly psychopaths]]. Well, families tend to have things in common. Members tend to look, behave and act similarly, whether because of genetics or uprising, a family normally has traditions, internal rules, shared hobbies and a whole microculture. This is what happens when the family is unusual.

One of these families is not like the other: from [[Series/TheMunsters friendly monsters]] to [[Franchise/TheTexasChainSawMassacre real psychopaths]], and sometimes [[Series/TheAddamsFamily friendly psychopaths?]] Well, families tend to have things in common. Members tend to look, behave and act similarly, whether because of genetics or uprising, a family normally has traditions, internal rules, shared hobbies and a whole microculture. But, what happens when the family is unusual?

* In ''Anime/ImGonnaBeAnAngel'', Noelle's family is essentially an anime version of TheMunsters.

* Episode "Who's Minding the Monster?" of ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooAndScrappyDooShow'' has the gang helping to babysit a werewolf baby that turns into wolf when the moon shines. His father was Dracula and his mother a BrideOfFrankenstein-like monster.

One of these families is not like the other: from [[Series/TheMunsters friendly monsters]] to [[Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre real psychopaths]], and sometimes [[Series/TheAddamsFamily friendly psychopaths?]] Well, families tend to have things in common. Members tend to look, behave and act similarly, whether because of genetics or uprising, a family normally has traditions, internal rules, shared hobbies and a whole microculture. But, what happens when the family is unusual?

* ''The Addams Family'' had a remake in the 1990s known by the same name, ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'', that was critically and financially successful, thus producing a sequel, ''Addams Family Values''. Both centered on Uncle Fester to some degree, and the children as the secondary plot. The second one wasn't as successful commercially, so a third movie was never made. A MadeForTVMovie was made, ''The Addams Family Reunion'', but is generally considered much inferior in quality to the previous ones.
* Creator/RobZombie did a kind of remake of ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' with ''Film/HouseOf1000Corpses'' and the Firefly family, with more comedic overtones, yet still a family of violent, murderous psychopaths.
* ''Film/TheMonsterClub'' is an AnthologyFilm with VincentPrice and JohnCarradine; deals with a hybrid from a monster family know as Shadmock constantly speaking about his relations, a kid that discover his fahter is [[spoiler:a vampire]] and a town made of ghouls.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/PopeyeAndSon'' has Junior befriending a kid that dress a lot like Eddie Munster and that was in part ostracized from other kids (especially Bluto’s son and local bully). The kid turn to be a werewolf and his family is made by his dad (a Dracula-like vampire), his mom (a literal Mummy) and his grandpa (the FrankensteinMonster).

** A cute baby ghost search for his much more menacing parents in "Baby Spookums"

* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' had several episodes show families of ghosts and other spirits, including on one occasion a parody of the Simpsons.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooAndScrappyDooShow'' has the gang helping to babysit a werewolf baby that turns into wolf when the moon shines. His father was Dracula and his mother a BrideOfFrankenstein-like monster.