What is up, you spooky bitches? Welcome back to another episode of the Hello Sydney podcast,

a podcast for horror lovers where we discuss any and all things horror. And it's me, your host,

Sydney. Happy Friday. How's everybody's day? What have you been up to? What have you been watching?

It is incredibly gloomy here. It has been all week. If you're watching this on video, you can probably

tell because usually I feel like it's a lot brighter because I use the natural light. gloomy here. It has been all week. If you're watching this on video, you can probably tell

because usually I feel like it's a lot brighter because I use the natural light. It's been snowing

here all week and raining. But honestly, I feel like it kind of goes with the somber mood of today's

episode, kind of, even despite the fact that Tales from the Hood is a horror comedy. So we're continuing our Black

History Month theme with Tales from the Hood from 1995. And this movie was based on the British

shows that were similar in the 70s. So like Tales from the Crypt, it literally takes its name from

that. And that's its biggest inspiration. And I feel like this movie, because it's a horror comedy, is really

overlooked and not really taken seriously, because again, horror comedy, you definitely see

comedic elements of it. There's also some really, like, kind of crappy visuals with it, like

effect-wise. So it is kind of like almost cheap looking at

time specifically at the end. But at the same time, this movie, the themes of it are so dark

and so real and so important to the black community especially because this movie really tackles these issues

that have been going on in America towards black communities for years, for centuries.

And this movie again came out in 1995 and it's still applicable.

It's still relevant.

It talks about police brutality and gang violence and hatred in politics. Like it's still relevant. It talks about police brutality and gang violence and hatred in politics.

Like, it's all incredibly relevant. And I don't think this movie gets enough credit for the message that it conveys.

And again, it's really deep and it's really dark. So fair wording about that. But again, there are some comedic elements because it is kind of

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