Kult: Hollywood Babalon
Session 2: Everybody wants the death film, Nazi SS in Hollywood, The horrific truth of The Rabbi
When we last touched down with our players Arch and Dr. Arthwaite bore witness to a terrible accident on the set of House of Satan as its lead actress, Yolanda Mirandola was killed during the filming of her character’s death scene. Arch chases the escaping director to a bungalow on the Paramount lot and witnesses him bend space to escape. Later, the film’s assistant director commits a grisly act of suicide to evade capture and the players come into the possession of the death scene, which has a terrifying effect on those who watch it.
Arch is then accosted by heavies of a mysterious power broker in Burbank. Lawrence is terrorized in a dream by a monster from his past who suggests that this may all be a dream of pre-teen Lawrence and not real at all. And finally, Arthwaite is attacked in his home by a pair of murderous nuns which trigger's the beast inside him to act out and eviscerate one. The other tears open a door in spacetime and escapes through it as Arthwaite gives chase, closing the door behind him, this trapping in London, 1890.
What fate awaits our adventurers in their ongoing descent into madness and horror? Things become decidedly more menacing as more of the illusion is stripped away. What’s the deal with the Paramount board of executives? Why does each one of them want the death reel so badly? Was that Jack the Ripper back in London? Is that why no one could ever catch him? Is this the last we’ve seen of the murderous harlequin, Payne? Who are the goons in Larry’s apartment, especially the menacing hulk they call The Rabbi? All this and more on Kult: Hollywood Babalon!