Patrick Peet grew up listening to that neighborhood rhyme. His father had been friends with Jimmy Bone -- a charismatic man who kept drugs out of the neighborhood and always had money for those who needed shelter and food.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 27, 2023

Ernest Dickerson's simultaneous tribute to Blaxploitation social horror (think J.D.'s Revenge or Sugar Hill) and the work of Mario Bava is a magnificent work of operatic cinemascope splatter.

| Sep 10, 2021

Much better than its reputation would have you expect, Bones is a weird and impressive horror entry from Ernest Dickerson.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 22, 2021

BONES is both gloriously cheesy and gruesome in ways that will make your skin crawl.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jun 23, 2020

Bones is basically A Nightmare on Crack Street, with Snoop Dogg playing a sleepier version of Freddy Krueger.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 5, 2020

The picture isn't particularly well-constructed, but Ernest Dickerson's direction is stylish and the performances are solid, making it very watchable - even though overall, Bones lacks many genuine thrills.

| Original Score: 2.8/5 | Jan 2, 2020

The bogus script doesn't leave anyone in the cast, including the usually impressive Pam Grier, much chance of a stellar performance.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 7, 2014

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 7, 2008

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 30, 2006

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

It takes a full hour before anything interesting happens (believe me, I checked)...

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 1, 2003

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 1, 2003

Interesting characters and witty dialogue are overshadowed by predictable gore and an overblown climax.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | May 20, 2003

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Dec 8, 2002

...this blows supremely and it's not Snoop's fault.

| Jun 28, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 65/100 | Mar 23, 2002

| Original Score: 1/4 | Mar 19, 2002

A fun, over-the-top, campy horror flick starring the perfectly cast Snoop Dogg.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 24, 2002

May be pure trash, but it's trash made with the kind of oozy psychedelic zest that powered a movie like A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.

| Original Score: B | Dec 6, 2001

It's just too bad that every horror movie released these days has a numeral attached to it, or in this case...should have one.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 13, 2001