robert-macc In "American History X" "bro" is black slang. Now it's white slang in this one. This is one of the dumbest moments in movies. If you really wanna see how bad it is, check it out for yourself. This movie is one of the most unrealistic pieces of crud on the planet. That's one. 2 This movie makes it seem Nazis were Nordicist. Nazis were never Nordicists at all. Nazis were anti-Nordicist (as Denmark was conquered by the Gemrans, and Hitler said many bad things about Germanic and Anglo-Saxon people as well as Jews). This is one of the lousiest pieces of crud. And the scene that I'm talking is in the last tale about the hardcore convert. So I warn you, smart people, skip this one, unless you really wanna see how bad it is. For that see it on Youtube don't waste your money on this.

nebulosusseverine *Possible spoilers*Horror movie tropes are paired with sociological issues in this underrated horror film. In my opinion, some of the best horror and sci-fi films reflect the political climate of the era in which they are made. Tales from the Hood is a great example, and still relevant over 20 years later. It's also one of the best examples of a horror anthology film.On one level, we have a somewhat typical cheesy horror flick with low-budget special effects and some silly moments. But the real core of this film is that the horrors of real life are scarier than the supernatural events portrayed.Zombies, monsters in the closet, haunted dolls, and a mad scientist laboratory are all used as frameworks for truly terrifying, real life social issues - police brutality and corruption, domestic violence, white supremacists running for political office, and gang violence. The final story also seems as a cautionary tale.

tbald1980-1 I wrote a review for this on Amazon a couple years ago, I figured I'd do one here as well. The first time I saw this, I expected a comedy, boy! I was dead wrong! To be honest, the first two stories were so freaky, I had my mom turn it off. Obviously, I'm a lot harder to scare now and like it overall, despite the constant language. It's kind of a social commentary with realism and supernatural overtones mixed together. This was my first horror anthology, followed by several others It's got a decent script, even though some will say 'I've seen all this before' but to me, clichéd doesn't have to mean bad, if the right people are in it/behind and in front of the camera, this was also my first Spike Lee film, so I won't judge it on those merits. I know he didn't direct it, but I've heard about a lot of his movies, some look pretty good. By the way, I'm not black either, but I have a large amount of respect for them. I'm getting off track here, bottom line: if you like horror stories with some semblance of reality, you'll probably enjoy this too, but you'll have to overlook the language.

marymorrissey For all but the last vignette this movie seems to be the occasion for lots and lots of gleeful indulgence in pretty disgusting racist profanity and other really offensive material - eg the violence at home chez monster in the closet which was really really over the top and next to nauseating and all the stuff that comes out of "duke's" mouth as he's chased around by the little dolls. there are lots and lots of roles of the sort that black actors really hate to play and constantly complain of being stuck with the 2 exceptions being those in which CW III and Roger GS are cast, both of them being a little too classy to offer any of the other negative-stereotypical central casting black roles that comprise the rest of the film. The white actors in this film, actually, are subjected to that sort of casting that blacks have to put up with lol so that's kind of funny. Poor Corbin Bernsen not that LA Law was such a great height to fall from but still . . . But it's OK ya dig cause it's directed by a black guy and co written by him with a white guy (let's sing together now, "ebony... and ivory..." etc) Well, it all sort of makes sense when you see the producer is spike lee, and so . . . I mean basically it has the same problem as the other spike lee films I've seen in that it's fundamentally separatist and whites and blacks can both enjoy making boogie men of each other in this movie. lucky audience eh? makes very strange viewing.The last story, though, was pretty cool though and sort of a tour de force all around, even if it was a copy of another film it was certainly freshened up. I would like to see its equivalent in Gay Cinema which is so full of us vs them BS.It was really cute how they made use of CWII's gap tooth smile :)This is a really tough one to rate so I'll give it a 7!