These monstrous menaces to society all bear heavy messages. The special effects include discarded syringes become airborne weapons and a body twisted into a fleshy pretzel, and are mainly cheap gross-outs. The rest of the cast, including David Alan Grier, Wings Hauser, Rosalind Kind and Cundieff, engage either in under- or overacting. Worst of all is that predictably trite Tales isn't very scary. Just skim the headlines.
Reality is the spookiest hood.