The Sign of Satan story
The lead actor in a horror movie thinks that a cult of devil worshipers are out to kill him. Directed by: Robert Douglas. Story by: Barre Lyndon.
13 total · 2 choice · 4 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| devil worship | choice | Members of Satanic cult were out to kill Karl Jorla, an apostate and former leader of their order turned horror movie actor. A black mass was depicted in the film screened by the studio executive. |
| quasi-religious cult | choice | Members of Satanic cult were out to kill Karl Jorla, an apostate of their order turned horror movie actor. The cult members were shown performing a black mass in the film screened by the studio executive. |
| distaste for attention | major | The studio executives were initially perplexed when the actor Karl Jorla insisted he didn't want any publicity. Karl Jorla indeed proved himself to be a recluse of remarkable tenacity. |
| facing organized pursuit | major | Members of Satanic cult were out to kill Karl Jorla over his disloyalty to their unholy cause. |
| filmmaking | major | The story concerns the making of a horror movie. The story follows the trials and travails of a director as he struggles to realize his vision while his eccentric main actor is hounded by a murderous cult of devil worshipers. |
| murder | major | The story follows the former Satanic high-priest Karl Jorla as he tries to evade assassination at the hands of his fellow devil worshipers. |
| acting | minor | The viewer is shown scenes of a horror film being shot. |
| appearances can be deceiving | minor | A studio executive cautioned his colleagues against confusing Karl Jorla's chilling onscreen persona with that of the real man, assuring them that he was "probably very charming". |
| ghost | minor | The viewer is left to conclude that the ghost of Karl Jorla appeared to the people on the film shoot to tell them the location of Karl Jorla's freshly murdered corpse. |
| human sacrifice | minor | In the film that was screened by the studio executives, a man was sacrificed to the Devil in the culmination of a black mass. |