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Tales from the Hood

1995 · 98 min · Director: Rusty Cundieff ★ IMDb 6.6 · 11,498 ratings

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Four short, moralistic horror vignettes (a la EC Comics) that deal with mostly black characters. The framing story introduces three youths out to pick up a drug shipment at a funeral parlor from the strange director, Mr. Simms. As the three punks wind their way through the parlor, Mr. Simms tells them the last stories of some of his more interesting clients.

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Tales from the Hood (1995) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 30%, Anger 25%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Fear
25%Anger
  1. Fear30%
  2. Anger25%
  3. Humor15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Anger, Disturbing. Genres: Drama, Crime, Horror. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Anger and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Fear

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Disturbing
Fear
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingFear
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension45 %43 %22 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension55 %50 %38 %33 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Disturbing73 %65 %60 %41 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Tension80 %75 %64 %53 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Tension84 %81 %68 %73 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Fear80 %75 %69 %74 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Sadness68 %60 %56 %55 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Tension64 %59 %51 %48 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Tension71 %69 %60 %54 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Disturbing79 %70 %69 %57 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Disturbing74 %54 %64 %41 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Disturbing68 %49 %57 %33 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Tension71 %64 %59 %48 %
67.5 %≈ 66′Tension79 %75 %64 %63 %
72.5 %≈ 71′Tension79 %73 %68 %59 %
77.5 %≈ 76′Disturbing75 %66 %70 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 81′Disturbing79 %70 %75 %48 %
87.5 %≈ 86′Disturbing85 %79 %79 %61 %
92.5 %≈ 91′Fear78 %69 %70 %60 %
97.5 %≈ 96′Disturbing60 %45 %53 %38 %
Oedipus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

CW
Clarence Williams III

Clarence Williams III

Mr. Simms (segment "Welcome to My Mortuary")

DB
De'Aundre Bonds

Ball (segment "Welcome to My Mortuary")

SM
Samuel Monroe Jr.

Bulldog (segment "Welcome to My Mortuary")

WH
Wings Hauser

Strom (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")

Tom Wright

Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")

AG
Anthony Griffith

Clarence (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")

Michael Massee

Newton (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")

DW
Duane Whitaker

Billy (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")

David Alan Grier

Carl Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")

BH
Brandon Hammond

Walter Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")

RC
Rusty Cundieff

Richard (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")

PJ
Paula Jai Parker

Sissy Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")

Roger Guenveur Smith

Rhodie (segment "KKK Comeuppance")

Art Evans

Eli (segment "KKK Comeuppance")

RC
Rosalind Cash

Dr. Cushing (segment "Hard Core Convert")

LB
Lamont Bentley

Crazy K (segment "Hard Core Convert")

DD
Don Dowe

Cell Orderly #1

MJ
Moon Jones

Cell Orderly #2

Details

Directed by
Rusty Cundieff
Written by
Darin Scott, Rusty Cundieff
Type
Movies
Released
1995
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 11,498 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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