Tales from the Hood (1995)
Average Rating: 4.5/10
Reviews Counted: 16
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 10
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 1
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Movie Info
Boyz N the Hood meets Tales from the Crypt in this alternately horrific, funny, and socially conscious anthology film. The four grim vignettes are framed by the tale of three street hoods who break into Mr. Simm's inner-city funeral home to find a stash of drugs. The mortician puts them off, by telling them a few eerie stories about his "patrons." ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
May 24, 1995 Wide
Aug 21, 2001
HBO Video
Cast
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Clarence Williams II...
Mr. Simms -
Corbin Bernsen
Duke Metger -
Joe Torry
Stack -
Wings Hauser
Strom -
Anthony Griffith
Clarence -
Michael Massee
Newton -
Tom Wright
Martin Moorehouse -
Lamont Bentley
Crazy K -
Rosalind Cash
Dr. Cushing -
Rick Dean
Tattooed Man -
Don Dowe
Cell Orderly #1 -
Art Evans
Eli -
David Alan Grier
Carl -
Mark Christopher Law...
Prison Guard -
Bobby McGee
Limo Driver -
Roger Guenveur Smith
Rhodie -
Duane Whitaker
Billy -
Rusty Cundieff
Richard -
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Tim Hutchinson
Councilman Rogers -
Darin Scott
Top Cop -
Brandon Hammond
Walter -
Paula Jai Parker
Sissy -
Ryan Williams
Gangster #1 -
De'aundre Bonds
Ball -
Moon Jones
Cell Orderly #2
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All Critics (22) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (10) | DVD (2)
[This] predictably trite Tales isn't very scary.
Top CriticDecent concept. Poor execution.
As uneven as anthology films often are, but occasionally good, goofy fun.
Both fails to be the witty satire that it was promoted as being and the serious scarefest it actually aspires to be.
E.C. Comics-style horror films are the LAST place one should attempt serious social commentary.
The stories do get better as they go along, though all of them will seem overly familiar to fans of the genre.
Audience Reviews for Tales from the Hood
Super Reviewer
The soundtrack is also very good - This movie was made in 95' - a time where hip hop in my opinion had reached it's highest point. So it's definitely worth a look!
Super Reviewer
The Framing Story was a group of drug dealers visiting a funeral home and getting the stories before their drugs.
#1 - A tale of white police officers killing an innocent black man, and then then getting it back good and gorey.
#2 - A great story about a teacher visiting the parents of a boy who is drawing pictures of a monster. A surprising tale.
#3 - A governor is haunted by little slave dolls. Creepy as heck.
#4 - A boy in prison undergoes an experimental new treatment. Cool and eye-opening.
It's a great horror flick, with lots of scary scenes.
I really liked the ending at the funeral parlor.
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"Where nightmares and reality meet on the streets."
Tales from the Hood is actually a fairly decent little horror anthology. There's just enough humor to make all the stories go over pretty well. There are some recognizable faces including Corbin Bernsen(In the most ridiculous of all the stories) and David Allen Grier.
After three gangsters descend upon a funeral home in order to get their "shit" a mortician begins to tell them stories. The first story is of a black activist who is bringing down the crooked cops. The second is of a young student who is being tortured by a monster. The third is a former KKK member is running for office and is living in a house where a huge massacre of slaves occurred. Now the slaves souls live on in little dolls. The fourth is of a gangster who has killed many of his brothers and is treated to the same sorta of deal that Alex was in A Clockwork Orange. Rating these stories from best to worst; I'll go with the young student as the best, crooked cops in second, A Clockwork Orange storyline third and the dolls in fourth.
The best part of the anthology is actually when stories aren't being told and we are in the funeral home with the crazy mortician and the three gangsters. The start and ending are both really cool. The ending is hilarious, as is a lot of the movie. It's definitely worth a watch if you're into horror anthologies. As far as those go, Tales from the Hood isn't all that bad.