Street Tales of Terror (2004)

Best movie of this year hands down!

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Remember "Tales From The Hood?" if not, it was basically a black version of "Tales From The Crypt" Remember "Snoop Doggs Hood Of Horrors"? Basically a ripoff of "Tales From The Hood" if you haven't seen either of these movies, don't worry. The makers of this movie have. This movie almost completely rips off "Tales from the hood" and also almost has the exact same wrap around story, but is different enough to keep it from going over the line of complete plagiarism, which it straddles uncomfortably close. But having said that, for a ripoff, its not a bad movie.

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.

...for the one watching this film.First story is about three girls who don't save a drowning girl because she isn't cool enough? Or she tattled on one girl and that meant she should die! Though one girl did feel bad about it but didn't really come clean until 20 years later. Didn't matter, the dead little girl, who when alive was a sweet girl, dead she was a killing monster. What was the significance of 20 years? I have no idea. Maybe that's how long it takes for the dead to walk the Earth.Second story was kind of short but seemed to be anti-abortion. Woman goes to get a second abortion (she got one when she was 17) but apparently she's schizophrenic or something because she has these wacky dreams where her aborted fetus baby is coming to go back in her womb. Of course that was the first wacky dream. The second one the doctor is mad and just keeps taking her organs out until he gets to a new born 9 month fetus baby who mysteriously grows to a four year old and then literally crawls back into his mother (wearing briefs) where she then wakes up again and decides to keep the creepy underwear baby. The moral of that story is: if you have an abortion a creepy fetus briefs wearing baby will crawl back up into you so might as well just have the baby.Third story of three guys sneaking very loudly into a girl's dormitory but on the hush hush. They get up there, start drinking, and proceed to play a card game. I kid you not. A card game. Wild, just wild, man. Oh, and then spin the bottle. It was 1975. Back then it was like the 1950s. Well, everyone is now drunk and one guy rapes a girl while the others just discuss if they should do something to stop it. Say what? The raped girl gets pregnant and then expelled from school. It's a college, right? I mean, didn't seem to be highly religious but they wereñ't exactly specific on that, either. It does get a bit depressing after that...moral of the story is: if you were a sweet girl while alive you're going to be an evil revenge seeker when you're dead. Just look at the first story. Where's Casper the friendly ghost when you need him? Or that little girl from the Sixth Sense? She was nice.Seemed more like a comedy in parts than anything. Most likely unintentionally. Some of the acting was awful while other acting was passable to somewhat good. The stories were awful and had no good moral. The music was elevatoresque. Black films usually have great music even if low budget or poorly acted. Not this one.Overall, it took the concept of 1001 Arabian Nights and destroyed it. Too bad. Could have been good even in the horror genre. There was no real horror until the zombies at the end...Well, that kid crawling up into his mother's womb was pretty horrific but not in a scary way. More a gross makes me want to regurgitate way.

This 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