Horror season is here, just in time for The Addams Family to take the stage!
After years of adhering to unnatural and macabre values, the Addams are in for their scariest challenge yet: young love.
Meet the Addams Family
Wednesday Addams is all grown up and ready for the biggest challenge of her life: falling in love with the very normal Lucas Beineke. To make matters worse, she’s invited the boy and his lovely family to dinner at the Addam’s terrifying mansion. As she tortures her little brother, Pugsley, Wednesday confesses that this new love might be pulling her in a slightly brighter direction.
Meanwhile, her parents Morticia and Gomez worry that this newfound love could change their grisly daughter from gloomy and stoic to sunny and bubbly. Lucas and Wednesday beg their respective parents to act normal so the dinner will go as smoothly as possible. Unfortunately, the moment the Beineke’s enter the family’s home, true to the Addam’s style, the night descends into an absolute nightmare.
Gomez and Lucas’ father Mal share thoughts over a drink, while Morticia and Lucas’ mother Alice discuss how the latter’s marriage has turned rather spiceless. In the meantime, Wednesday and Lucas go over how they should break down the news of their engagement, all as Pugsley begins to realize that his sister’s new love might prevent her from torturing him.
To keep his sister from abandoning her dreadful shenanigans of senseless torment, he devises a plan to slip a potion into her drink at dinner that will reveal her true nature. But when the families finally sit down for supper, it’s Alice who mistakenly drinks Pugsley’s potion causing her to reveal to everyone at the table that she’s trapped in a loveless marriage.
Her outburst is just the beginning of more madness. Mal figures he should leave his family, while Wednesday and Lucas reveal their engagement and Uncle Fester calls upon the Addams family ancestors to create a vicious storm to combat the chaos at the dinner table. Trapped inside the Addams family home, doubt threatens to tear each couple apart as they try to unravel the mayhem of their not-so-normal night.
Grosh and Addams Family
Graveyard Backdrops
What’s an Addams Family depiction without the place they’re most fond of? Showcase the true terror of the family with the scenery that brings to life their most dreadful qualities. The Graveyard with Gate backdrop reveals a terrifying view of a cemetery in the middle of the night. Two large dark bark trees frame the scene with dark-colored vines hanging from the branches. A pointy iron fence opens slightly to welcome visitors into the grim cemetery filled with tombstones and freshly dug graves. The scenery is covered in a thick and mysterious fog, as the full moon shines above the dark forest in the background. Other options include the Full Moon Graveyard backdrop, which displays the same scenery in more blueish hues and in a slightly less horrifying way.
This chilling scene is perfect to depict the families’ first meeting, as the Addams certainly love to introduce their entire genealogy to new people.
Haunted House Backdrops
To create the perfect Addams Family stage, the one piece that can never go missing is their signature petrifying manor. The Haunted House backdrop presents an old-looking iron fence with a cracked open gate welcoming all who dare come inside. Behind the fence, two ghastly trees frame the scene, with deadly vines hanging off the branches. The haunted house stands menacingly in the back, with grey colors and large windows. To finalize the already eerie mise-en-scène, a full moon in a foggy sky shines brightly in the frightening night.
For a different look, the Halloween Night backdrop offers a more cartoonish spook. The scene opens up with dark bark trees and bats flying toward the house. Tombstones surround the property with carved pumpkins scattered around the porch. The mansion is made of old bark and patched with scraps of wood. Right behind the home, a massive full moon completes the uncanny ambiance. These grim backdrops make up for the best scenery as the Beineke’s fearfully approach the Addams family.
Haunted Interior Backdrops
Unveil the true horror of the dinner with a spooky manor interior. The Grand Staircase backdrop showcases a large staircase as the centerpiece. Made in burgundy and white hues, this dreadful scenery includes large silk drapes and large bases with flowers. A wallpaper with delicate patterns covers two columns, and the eerie staircase leads to absolute darkness.
The Haunted Mansion Interior backdrop offers a little more detail and a glimpse of Morticia’s bizarre interior design skills. This scene also uses the staircase as the centerpiece, a red carpet drapes the steps as a large stained glass window standing on top. A chandelier hangs in the center of the room. It includes two entrances at each side of the room with red curtains draping from the frame, lit candles, and cobwebs covering the entire room. These backdrops are sure to set the tone for the dinner party and all of its mayhem.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What colors are the Addams Family-themed backdrops?
Given the Addams family’s morbid nature, most backdrops are colored in dark hues such as blacks, blues, and greys, along with other tones associated with horror scenes like red and dark orange.
What backdrops could fit an Addams Family adaptation?
The ideal backdrops for an Addams family portrayal include cemeteries, haunted houses, dark interiors, and Halloween-themed backgrounds.
What props should an Addams family-themed production include?
An ideal stage for the ghoulish family should include horror details like tombstones, cobwebs, bats, and carved pumpkins.
