TALES FROM THE HOOD 2 Opens This Year’s Fantasia Film Fest
Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott’s Tales from the Hood 2 will be premiering at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival. In fact, the film is set to open this year’s fest.
We just got word about the fest’s second wave of films, including this sequel starring Keith David, and the section of the official press release reads:
“Fantasia is proud to present the highly-anticipated world premiere of Universal 1440 Entertainment’s Tales from the Hood 2. The sequel to the groundbreaking original film Tales from the Hood reunites Executive Producer Spike Lee and writers/directors/producers Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott for an all-new gripping, horrifying, and oftentimes devilishly comical anthology. This next installment will keep viewers on the edge of their seats, as they course through several stories that explore socially relevant topics from the past and present.”
Nice!
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The original film was directed by Rusty Cundieff from a script written by Cundieff and producer Darin Scott. The film starred Corbin Bernsen, Rosalind Cash, David Alan Grier, Anthony Griffith, Wings Hauser, Paula Jai Parker, Joe Torry, and Clarence Williams III.
Tales from the Hood (1995) synopsis:
A creepy mortician, Mr. Simms, who attempts to scare teenage drug dealer Stack and his friends straight by telling them four horrifying stories. One is about a guilt-riddled cop who goes crazy after ignoring his corrupt partner. He also tells of a meek schoolboy with terrifying supernatural powers. Although the young thugs want to take their drugs and escape Mr. Simms, he still has two more tales to tell.
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