Tales from the Hood

Clarence Williams III Director: Rusty Cundieff Rusty Cundieff

Overview

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."

Product Details

Release Date:	04/18/2017
UPC:	0826663174601
Original Release:	1995
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Color]
Time:	1:38:00
Sales rank:	7,609

Special Features

New "The Making of Tales From The Hood" - Featuring interviews with Co-Writer/Director Rusty Cundieff, Co-Writer/Producer Darin Scott, Actors Corbin Bernsen, Wings Hauser, Anthony Griffith ; Audio Commentary with Rusty Cundieff; Vintage Featurette; Theatrical Trailer; TV Spots

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Clarence Williams	Mr. Simms
Corbin Bernsen	Duke Metger
Joe Torry	Stack
Wings Hauser	Strom
Anthony Griffith	Clarence
Michael Massee	Newton
Lamont Bentley	Crazy K
Tom Wright	Martin Moorehouse
Duane Whitaker	Billy
David Alan Grier	Carl
Brandon Hammond	Walter
Rusty Cundieff	Richard
Paula Jai Parker	Sissy
Rosalind Cash	Dr. Cushing
Don Dowe	Cell Orderly #1
Chris Edwards	Ty
Tim Hutchinson	Councilman Rogers
Bobby McGee	Limo Driver
Darin Scott	Top Cop
Mark Christopher Lawrence	Prison Guard
Rick Dean	Tattooed Man
Ryan Williams	Gangster #1
Art Evans	Eli
Moon Jones	Cell Orderly #2
Roger Guenveur Smith	Rhodie
De'Aundre Bonds	Ball

Technical Credits

Rusty Cundieff

Darin Scott

Rusty Cundieff	Director,Screenwriter
Stuart Blatt	Production Designer
Chalres Bornstein	Editor
Kenneth Hall	Makeup Special Effects
Spike Lee	Producer
Oliver Moss	Musical Direction/Supervision
Robi Reed-Humes	Casting
Anthony Richmond	Cinematographer
Darin Scott	Producer,Screenwriter
Christopher Young	Score Composer

Editorial Reviews

This entertaining horror anthology is set in the scariest places in America: its inner-city ganglands. The four stories here are, of course, of varying quality: "Rogue Cop Revelation" and "KKK Comeuppance" are both preachy and average, while "Boys Do Get Bruised" is a well-done tale of magical revenge similar to the "Sweets to the Sweet" segment of The House That Dripped Blood. The best story is "Hard Core Convert," in which a tough-talking "gangsta" (Lamont Bentley) is strapped to a table by a sinister doctor (Rosalind Cash) and shown hellish visions of the consequences of his lifestyle. Ending on a strong note with that story and a fun wraparound segment, Tales from the Hood deserves more of a look from horror fans than it got, being one of the best such anthologies of recent years.

All Movie Guide - Robert Firsching