Genuinely? One of my favorite anthology films and EASILY the best horror anthology I’ve seen. Hilarious that I JUST saw Dead of Night last night and this (I think) pays homage to that (scary puppet!) or at least follows the same format.

Amazed at how creative it goes about telling such heavy stories. At any given moment this is either funny, horrific, powerful, or incredibly unique. You truly can’t lose here.

An all timer if you ask me, I love every segment and how there’s nothing subtle about this bold, loud, slice of 90’s Fire. Unlike many, 90’s horror is actually one of my favorite things... and Tales From the Hood is one of the decades Crown Jewels—delivering the goods (the shit!) in droves. 

Might be my favorite anthology and easily has my favorite cryptkeeper. 

Modern classic.

Rest In Peace Clarence Williams III ❤️❤️❤️ 

You will always be… THE SHIT.

A 1970's Amicus/E.C. portmanteau reconstituted in 1990's horrorcore, Tales From The Hood is conceptually and structurally unified to a much greater extent than most anthology horror films, finding real terrors within citizens murdered at the hands of police, domestic violence, white supremacist politicians, the prison system, gang warfare. Tales From The Hood is most notably a classical horror film, directly in keeping with its Dead Of Night/Tales From The Crypt/Creepshow lineage, without throwaway segments or overreliance on comedic relief. Pointedly, the wraparound is set in a funeral home, allowing for the stories of the dead to be retold. Tales From The Hood is agitprop horror, direct in its anger, finely crafted in its effects. One of the great works of 90's horror, my only regret is that there weren't more of these such that Clarence Williams III's Funeral Director could not have had another shot at becoming the masscult horror host/icon as so obviously and desperately required.

A horror anthology that slices through social issues sharper than a straight razor, blending satire, scares, and brutal truths with a wickedly sharp edge.

Rusty Cundieff’s cult classic anthology! I guess I didn’t realize how much of this I had already seen in bits and pieces; Clarence Williams III maniacally saying “THE SHITTTTT” has been seared into my brain for god knows how long now to the point where 90% of this feels like a rewatch (so I’m counting it as such—shut up!). Important in how direct it is with its parallels to political/racial/social/domestic issues, but also just wildly entertaining in how campy and low budget it can be at times (the voodoo puppets segment has always been my favorite and the ending is just goofy af). I will say, though, for a movie that claims to combat discrimination, its final story sure does viciously target epileptics by strobing nonstop for like 10 minutes straight.

Campy and horrifying at the same time she’s perfect I love her

Deserves much more credit than it gets for both anticipating and influencing the wave of social horror we’ve witnessed over the past decade. Thrilling, thoughtful, and nasty where it counts. Clarence Williams III’s performance is legendary.

I’ve been dabbling back into CHAPELLE’S SHOW, and thinking about Rusty Cundieff. I hadn’t seen this since high school, and while it’s still a conventional horror anthology, it’s also still way ahead of the curve. Often mislabeled as a comedy, it’s essentially Carpenterian—socially audacious, angry, surprisingly brutal, and well-crafted.

maybe the best horror anthology and the bar is high