{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"338: New Takes on Classic Monsters, with Sasha Sienna","description":" Main Topic: New Takes on Classic Monsters It\u2019s probably safe to say that every horror fan loves monsters. While we regularly see new creations breaking free from the laboratory, so many monsters in media are old favourites. Whether they\u2019re vampires, werewolves, or Deep Ones, there are certain archetypes we\u2019re drawn to over and over. But what are some ways of making them feel fresh? How have we seen others do so in films, stories, or other media? And how might we come up with some new takes on old favourites in our own games? Our Guest Host This episode we\u2019re welcoming Sasha Sienna back to the Good Friends! Sasha is an award-winning writer, voice actor, and tabletop game designer with a love of genre fiction, unexpected worldbuilding, and horrible monsters in spaceships. They\u2019re best known for their work on The Magnus Archives, Doctor Who: Redacted and Re: Dracula\u2019s Carmilla. Along with Jonathan Sims, they make smart TTRPGs for cool weirdos as MacGuffin & Co. Sasha can also be heard in our recent episode about gateway horror. Links Things we mention in this episode include: Universal Monsters Gothic horror Vampires Nosferatu (1922) Dracula by Bram Stoker Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu King Sorrow by Joe Hill Vaesen Jaws (1975) Leviathan Moby-Dick by Herman Melville Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) The Shape of Water (2017) Hammer Horror Count von Count Quatermass and the Pit (1967) The Company of Wolves (1984) Dead of Night Twilight by Stephanie Meyers The Twilight Saga Vampire: the Masquerade The Thing From Another World (1951) New England vampire panic What We Do in the Shadows What We Do in the Shadows (2014) Comedy horror The Monster Club by R Chetwynd-Hayes The Monster Club (1981) Zombies 28 Days Later In the Flesh Night of the Living Dead (1968) \u201cDestiny of the Daleks\u201d from Doctor Who Elder sign Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer Crimson Peak (2015) I Am Legend by Richard Matheson I Am Legend (2007) The Last Man on Earth (1964) Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey The September House by Carissa Orlando Beetlejuice (1988) Music From a Darkened Room The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones Thirteen Storeys by Jonathan Sims The Burn Line by Jonathan Sims A Manhattan Ghost Story by TM Wright The Waiting Room by TM Wright A Spider on My Tongue by TM Wright Haunted by James Herbert The Books of Blood by Clive Barker Expiration Date by Tim Powers DIE RPG A Folklore Bestiary by The Merry Mushmen Old School Essentials \u201cCamp Sunny\u201d by Keary Birch \u201cThe Wild Hunt\u201d from Unseen Masters \u201cBlackshade\u201d from The Blasphemous Tome issue 11 \u201cCasting the Runes\u201d by MR James \u201cThe Colour Out of Space\u201d by HP Lovecraft Sapphire & Steel \u201cSkeleton\u201d by Ray Bradbury Pepper\u2019s ghost Frankenstein by Mary Shelley News A Weekend With Good Friends returns! GM signups are now open for A Weekend With Good Friends! This, of course, is the online gaming convention organised by our lovely listeners, hosted on The Good Friends of Jackson Elias Discord server. We shall be recording live episodes of the Good Friends during the convention, with Ross Bryant on the 12th and Zach Reeves on the 13th. See the panels page for more details. Key dates for the convention are: GM signups: 29th April \u2013 13th May 2026 \u2014 GM signups Player signups: 21st May \u2013 4th June 2026 A Weekend With Good Friends: Friday 12th June \u2013 Sunday 14th June 2026 ","author_name":"The Good Friends of Jackson Elias","author_url":"http:\/\/blasphemoustomes.com\/","html":"