Addams Family Values ​​​​Getting First 4K Blu-Ray Release, Just in Time for Thanksgiving

There are plenty of holiday-themed movies to choose from, but not all that are specifically geared toward the American Thanksgiving holiday. One of the most beloved Thanksgiving movies, however, is the darkly hilarious Addams Family Values ​​, the second film adaptation of the old ’60s sitcom Addams Family and the prequel to Netflix’s Wednesday . And this fall, Addams Family Values ​​is getting its first 4K Blu-ray release, 31 years after it was originally released in 1993. You can watch it on Thanksgiving and then dive straight into the holiday season with How the Grinch Stole Christmas , also getting its first 4K Blu-ray release on the same day.

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Addams Family Values ​​​​will be released on 4K Blu-ray on October 29, and the release will include a code for a digital copy.

In this tale, the creepy Addams Family—Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Wednesday, Pugsley, and Grandmama—welcomes a new member of the family, Gomez and Morticia’s new baby Pubert. They hire a nanny named Debbie to care for Pubert, but it turns out she’s a serial killer who plans to seduce, marry, and then murder Uncle Fester. Part of her plan involves sending Wednesday and Pugsley to sleepaway camp, where they have to put on a Thanksgiving play—it’s one to remember, and a big part of why Addams Family Values ​​remains a cult classic to this day.

Another important factor is the way Addams Family Values ​​manages to balance an extremely dark sense of humor with a light tone. Many films have tried to find this balance, but few have succeeded. Addams Family Values ​​is a rare example of a film that succeeds.

The Addams Family franchise has been around for a while terribly long time – the titular family first appeared in a comic strip in The New Yorker in 1938, and was then adapted into a sitcom that ran for two seasons starting in 1964, followed by animated series in 1973 and 1992, two live-action films and a live-action TV series in the 1990s, a pair of animated films in 2019 and 2021, and also the 2022 Wednesday series on Netflix, which could very well be the most popular iteration of the franchise

With this 4K release, Addams Family Values ​​finally joins its slightly less dark and cynical predecessor, The Addams Family, which released on 4K a few years back in both standard packaging and a steelbook edition. Additionally, Wednesday is one of the few Netflix series to get a Blu-ray release, and it’s currently half price . So if you don’t want to wait for Addams Family Values ​​4K to drop in October, you still have a few options in the meantime.

Speaking of Netflix series getting Blu-ray releases, two popular animated series based on video games are also scheduled to launch in October. Arcane, the beloved animated series set in the League of Legends universe, is getting a 4K Blu-ray release with a limited-edition steelbook case on October 8. On the same day, Castlevania: Nocturne is launching on 1080p Blu-ray, and pre-orders are marked down at Amazon.