Tales from the Hood (1995)

In the shadowy recesses of a peculiar funeral parlor, three unsavory drug dealers, Samuel Monroe Jr., Joe Torry, and De'aundre Bonds, arrive to retrieve a concealed narcotics shipment. Their host, the enigmatic and offbeat Mr. Simms, played by Clarence Williams III, serves as the harrowing guide into the cryptic underworld of his deceased clientele. Navigating the eerie, casket-lined corridors, the trio are drawn into an uncanny labyrinth of four chilling tales, each echoing with a moralistic resonance. The stories, woven together by the eccentric funeral director, unfold gradually, escalating in their eerie intensity and serving as a grim reflection of the characters' own lives. The first haunting narrative recounts the tale of a man, unjustly slain by corrupt law enforcers. His voice echoes from beyond the grave, haunting the conscience of a guilt-ridden officer, Anthony Griffith, imploring him to seek justice. The second tale delves into the life of a troubled boy, Walter, played by Brandon Hammond, his tormentor, David Alan Grier, and a discerning teacher, Rusty Cundieff, who senses a sinister undercurrent in the boy's life. As the dealers' patience starts to fray, the narrative steers into the third tale, a chilling chronicle of a white supremacist gubernatorial candidate, Corbin Bernsen, living in a house tainted by its past of racial violence and an ominous supernatural entity that he stubbornly ignores. The finale of the macabre quartet features Lamont Bentley, a hardened criminal who consents to endure a grotesque behavioral modification program implemented by a government scientist, Rosalind Cash. The tales, much like the labyrinthine funeral parlor, twist and turn, each more terrifying than the last, until the drug dealers' grim task reaches its conclusion. However, they soon discover that the horrors of Mr. Simms' stories pale in comparison to the malevolent truth lurking within the funeral home itself. This thrilling journey into Tales from the Hood is an electrifying blend of horror, social commentary, and the enduring power of storytelling.

Tales from the Hood is a crime movie featuring Clarence Williams III.

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