Wednesday Addams dances to The Cramps in clip from Netflix series

For me, the sounds of The Cramps song “Goo Goo Muck” will always be indelibly linked to imagery from director Tobe Hooper’s 1986 classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 – but I still think it’s pretty cool that the song happened to be featured in the Addams Family series Wednesday, which just made its debut on the Netflix streaming service last week. “Goo Goo Muck” is the soundtrack to a very popular moment from the show, where title character Wednesday Addams, played by Jenna Ortega, dances to the song. A dance that Ortega choreographed herself. You can watch this dance scene in the embed above.

At the bottom of this article, you can also see a video of the Wednesday cast reacting to the dance scene clip. Ortega said the dance makes it clear that she’s neither a dancer or a choreographer, but according to Yahoo she has also said that she did her research when trying to come up with the dance. Wednesday’s moves were inspired by “Siouxsie Sioux, Bob Fosse’s Rich Man’s Frug, Lisa Loring, Lene Lovich, Denis Lavant, and archival footage of goths dancing in clubs in the ’80s.”

Little Wednesday danced on multiple occasions in the classic 1960s Addams Family sitcom, so I’m glad to see the character is still dancing on Wednesday.

Half of Wednesday‘s eight episode season was directed by Tim Burton, with Gandja Monteiro and James Marshall splitting directing duties on the other four episodes. Created by showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar, Wednesday is described as

a comedic, supernaturally-infused coming-of-age series that follows the teenage girl’s years as a student at Nevermore Academy, where she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the town, and solve a mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new relationships at Nevermore. Snap snap.

Have you watched Wednesday? If so, let us know what you thought of the show by leaving a comment below. And let us know what you thought of the dance scene while you’re at it! Our own Alex Maidy gave the show a 6/10 review you can read at THIS LINK.