The moviemakers re-introduce Morticia (Anjelica Huston), Gomez (Raul Julia), their children, Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) and Wednesday (Christina Ricci), then welcome back Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) in the form of a character who may not be the real ghoul.

NEWYORKER: The Addams Family

You can feel a bit of her peculiar personal magnetism in roles as varied as Morticia Addams and the agonized mother and con artist Huston played in "The Grifters, " a part she took on at the end of her famous 16-year romance with Jack Nicholson.

WSJ: Anjelica Huston