Monster Freak

Artwork by Emmett Helen

Artwork by Emmett Helen

Bell Hill, a town renowned for ghastly folktales and classic monster movies filmed on location, is home to a scary secret discovered by a group of young citizens. When they find out that the long-gone monsters were real and were protecting the town from a far greater evil, these teens are bestowed with the monsters’ powers and a duty: Protect the people of Bell Hill!

Designer Notes:

This module borrows from classic movie monsters, especially those featured in Universal Studios films from the 1920s to 1950s. The aesthetic is distinct and anchored in popular imagination, which helps get “Monster Freak” to the table. Also, sentai heavily features monsters as the antagonists, much like in these classic films, except we often sympathize with these horrific creatures when we see the transformations they underwent to become that scarier self. What if when the teens in “Monster Squad” transformed into masked heroes, they also took on these monstrous forms, and the civilians then had to reconsider who the true monsters really are?

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