99 $19.98 $19.98. He is finished off by the three gunmen, who leave his corpse abandoned in the street. With Carl's attention elsewhere, Walter grabs a drawing he made of the monster, and begins to fold and crumple it. Mr. Simms proceeds to explain the final moments of the man known as Crazy K. Jerome "Crazy K" Johns (Lamont Bentley) is a hardened gangster and homicidal psychopath who has killed many people mercilessly. (1995). After noticing a blank spot on the painting, Metger comes in contact with the doll itself, now animated, and has a fight with it. The film opens by introducing as to the four characters starring in a frame story. horror comic books of the 1950s. With Clarence Williams III, Corbin Bernsen, Joe Torry, De'aundre Bonds. Pointedly, the wraparound is set in a funeral home, allowing for the stories of … He initially thinks that the school bully, Tyrone, gave him the bruises, though Walter claims that he was attacked by a monster. Strom and Newton open fire on Moorehouse, but the bullets have no effect, prompting them to flee in horror. He is driving down the streets of Los Angeles when he encounters his rival, Lil' Deke (Ricky Harris), whom he pursues and guns down. Metger explains how Wilkes, upon hearing that his slaves would be freed at the end of the Civil War, flew into a murderous rage and massacred all of them. ", Cundieff's parents appear in the story, "KKK Comeuppance." The film had four short African American-themed horror stories. Strom and Billy drive Moorehouse's car to the docks. After looking into another casket, the contents of which are not seen, Mr. Simms tells them a story about a boy named Walter. He is then loaded onto a gyroscopic modulator, forced to visualize images involving KKK members and actual photographs of lynching victims, interspersed with grisly, stylized footage of gang violence and his own actions. Metger takes the doll outside to his porch and ties it to a dart board. Directed by Rusty Cundieff svg-skull svg-skull svg-skull svg-skull svg-skull 1994 NR English 97min. The framing story introduces three youths out to pick up a drug shipment at a funeral parlor from the strange director, Mr. Simms. Clarence Williams and the rest of the cast are terrific in the hip and scary Tales From The Hood 1995 DVD. In November 2016, it was announced that the film was to be made available on Blu-ray from Scream Factory, which was released on April 18, 2017. Terrified, Metger turns around to see an army of dolls, led by the same doll he blasted. Having refused the opportunity to redeem himself, Crazy K is transported back to the moment when he originally was shot. It can't just be, 'We're scaring you,'" Cundieff said. Smith tells Newton that Billy and Strom should be reported for what they did, but Newton tells Smith that officers are not to break "the code" and rat each other out. Sissy and Walter look on, relieved as Carl's body is being burned. [2] He remembered visiting a friend's house, who lived down the block from his childhood home in Pittsburgh, and seeing his friend's younger sister "gagged and hogtied" in the basement. Walter explains to Richard that he can overcome something he doesn't like, such as the monster he keeps talking about, by destroying an image of it. "The stories, you know, they're not as big as the first Tales," Cundieff told the podcast Pod of Madness. In the midst of his latest racist rant, Metger realizes more doll images in the painting have faded to white. Tales From The Hood took the popular comic, TV series, and film series, placed it in an urban setting and made it about the struggles of blacks in America. She had no problem. Tales From The Hood is a 1995 horror anthology film, directed by Rusty Cundieff. Crazy K, badly injured but still alive, is arrested and sent to prison, serving a life sentence without parole. Later that year, the film was released on VHS and LaserDisc by HBO. Walter Johnson (Brandon Hammond) is a quiet and sensitive boy who transfers to a new school one day with bruises around his cheek and eye. Meanwhile, the dealers have grown impatient and ready for the drugs, not wanting to listen to any more of Mr. Simms's strange stories. Walter's caring teacher, Richard Garvy (Rusty Cundieff), notices the bruises and talks to Walter. Four short, moralistic horror vignettes (a la EC Comics) that deal with mostly black characters. Terrified, Newton exits his vehicle and shoots its gas tank, though the ensuing explosion doesn't put down Moorehouse. Tales from the hood - Trailer (1995) - YouTube When 3 young men from the rough side of L.A. wonders into a funeral parlor to discuss drug business with an insane mortician. When Simms asks them if they knew the man inside the casket, Bulldog says that he was just someone they had seen around their neighborhood. ... 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. Dr. Cushing goes into the fact that Crazy K killed many innocent black people without remorse or second thought. Quarter 2 Choice book 2 Book: The Sisters Grimm book 6- Tales from the hood is a fantasy book written by Michael Buckley. Seen through Walter's imagination, it is revealed that Carl is, in actuality, the “monster.” Thinking that Walter is mocking him by drawing him as a monster, Carl begins to terrorize Walter and then whips Sissy with a belt when she intervenes. It included four stories each dealing with a socio-political issue from the police to domestic abuse to racist politicians to gang violence. According to Cundieff, Universal Pictures currently holds the rights to the film, but there were no prints available to reissue the film on the Blu-ray format in 2015. According to Cundieff, the idea for "Tales from the Hood" came from a one-act play he performed a few times in L.A. called "The Black Horror Show: Blackanthropy. After Richard leaves, Walter crumples up the drawing of Tyrone, causing the real Tyrone to suffer spontaneous injuries. He covers himself in the American flag as the dolls converge and devour him. After disarming them, Simms explains that after the murder of Crazy K, they were killed by Crazy K's associates as retaliation. According to legend, the dolls are supposedly still in the house. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. In 1998, HBO Home Video released the film on DVD, which has since gone out of print. More Buying Choices $7.49 (10 used & new offers) Blu-ray $17.99 $ 17. Five strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die. Sissy stomps on the wadded-up paper to kill Carl. Simms tells them that the funeral home really is Hell and transforms into Satan. Tales From The Hood is a 1995 horror anthology film, directed by Rusty Cundieff. And luckily for fans of the classics, this Saturday at 9 p.m. Stack, Ball and Bulldog arrive at a local funeral parlor to retrieve a lost drug stash held by the mortician Mr. Simms (Clarence Williams III). He just felt that even with his badge and with his position he wasn't in a position to deal with that," Cundieff told Jordan Gass-Poore', host of the podcast Pod of Madness. Simms leads them deeper into the funeral home and tells them their "reward" is in three closed caskets. The story ends with Smith in a mental hospital. The film features four short Hood Film-themed horror stories, with a Framing Device that is itself a horror story. Strom shoots the battered Moorehouse up with some of the heroin he, Newton, and Billy have been dealing, plants some in his car, then pushes it into the water with Moorehouse still inside. 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