[Once
again I'm going to attempt to do a horror(ish) movie review a day for the
entire month of October. I've done this the last few years on The Cleveland
Movie Blog. Most of the time I succeeded (usually with the help of a few other
writers). Other times I didn't. We'll see if I can pull it off this year.]
I’m
pretty sure I’ve mentioned this in a review before, but it bears repeating. Everyone
seems to understand that science fiction explores themes that deal with real
life, often controversial social and political issues like racism, religion, and
power-hungry leaders. But horror is all too often assumed to be devoid of such
insights even though it can be just as political.
Case
in point: Rusty Cundief and Darin Scott’s TALES
FROM THE HOOD 2. As the title implies, the structure and tone come from the
old E.C. comic books (and the TV show they inspired), ‘Tales From the Crypt’. That
is to say, there’s a “host” who introduces a series of creepy stories that are
generally as campy as they are gruesome, and almost always end with a twist.
