The Addams Family Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

12 of the most interesting The Addams Family easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of The Addams Family movie message.

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The Addams Family poster
The Addams Family poster
The Addams Family Plot

Con artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.

Genre Comedy, Fantasy
Director Barry Sonnenfeld
Stars Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Hedaya
IMDB score 6.9

The Addams Family Movie Easter Eggs

There's a gravestone for 'Ansel Addams'

When Wednesday shows up with a red balloon, Morticia says "there's usually a murderous clown attached to the other end of these." Finn Wolfhard, the voice actor for Pugsley, portrayed Ritchie in "It"

Lurch plays several easily recognizable songs on the organ (including Beethoven's 5th, the Hallelujah Chorus, the Entertainer, etc.). The fifth, less-recognizable song is the Overture from The Addams Family Broadway musical.

Accuracy details in The Addams Family

1 - Morticia resisted pugsleys hypnosis by focusing on his striped shirt instead of his pocket watch.

Morticia resisted pugsleys hypnosis by focusing on his striped shirt instead of his pocket watch.

The Addams Family movie hidden details

1 - Just noticed this product placement in The Addams Family (1991)

Just noticed this product placement in The Addams Family (1991)

1 - The plant dies when sunlight touches it

The plant dies when sunlight touches it

1 - When leaving the house toward the end on the movie, we can still see the tar splatter from the opening scene where they pour it on the carolers from the roof.

When leaving the house toward the end on the movie, we can still see the tar splatter from the opening scene where they pour it on the carolers from the roof.

1 - When the Addams are relocated to a motel, you can see all the signs Pugsley is still stealing

When the Addams are relocated to a motel, you can see all the signs Pugsley is still stealing

1 - Nathan Lane plays a police officer whom Gomez confronts in the police station. Lane would later go on to originate the role of Gomez in the Broadway musical version of The Addams Family.

Nathan Lane plays a police officer whom Gomez confronts in the police station. Lane would later go on to originate the role of Gomez in the Broadway musical version of The Addams Family.

The passenger on Gomez's train is none other than the film's director, Barry Sonnenfeld.

1 - The trap door chutes that switch positions from scene to scene. Fester comes out of the left chute earlier in the movie, but at that point it is labeled Pugsley. In this scene the left chute is labeled Wednesday.

The trap door chutes that switch positions from scene to scene. Fester comes out of the left chute earlier in the movie, but at that point it is labeled Pugsley. In this scene the left chute is labeled Wednesday.

You can see old oil stains behind the carolers

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