Spike Lee Archives

Tales from the Hood (1995)

Rating: ★★★

Jul 23, 2014African-American Horror Anthology

Horror anthology with a specific focus around African-American issues. This conducts a fine revival of the anthology genre and delivers a series of episodes that are all solid and well above-average horror tales

Director: Rusty Cundieff

Actors: Clarence Williams III, Corbin Bernsen, Rosalind Cash, Wings Hauser, …

Category: Horror

23 July 20143 August 2024 by Roog

Summer of Sam (1999)

Rating: ★★½

Jul 12, 1999True Life Serial Killer/Urban Paranoia

A Spike Lee film, a fictional work set during the real-life Son of Sam killings, although Lee seems less interested in the true crime aspect than the various storylines of his characters

Director: Spike Lee

Actors: John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito, …

Category: Horror

12 July 19997 July 2026 by Roog

Oldboy (2013)

Rating: ★

Nov 29, 2013Imprisonment and Revenge

Spike Lee's English-language remake of Oldboy is an abortion. Where Park Chan-Wook directed the original with an insane energy, whereas Lee only delivers a formula action film and fumbles the ending

Director: Spike Lee

Actors: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, Samuel L. Jackson, …

Category: Horror

29 November 201324 February 2026 by Roog

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)

Rating: ★★★½

Jul 5, 2015Vampire Film

Spike Lee makes a vampire film (even though the title gives the impression is he has detoured off into gospel). The even bigger surprise is he conducts a remake of the Blaxploitation classic Ganja & Hess

Director: Spike Lee

Actors: Stephen Tyrone Williams, Zaraah Abrahams, Rami Malek

Category: Horror

5 July 201524 February 2026 by Roog

Tales from the Hood 2 (2018)

Rating: ★★

Sep 20, 2021African-American Horror Anthology

Tales from the Hood was the novelty of an African-American made horror anthology. 23 years later the principal talents (including producer Spike Lee) reunite for a sequel

Director: Darin Scott, Rusty Cundieff

Actors: Keith David, Kendrick Cross, Bryan Batt, Bill Martin Williams, …

Category: Horror

20 September 20216 December 2024 by Roog

Tales from the Hood 3 (2020)

Rating: ★

Feb 24, 2026African American Horror Anthology

Tales from the Hood was a horror anthology made by African American filmmakers that worked familiar horror themes in around race issues. It has developed a small cult reputation. This was the second of two sequels

Director: Darin Scott, Rusty Cundieff

Actors: Tony Todd, Lynn Whitfield, Sage Arrindell, London Brown, …

Category: Horror

24 February 202624 February 2026 by Roog