Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- dread-filled
- grotesque
- sardonic
- late night horror viewing
- cult movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as a mixed but distinctive horror anthology whose social commentary and memorable performances were offset by uneven execution.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Each vignette presents wrongdoing involving abuse, police brutality, racism, or betrayal and answers it through horrific supernatural consequences.
Mr. Simms receives three youths at a funeral parlor and narrates the stories of unusual clients as they move through the mortuary.
The segments address black community experience through subjects including police brutality, the ku klux klan, plantation history, and child abuse.
The anthology centers mostly black characters and moves between ghetto life, institutional spaces, historical plantation imagery, and supernatural realms.
Films like Tales from the Hood, and why
Creepshow
episodic horror anthology using moralistic supernatural tales and a framing narrative
Scream Blacula Scream
socially conscious horror anthology with racial violence, urban folklore, and pointed allegory
The People Under the Stairs
black-centered horror blending supernatural revenge, community themes, and genre satire
Movie Details
- Director
- Rusty Cundieff
- Release Date
- 1995-05-24
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (199)
Cast
- Clarence Williams III
- Joe Torry
- De'Aundre Bonds
- Samuel Monroe Jr.
- Wings Hauser
- Tom Wright
- Anthony Griffith
- Michael Massee
- Duane Whitaker
- David Alan Grier
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz, Starz Apple TV channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Tales from the Hood about?
- A flamboyant mortician recounts supernatural morality tales that turn racism, abuse, and brutality into grotesque retribution.
- What is Tales from the Hood like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Tales from the Hood as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Tales from the Hood violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Tales from the Hood as graphic.
- What did critics think of Tales from the Hood?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as a mixed but distinctive horror anthology whose social commentary and memorable performances were offset by uneven execution.
- Which films are like Tales from the Hood?
- Films with a similar feel include Creepshow, Scream Blacula Scream, and The People Under the Stairs.
- How long is Tales from the Hood?
- Tales from the Hood runs 98 minutes.
- Where can I watch Tales from the Hood?
- In United States, Tales from the Hood streams on Philo, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz, Starz Apple TV channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel.
