I'm not going to add much, since most has been said already. I just wanted to state that I really enjoyed this movie. It not only pays a good homage to the classic EC comics (or at least the adapted early movie versions or series) but it manages to portray profound messages in a ...( read more)
Clarence Williams III, Corbin Bernsen
Revenge/horror motif played out again and again and again, but this time with racial implications. Three drug-dealing thugs look for a stash in a funeral parlor and get the grand tour from Mr. Simms, ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 21, 2001
Stats: 366 reviews
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July 14, 2007
A great anthology of African American based horror tales.
The Framing Story was a group of drug dealers visiting a funeral home and getting the stories before their drugs.
#1 - A tale of white police officers killing an innocent black man, and then then getting it back good...( read more) -
August 17, 2009
i used to watch this movie all the time as a teen i couldnt get enough of it
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February 16, 2009
Whoever wrote the plot summary on here is a very close minded individual. Combining three things I like a lot: Anthologies, Horror, and black people. There's a reason why there's been nothing like this before and after it came out: everyone stopped trying. The mid 90's were a goo...( read more)
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December 9, 2008
in many ways this movie probly got such a high rating from me cause i enjoyed watching it so much when it first came out on vhs
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August 17, 2008
The director knew what he was doing making this movie and he also made that movie Sprung that was also good
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July 7, 2008
this is such a gd horror film i love it its like tales from the cyrpt but tales from the hood they tell stories there gd stroies and some scary ones
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