Tales from the Hood opens across the U.S. in 1995. The horror comedy anthology film stars David Alan Grier, Rosalind Cash, and Clarence Williams III and offers four stories based on racism, abuse, gang violence and police corruption. Despite mixed reviews, it is a success and is followed by a sequel in 2018.
This Day in Halloween: The provocative horror comedy anthology "Tales from the Hood" opens across the U.S. in 1995. / Illustration by Henry Ploch