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Today's movie monster has a theme song you can hear in your mind just from thinking about it. This is the monster that made everyone dread going into the ocean. Today we're showcasing "Jaws" the Great White Shark. This article uses games statistics from "The Monsters Are Our Heroes" rpg by Bloat Games. The story of Jaws is based on a series of shark attacks incidents that took place by a group of bull sharks in 1916. The author of the original novel changed the shark into a Great White to inspire more fear with a massive monster that resembled the classic Megalodon.  Movies and television will have people believe that shark attacks happen all the time. In truth there are an average of 16 shark attacks every year in the united States, and only one fatality every two years. Giant Shark Evade 13 Hit Points 48 (5 HD) Armor Points 3 (dermal denticles) Str 6, Dex 0, Con 5 Int -2, Wis 0, Cha -2 Luck 5 ATTACKS Bite: +6 melee attack (1d12+6 piercing damage) and the ...

Today's Movie Monster build for "The Monsters Are Our Heroes" are everybody's favorite hedonistic sadomasochistic beings from another dimension: The Cenobites of Hellraiser! Cenobites are hedonistic, sadomasochistic fiends from another dimension. They claim themselves to be explorers of sensation and experience, and seek to bring others to their way of existence. Their usual means of doing this is by access to a mystical artifact: a puzzle box known as the Lament Configuration . By opening the puzzle box, it opens the dimensional barriers between the mortal world and that of the Leviathan’s Labyrinth, where the cenobites exist and conduct their pleasuring tortures. Cenobotes vary in appearance, but are generally humanoid in form, wrapping their bodies in tight leather bindings that barely conceal their exposed wounds and pierced flesh. Barbs and chains hang from their bodies and move at their command; striking and binding those who have opened the puzzle box and invit...

Today's movie monster come from the 1985 film Legend, directed by Ridley Scott. This article uses game statistic information from "The Monsters Are Our Heroes" rpg by Bloat Games. The Lord of Darkness – also known as simply “Darkness” – is a powerful archfey that takes on the resemblance of a fiend, complete with red skin, giant horns, and a forked tongue. He rules from a palace within the Fey Weald’s Great Tree, surrounded by a hag-filled swamp. The Great Tree is a maze of rooms and chambers, some of which contain his goblin minions and other dark faerie servitors. Within his demense, the Lord of Darkness fears nothing… except for the light of day. This powerful and ancient creature can only be destroyed by exposure to the light of the sun. To this end, he seeks the means to blot out the sun and bring an eternal night to the world so that he may rule all of the mortal realm. Normally, it would be kind of foolish to let people know your one weakness , but the Lord of Dark...

TOYS! Recently I picked up the first four Turtles of Grayskull figures. I bought these online from Big Bad Toy Store . Mutant He-Man. Solid figure with lots of fun details! He's got a bandanna around his head, like the turtles! He's got some custom feet, as one of the boots has his giant toes poking out the front. Standard articulation found on all the MOTU Origins series figures, so lots of posing options! The joints on this figure I found to be really stiff! The elbow joints almost seem to be like a ratchet joint in the way they clicked and moved. Also, standard removable parts found in all MOTU Origins figures for customization. And when I first saw the figure in the package, I thought his arms seems larger than normal... Yes, they are indeed extra-long and chonky arms! Man-At-Arms Speaking of arms, this may become my default Duncan figure to use in the future of my toy comics! This is a magnificent figure! The armor is heavy and the face sculpt is magnificent! All standard...

Today's movie monster comes from not one, but many different films. Werewolves -- also called "wolfmen" or lycanthropes -- are shapeshifters who start as humans but, through some happenstance, have been cursed to assume the form of a monstrous wolf-like creature and prey upon the innocent. The Werewolf Hero in "The Monsters Are Our Heroes" rpg by Bloat Games is a lycanthrope that has managed to control its transformations and turned the curse into an asset. A lycanthrope is a werewolf that has succumbed to its curse. Forsaking its humanity, the monster goes out at night and hunts for humans and other creatures to feed upon. There are some people who are cursed lycanthropes. They are unaware of their monstrous curse, transforming on the night of the full moon, and returning to their human form with no recollection of the previous night’s gruesome events. Lycanthrope (aka Werewolf) Evade 12 Hit Points 20 (3 HD) Armor Points 0 (in human form) / 2 (in werewolf form...

Today's movie monster continues the theme from yesterday with Frankenstein and his creations. Today is: The Bride! This article uses game information from " The Monsters Are Our Heroes " rpg by Bloat Games. The Bride is the second creation of Victor Frankenstein, created to be the companion of the original monster, after realizing it's existence would be lonely if left alone.  The story of the Bride is short, in the original Mary Shelly text, as she is never reanimated, as Victor destroys her body before it is finished. In the 1935 film, she destroyed herself almost immediately after her reanimation, upon seeing the visage of the Monster.  Meanwhile in the 1985 film "The Bride" and the "Penny Dreadful" series, the Bride lived on and had a life of her own. It is from this context that I present this Bride build. She may not be a mighty as the original monster, but she is able to fit in with humanity more easily than the Monster. Bride of Frankenstei...

Today's movie monster villain is Frankenstein's Monster, one of the most tragic of creatures and the creation of the founder of science fiction: Mary Shelly. This article uses game statistics from "The Monsters Are Our Heroes" rpg by Bloat Games. The Monster was the creation of Victor Frankenstein, a scientist from the late 1700s who was fascinated by electricity and the effects it had on the human body. Upon discovering that electrical impulses could be used to motivate a dead organs and muscles, Frankenstein theorized the potential of creating a human body and reanimating it with a powerful electrical charge to restore life. His first creation was... less than spectacular. This monster was so abominable in appearance, it frightened even its creator. Rejected by Victor, the monster fled into the night and was found by a blind hermit, who educated the monster; even teaching him how to read.  Seized by a deep loneliness, the monster returned to Frankenstein after sever...

Today's movie monster build is the Gillman from the 1954 classic "Creature From the Black Lagoon." This monster was also featured in the 1987 film "Monster Squad." This article uses statistic information based on "The Monsters Are Our Heroes" by Bloat Games. The Gillman is a piscean humanoid creature that comes from the darkest, deepest depths of the ocean. It was originally encountered in the Amazon during the mid 1950s, when a group of geologists discovered a fossilized hand from a species that combined human and piscean traits dating back to the Devonian period. It was seen as evidence that human can from a species of creature that evolved from ocean beasts.  Returning to the Amazon in an attempt to find the entire skeleton, the diving team drew the attention of the creature that came to be known as the Gillman. This curious creature came to land, and due to its monstrous appearance, as attacked by the locals. It was eventually shot and killed; sink...