MUP 086 - The Smoke has them Shifty Eyes...

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MUP 086 - The Smoke has them Shifty Eyes...

Post by Keeper Dan » Mon Aug 31, 2015 3:09 am

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Episode 86 sees Keepers Jon and Dan back, talking with friend of the show Brian Sammons! He's had a veritable deluge of new titles featuring his work lately, so we brought him in to chat about all the new goodness we can get our talons on. Then we do some free-form riffing on using Shape Shifters in game, and the general philosophy of them in pop culture. We'll be resuming our regular release schedule with episode 87! This episode was recorded on August 30, 2015.



Golden Goblin Press is launching their Tales of the Caribbean Call of Cthulhu sourcebook Kickstarter on September 9th! Get your pennies together, because GG has yet to disappoint!

Golden Goblin has also released the Tales of Cthulhu Invictus fiction Anthology, which was edited by today's guest Brian Sammons.

Chaosium Releases-
Chaosium has released the long-awaited scenario book Doors to Darkness, which is a book of single evening-scenarios with additional commentary to assist the first time Call of Cthulhu Keeper! We'll share links when the book becomes available on the web.

Edge of Sundown is a fiction anthology of horror that takes place in the Wild West!

While Brian didn't work on this one, he wanted to mention that Chaosium has just released an anthology of werewolf stories called Mark of the Beast.

Another new one that Brian did edit is the long awaited Legacy of the Re-Animator. This is an anthology of further tales about Dr. Herbert West.

And lastly from the Chaosium front, is Atomic Age Cthulhu, a companion fiction anthology to the Call of Cthulhu Atomic Age sourcebook.

Brian's latest release is Flesh Like Smoke, a fiction anthology from April Moon Books that focuses on Shape Shifters of all kinds, not just the werewolves you may be used to.

During the conversation, Brian brought up a couple of film pics that he highly recommends. The first being The Taking of Deborah Logan. Available on NetFlix, and he says is best seen with no fore knowledge.

Wer is the other movie he recommends, which is a werewolf movie taken from a very scientific point of view in how they would work, in a biological sense.

Brian's contact links-
Twitter
The book of Many Faces

Brian has also been a regular on the Evil Episodes Podcast, about horror TV, and he's going to be producing a podcast for Dark Regions Press called Dark Regions Radio!
We'll share on the show when he launches that program. It's going to be a monthly literary audio magazine with an interview of an author, a full reading of one of their stories, and a coupon code for listeners for the Dark Regions website.

Cryptocurium Spotlight

The October Halloween Edition of the Parcel of Terror will be a blind mystery box! This is the first Parcel to be completely unknown, but who doesn't like a big Halloween box of mysterious tricks and treats!
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Re: MUP 086 - The Smoke has them Shifty Eyes...

Post by Nvision » Tue Sep 01, 2015 1:28 pm

Thanks for the film recommendations, Brian! I watched "The Taking of Deborah Logan" last night and was not disappointed. I had passed it by previously, mainly because I was unimpressed by their cover image, which seemed to be another by-the-numbers possession story...it is not. This would make an excellent scenario, as is, and there's even built in reason for the investigators involvement. I really want to talk more about it, but it's almost impossible to mention anything without spoilers. Tracking down "Wer" next.

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Post by JPDawson » Tue Sep 01, 2015 11:25 pm

I have to echo the recommendation for "The Taking of Deborah Logan" it was an excellent horror flic. I would also suggest the Babadook, not really tied into this episode's topic, but a good movie none-the-less. Oh, and there are the "Lights Out Horror Challenge flix with some great, short films....

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Re: MUP 086 - The Smoke has them Shifty Eyes...

Post by Keeper Jon » Wed Sep 02, 2015 2:39 pm

Thanks to Brian's suggestion, I just watched The Taking of Deborah Logan, and it was great. I loved the scene that Brian was alluding to. And I've also recently seen The Babadook because of Scott Dorward's advice when they talked about it on the Friends of Jackson Elias podcast. Great stuff!

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Re: MUP 086 - The Smoke has them Shifty Eyes...

Post by CthulhuDude » Sun Sep 06, 2015 3:34 pm

I glad you guys liked Deborah. I do a few review columns and at the end of the year I always do a Best Of list (like everyone else LOL) and The Taking of Deborah Logan was was #2. What was #1? The Babadook. :) I love that movie to pieces. I've seen it 4 times now, and I always pick up more from it every time.

Another heads up film that I think everyone should see: It Follows. It is so well done by a director far more skilled than he should be at his stage, and with a beautiful 80s-like synth soundtrack that's always on m iPod. If you haven't seen this one yet, seek it out. Bonus reason to do so: if you wanted to see where I grew up (becasue I know you were all dying for that) then watch this flick because the suburban scenes were all shot in and around where I misspent my youth. :cthulhu1:
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” ― Robert Bloch

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