Content warning: blood, gore, child abuse, gang violence, archival footage of lynchings, cross burnings, hate crimes, racial slursThree men (Joe Torry, Samuel Monroe, Jr. and De'Aundre Bonds) are sent to retrieve it shipment of drugs mistakenly picked up by a mortician (Clarence Williams III) and are treated to a series of tales about the bodies on view.
This was a very good anthology marred only by a weak framing narrative. I'm sure it was intended to be funny, but I found it grating. Best individual performance has to be David Alan Grier, playing waaaaay against type. If you grew up seeing him on In Living Color, this would be kind of a shock. Best segment of the anthology is "KKK Comeuppance," which is basically a remake of The Trilogy of Terror segment with a miniature "native" doll that menaces Karen Black. Except this time it's a racist Southern senator (Corbin Bernson) being attacked by the spirit of murdered slaves. So much better.
It's currently streaming on Starz, which I thought I had but apparently don't, so I watched it...elsewhere. I can't speak for the sequels but I definitely recommend this one.
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