50 Date Night Screams Mal and Tal Enterprises

In "The House of Mystery," an archeologist is cursed after stealing treasure from a temple. Twenty years after he goes home, he invites the investors he shrifted over to his old, dark house for shenanigans and murder. This movie, like many in the genre, is offense, because it trivializes Hinduism in several different ways. Plus, it trivializes disability and involves animal abuse. Other than that, it hits all the notes for your basic haunted house movie, including a seance which makes no sense at all. Amber and Mike sum up the plot of this movie and Mike shares the original character he created based on this movie that you can download for use in tabletop role playing games.
Editor's Note: The movie Saltburn is mentioned in a general way at 1:05:00. You may want to skip 30 seconds if you don't want any whiff of the plot of that movie.
Title: The House of Mystery
Director: William Nigh
IMDB Rating: 4.8 out of 10
Content warnings: Racism, trivializing disability, trivializing religion, animal abuse
Notable actors: Joyzelle Joyner
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5th Edition Character: Chanda the Gorilla Queen
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"House of Danger" is not really a mystery -- the audience is in on the "mystery" almost from the beginning. Instead, it's more of a romance/thriller, where the main characters work out how to disengage from the mess they put themselves in. It's an uneven film, with a few nice moments sprinkled in, and an ending that we guessed at, but couldn't quite believe actually happened. Stay to the end to hear about the character Mike created while inspired by this movie for use in tabletop role playing games.
Title: House of Danger
Alternate Title: The Great Gamble
Director: Charles Hutchison
B/W or Color: B/W
IMDB Rating: 5.2/10
Content warnings: Suicide, kidnapping, car crash, impersonating someone
Hilarious tagline: “A MYSTERY STORY OF THRILLS AND ROMANCE!"
5th Edition Character: Gordon, a villainous manservant
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"The Savage Girl," starting with its title and continuing on to its conclusion, is a loathsome male power fantasy passing as a jungle adventure. A rich man with an alcohol dependency talks a big game trapper into traveling with him to Africa. While there, they cross paths with a White woman living alone in the jungle, and the men of the expedition fight over who can possess her. Amber and Mike go through this stinker but in the end, find nothing redeeming in it. However, Mike creates a brilliant and glorious non-player character from the ashes, which is free for use in tabletop role playing games.
About The Movie 
Title: The Savage Girl
Year: 1932
B/W or Color: B/W
Director: Harry Frasher
IMDB Rating: 4.4 out of 10
Hilarious tagline: A wild goddess rules the jungle!
Length: 1 hour and 6 minutes
Content warnings: Racism, misogyny, attempted rape, violence
5th Edition Character: The Goddess, an elven druid
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"The Phantom of 42nd Street" takes the trope of the reporter as a detective a step further and has a newsletter theater critic turning detective. A wealthy and prominent theater owner is murdered and his family and employees are all suspects. Tony, the Broadway theater critic, reluctantly takes on the investigation to find the killer. This mystery from 1945 suffers from an inscrutable plot, although it's well acted and there are some high points. Mike and Amber go through the plot of this movie and share an original character for use in tabletop role playing games that listeners can download for use in their campaigns.

Title: The Phantom of 42nd StreetYear: 1945B/W or Color: B/WDirector: Albert Herman5.2 out of 10 on IMDBLength: 57 minutesContent warnings: Gunplay, murder, trivializing mental illness5th Edition Character: The Thesbian, a shape shifting actor
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"The Lion Man" is a desert adventure from 1936 that is set in the middle east, but was filmed in Arizona. A titled man from England takes his young son on a business trip, but it turns violent and the boy is orphaned an left to be raised by a man who trains lions. As he grows, he finds there is disharmony in the community and winds up being a pawn between two groups. Amber and Mike try to understand this murky plot and Mike describes the original character he created for use in tabletop role playing games that he developed based on this movie.
Title: The Lion Man
Director: John P. McCarthy
IMDB Rating: 4.8 out of 10
Rating: Approved
Content warnings: death of an animal, kidnapping, murder, human trafficking, violence against children, drugging someone against their will, hostage situation
Hilarious tagline: “He led an army of lions!"
5th Edition Character: El Lion, a lion-themed barbarian who ferociously defends his territory.
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In "Wanted: Babysitter," the young son of a wealthy man and his babysitter are held hostage by a disparate group. The plan goes awry and results in a series of events that puts everyone at risk. This thriller from 1975 starts out strong and has a few twists and turns but is ultimately difficult to follow due to the poor quality and number of characters who behave in ways that often don't make sense. Mike and Amber go through this movie and try to understand who ended up with the ransom money. Plus, Mike shares an original character that he created for tabletop role playing games which is available for free download (see below).
Title: Wanted: Babysitter
Director: René Clément
IMDB Rating: 5.4 out of 10
Rating: NR
Content warnings: Kidnapping, child abuse, domestic abuse, the dog dies, murder, nudity, body horror, trauma, extortion, suicide, adultery
5th Edition Character: Vic the kidnapper
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