Internet’s Jaw Drops At Image Of Christina Ricci Dressed As Morticia Addams

She’s creepy and she’s kooky, mysterious and spooky - and, on this evidence, she’s every bit as good a fit for the role of The Addams Family's matriarch as she was for their daughter.

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Social media has been going gaga for this eye-catching image of Christina Ricci as Morticia Addams - although, at present, it’s unclear where the photo comes from, or even if it’s genuine.

(So far as we’re aware, it first surfaced online at Tumblr account Mystical Enchantment.)

UPDATE: it’s been brought to our attention that this is indeed a Photoshopped image (sad face), based around a publicity still of Anjelica Huston from the 1990s:

Still, the image certainly gives pause for thought for how well suited Ricci would be for the role of Morticia, should a new big screen take on The Addams Family ever be on the cards.

An eleven year old Ricci became an overnight sensation thanks to her scene-stealing performance as the gloomy, potentially psychotic Wednesday Addams in the 1991 movie of ‘The Addams Family, based on the 1960s TV series and the original Charles Addams cartoon strips.

The movie saw Anjelica Huston take on the role of Morticia, previously portrayed on the small screen by Carolyn Jones.

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The cast reunited for 1993 sequel Addams Family Values, and Ricci has been an enduring Goth poster child ever since.

She went on to appear alongside Johnny Depp in 1999′s Sleepy Hollow, and recently went Gothic once more for TV mini-series The Lizzy Borden Chronicles.

No live action reboot of The Addams Family is thought to be in the works at present, but there has been word of a new animated movie featuring the characters.

Ben Bussey writes for Yahoo Movies UK