Tales From the Hood is a 1995 horror anthology film directed by Rusty Cundieff, and executive produced by Spike Lee. It presents four short African American-themed horror stories, presented within the frame story of three drug dealers buying some "found" drugs from an eccentric and story-prone funeral director.
The film begins with a trio of teenage drug dealers in South Central named Stack (Joe Torry), Ball (De'aundre Bonds), and Bulldog (Samuel...
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Tales From the Hood is a 1995 horror anthology film directed by Rusty Cundieff, and executive produced by Spike Lee. It presents four short African American-themed horror stories, presented within the frame story of three drug dealers buying some "found" drugs from an eccentric and story-prone funeral director.
The film begins with a trio of teenage drug dealers in South Central named Stack (Joe Torry), Ball (De'aundre Bonds), and Bulldog (Samuel Monroe, Jr.) arriving at a mortuary, Simms' Funeral Home, to purchase some drugs found in a back alley by the mortuary's eccentric owner, Mr. Simms (Clarence Williams III). Simms says he has stored the drugs safely inside the mortuary and asks the three to assist him in getting them. As the four make their way through the mortuary, Simms relates stories to the trio about some of his recent "customers."
During his first night on the job, young black police officer Clarence Smith (Anthony Griffith) is taken by his new partner Newton (Michael...
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