Addams Family Values is a 1993 American
dark comedy film, which is the
sequel to the 1991 American film
The Addams Family. It was written by
Paul Rudnick and directed by
Barry Sonnenfeld, and features many cast members from the original, including
Raúl Juliá,
Anjelica Huston,
Christopher Lloyd,
Carel Struycken,
Jimmy Workman,
Christina Ricci,
Joan Cusack,
David Krumholtz, and
Christopher Hart. Included in the musical soundtrack is "
Supernatural Thing" (composed by
Haras Fyre) which was a chart success for the late
Ben E. King. Compared to Addams Family Values' predecessor, which retained something of the madcap approach of the
1960s sitcom,
Values is played more for
macabre laughs.