49. Tales From The Hood

49. Tales From The Hood

Rotten Tomatoes: 38%    IMDB: 5.8

Plot: An anthology film focusing on a trio of gang bangers trying to pick up some drugs from a funeral home and the creepy mortician that is stalling for time by telling them stories about how the people met their fate. The first story deals with a group of racist cops facing the vengeful corpse of a man they murdered. The second is about a child being abused at home. The third is about a bevy of murderous spirit dolls and the final tale is about a gangster being reformed ala Clockwork Orange.


My thoughts: Like all anthology movies this one is uneven. The first story has some decent gore but the acting and characters are awful and the story is tripe and predictable. The second is by far the best with a creepy turn by comedian David Allan Grier as an abusive monster. The third... why do so many anthology horror films have murderous dolls I just don't get it. The character of the racist politician is cartoony and his death is not satisfying because of this. The fourth story is entertaining in the make you think kind of way, the whole message being that gangsters are no better than Klansmen and the only real way to deal with them apparently is death seems like an odd message coming from Spike Lee but is a conversation starter. All in all not a bad film, I'm a little prejudice towards it because I remember it fondly from my youth and I always think about this one girl I had a crush on who said it was her favorite movie, that always made me like it just a little bit more.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Image
3. Cabin in the Woods Plot: 5 teens go into the woods and some bad stuff goes down My thoughts: I freaking love this movie, it is one of the best horror films of the past decade. It is loaded with injokes and forces you to examine who exactly you root for in these types of movies. Joss Whedon's brand of humor really shines in this film. High Recommend. 
Read more
Image
4. Lords of Salem Plot: Directed by Rob Zombie and starring Sherri Moon Zombie the movie takes place in modern day Salem where Sherri Moon Zombie plays Heidi a local DJ at a rock station. She receives an album by a band called "The Lords" that when played on air has a strange trance like effect on the women in town. Things get weird as "The Lords" plan a show in Salem. My thoughts: This is a strange one. Of all of Rob Zombie's films this is the one I am most on the fence about. I liked House of 1000 corpses, I loved Devil's Rejects, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is easily one of the funniest things I've seen in awhile and then there are his awful Halloween remakes which I despise so where does this one fall? I really don't know. I thought it was well made, this is a beautifully shot film. The violence is tame and the colors are brilliant. Sherri Moon Zombie gives a complex and believable performance as Heidi. There are definite n
Read more

Purple People Eater

Image
Purple People Eater (1988) IMDB: 4.5 A long time ago in a department store far, far away a six year old me was browsing through the display of Halloween titles on video tape the store had set up, and there amongst the Jasons and Freddies was a movie based on a song starring TV's Doogie Howser, I walked out of that store without purchasing this film a mistake that has hung over my life for decades, a mistake that thanks to the glory that is youtube has now been rectified. Dear readers I give to you Purple People Eater starring Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Neil Patrick Harris, Dustin Diamonds, Thora Birch and Sheb Wooley. Billy Winters (Neil Patrick Harris) has been left at home with his older sister whom we never see again and his younger sister Molly (Thora Birch) in the care of their Grandpa (Ned Beatty). Grandpa enlists Billy's help repainting his apartment, planting flowers and laughing...laughing at everything no matter how funny it may or may not be in that bi
Read more