TALES FROM THE HOOD (1995)

 





















Directed by: Rusty Cundieff
Executive producer: Spike Lee
Starring: Corbin Bernsen, Rosalind Cash, Rusty Cundieff, David Alan Grier, Anthony Griffith, Wings Hauser, Lamont Bentley, Paula Jai Parker, Joe Torry, Clarence Williams III, De'Aundre Bonds, Samuel Monroe Jr, Tom Wright, Michael Massee, Duane Whitaker, Brandon Hammond, Roger Guenveur Smith, Art Evans, Christina Cundieff, Cameron, Tom Everett, Ricky Harris, T'Keyah "Crystal" Keymah, Rick Dean

98 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore, drug use, disturbing images)

PLOT:
When three drug dealers are called to a funeral parlor to collect a stash of drugs, they are greeted by the creepy, eccentric Mr. Simms, who proceeds to tell them four moralistic tales of terror regarding the deceased who lie in his parlor. The first tale concerns a man murdered by crooked police officers and the officer who begins hearing his voice from beyond the grave to avenge his death. The second story deals with a boy named Walter, the monster who torments him, and the teacher who realizes that something is wrong. The third story deals with a white supremacist running for governor who lives in an old house with a history of racial violence and who refuses to heed the warnings of the supernatural presence that occupies it. Finally, the fourth story deals with a career criminal who agrees to undergo a horrific behavioral modification program overseen by a government-employed scientist. The stories each become gradually scarier as Mr. Simms go on and as the drug dealers begin to lose their patience, until they are ultimately given what they have come for - and find that there is something much more evil to the funeral home than they ever realized.