50 Date Night Screams - The House of Mystery (1934)

The House of Mystery (1934)

06/14/24 • 74 min

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

5th Edition Character: Chanda the Gorilla Queen

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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

5th Edition Character: Chanda the Gorilla Queen

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Watch this movie on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zg2ZbV0xeyI

Buy the 50 movie set: https://amzn.to/3Nj5PGn

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House of Danger (1934)

"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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House of Secrets (1936)

"The House of Secrets" is an old, dark house mystery from 1936. When a man unexpectedly inherits an English estate, he tries to take over the property only to find squatters there. He's later attacked by a group of American gangsters, and along with a detective friend, works to find out the mystery of why everyone wants to get into his house. Amber and Mike sum up the plot of this confusing movie, and Mike shares the original character he created based on this movie that you can download for use in tabletop role playing games.

Title: The House of Secrets

Director: Roland D. Reed

IMDB Rating: 5.0 out of 10

Rating: Approved

Content warnings: Misogyny, trivializing mental illness, kidnapping and abduction, violence, murder

5th Edition Character: Hector Munson, a poison gas wizard

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