STREET TALES OF TERROR is a blaxploitation horror anthology, shot on video in a very dated way that makes it look like it comes from the mid 1990s. There are exactly three stories that take place here and none of them are remotely convincing, although I did get a few chuckles from the sheer poor quality of them. The first story is a predictable one of ghostly revenge, the second is about the ghost of an aborted foetus and quite sick, although too poor quality to be disturbing. The final story is about a high school suicide ghost. Nothing here is very effective; it's a film to be endured rather than enjoyed.
... View MoreUrban Chills, one of those multi-DVD packs. I recently came across one in a $5 bin at Wal-mart. So I shrugged, got out my wallet, and wondered "How bad could it be?!" Overall, the collection is atrocious. But there are a few genuinely good films hidden among the drek. STREET TALES OF TERROR is one of the better ones.Three young punks gun down their competition in a supposedly abandoned warehouse. But to their surprise, they discover a homeless man hiding out there. The hobo asks them to spare his life long enough to tell them three horror stories. The first, called "The Reckoning", is about a group of friends who accidentally drown a little girl. Twenty years later, she comes back as a murderous ghost. The second story, called "The Clinic", is about a girl deciding whether or not to abort her baby. Finally, "Graduation Night" is about a group of college kids who participate in a drunken orgy. One of the girls got raped and, soon after, hangs herself. On the night of graduation, the remaining kids go back into the supposedly haunted dorm room. Know what happens next? Overall, the movie's good. Though some of the acting, filming, and scripting could've been better. I did, however, enjoy the finale. I won't give it away except to say the hobo makes it out alive!
... View MoreThis film is simply GREAT; it should be a must for MR. Stephen Spielbrg to view for the BIG SCREEN This team of filmmakers are simply the BEST. This movie should go places beyond our wildest dreams. This movie covers much ground relative in many communities every day. I can imagine much more terror if the budget was bigger. The topic was universal with wonderful actors making it so believable. Great scenes with much creative thinking patterns. The suspense was exciting with a twist of humor. Best Wishes to the Filmmakers and all the team players. You are simply the BEST! Blessings unto you K.Bills
... View MoreAfter witnessing a murder, an old homeless man(Wayne Dehart)bargains for his life by telling the killers three stories of horror where the spirits of the wronged seeks revenge. In one tale, a young girl is drowned by cruel friends; in another yarn, a young woman intends a clinical abortion until enduring horrid dreams of giving birth; and the third story is of a small midterm party in a girls dorm that ends in rape and murder. This very low budget item would go better with room temperature Thunderbird in a bag and a platter of hot wings. Its hard to call them actors, but credited as cast members: Staci Harris, Timothy Eric, Tenia Yarbrough and Aziza Anderson.
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