Tales from the Hood (1995)

A funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.

Director:

Rusty Cundieff

Writers:

Rusty Cundieff, Darin Scott

Stars:

Clarence Williams III, Corbin Bernsen, Joe Torry

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Clarence Williams III	...	Mr. Simms
Joe Torry	...	Stack
De'aundre Bonds	...	Ball
Samuel Monroe Jr.	...	Bulldog
Wings Hauser	...	Strom
Tom Wright	...	Martin Moorehouse
Anthony Griffith	...	Clarence
Michael Massee	...	Newton
Duane Whitaker	...	Billy
David Alan Grier	...	Carl
Brandon Hammond	...	Walter
Rusty Cundieff	...	Richard
Paula Jai Parker	...	Sissy
Corbin Bernsen	...	Duke Metger
Roger Guenveur Smith	...	Rhodie

Storyline

Four short, moralistic horror vignettes (a la EC Comics) that deal with mostly black characters. The framing story introduces three youths out to pick up a drug shipment at a funeral parlor from the strange director, Mr. Simms. As the three punks wind their way through the parlor, Mr. Simms tells them the last stories of some of his more interesting clients.

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Plot Keywords:

child abuse | serial murder | revenge from beyond the grave | killer doll | civil rights activist | 

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Taglines:

Where nightmares and reality meet on the street

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Genres:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for graphic brutal violence and strong language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 May 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Welcome to My Mortuary

Filming Locations:

2261 West 21st Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$11,797,927

Company Credits

Production Co:

40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks,Savoy Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rosalind Cash's final movie role.

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Goofs

When the teacher gets pooped on by the mouse, it is in two places. But when he is inside, the poop is in one big pile.

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Quotes

Shot Little Girl: I didn't do anything! I was just playing in my room, and a bullet from your gun came through the wall.
Crazy K: [visibly shaken] A bullet don't got a name on it! You was just in the wrong place at the wrong time!

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Alternate Versions

In most broadcast TV versions, along with omitting/replacing the profanity, some versions show Walter's body in the casket at the end of his story "Boys Do Get Bruised" instead of the charred remains of his mother's abusive boyfriend Carl.

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Connections

References The Wiz (1978)

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Soundtracks

One Less Nigga
Performed by MC Eiht

User Reviews

crap on a stick

I guess since I am a white male from the South my views will not be posted. I love horror films, and always have. This movie makes every white guy in existence a bigot/racist, but would that not be the view of this director. I say it is. All indications aside the movie is not well written or acted except for Clarence Williams III. A superb actor in my reckoning. I make no support for the Klan or for racism, but this flick speaks of it in leaps and bounds from the other side of the fence. If this is a cry for help my only guess is that they needed some good actors and a lot better budget. Again I don't expect my opinion to be posted nor allowed to make further postings even though it is my right, and the only film i have ever felt this way about.

Proud from the South