The Addams Family is a black comedy film based on the characters, from the cartoon of the same name, created by cartoonist Charles Addams, featuring songs and a video from rap artist Hammer (ie. "Addams Groove").[1]

The movie was originally developed by Orion Pictures (which at the time owned the rights to the television series on which the movie was based). But due to the studio's financial problems, Paramount Pictures paid additional funds to complete the film and released the movie in the U.S., with Orion retaining the international rights (these rights now belong to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer through their purchase of Orion). The film debuted in Los Angeles on November 16, 1991. It opened internationally on November 22, 1991 to generally good reviews.

The Addamses are a family of wealthy and eccentric individuals who live together in a Second Empire-style mansion and share a common interest in the bizarre and the macabre. The characters first appeared in cartoons in The New Yorker magazine in the 1930s, and later gained popularity in the defunct Television series, The Addams Family. The film centers on the day to day life of the family, and the return of Gomez Addams's long-lost brother, Fester, played by Christopher Lloyd. The film stars Raúl Juliá and Anjelica Huston.