MUP 079 – They Did the Monster Mash – Miskatonic University Podcast

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Download this episode In this episode, Dan, Jon and Chad dive into some Mythos mash-em-ups by picking three creatures and riffing on gameable combinations between them. It’s like jazz, but with monsters. This episode was recorded on May 17th, 2015.

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Each host picked a creature, Mythos or otherwise, to add to a monster stew and see what might emerge from combination between them. Chad’s pick: The Crawling Ones, originally spawned from HPL’s The Festival. 70s B-movie vermin flick Squirm — (a trailer of this masterpiece can be seen here) Another one called Bug –(See the trailer here) Dan’s pick: Mummies The Mummy 1932 The Mummy 1999 Bog Bodies Kreepen Man The Serbonian Bog