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1''Nite Tales: The Movie'' is a 2008 horror anthology film that includes two stories: "Karma" and "Storm". It was written by Diana Erwin and Deon Taylor. The film is hosted by rapper Flavor Flav, and stars Sticky Fingaz, Creator/DanteBasco, and Creator/TonyTodd.
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3In "Karma", a gang of bank robbers who get more than they bargained for when their car breaks down near a remote farmhouse. "Storm" follows a group of students whose night of partying takes a dark turn as they play a game of Bloody Mary.
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5Spawned a series called ''Series/NiteTalesTheSeries''.
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8!!Tropes in ''Nite Tales: The Movie'' include:
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10* AgonyOfTheFeet: In "Karma", the leader of the CannibalClan shatters Dice's ankle with a sledgehammer before subjecting hom to UnwillingSuspension.
11* BankRobbery: "Karma" opens with four young thieves robbing a small-town bank and leaving several bodies in their wake.
12* CannibalClan: In "Karma", the bank robbers fall into the clutches of a hillbilly family of cannibals.
13* CellPhonesAreUseless: In "Storm", after the storm knocks out the phone lines, the students find that their cell phones aren't working either.
14* CollidingCriminalConspiracies: In "Karma", a bunch of bank robbers accidentally run into a CannibalClan during their getaway. Even more unfortunately/[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin karmic]], the cannibal clan are family of the guard the robbers killed during their heist and thus [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge they have even less of a desire to keep them alive than usual.]]
15* CoverIdentityAnomaly: In "Storm", [[spoiler:the fake cop--who has already made several errors in evidence handling--says that there is an "ABP" out for James, who actually is [[UndercoverCopReveal an undercover cop]] points out that the term is "APB", as it stands for All Points Bulletin.]]
16* CreepySouvenir: In "Karma", Jim Bob has photos of body parts stuck up on the wall, which really should have clued the robbers in that something was not right at the farm where they had stopped to steal a vehicle.
17* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: In "Karma", Mr. Hinkley, the patriarch of the CannibalClan, reveals to the robbers that the guard they killed during the BankRobbery was his brother.
18* EvenEvilHasStandards: In "Karma", Mr. Hinkley, the patriarch of the CannibalClan, cannot abide thieves and liars. And the bank robbers who have just fallen into his clutches are both.
19* FakingTheDead: In "Karma", Dice orders one of his henchmen to murder another of the bank robbers who is wounded and slowing them down (and who is the first henchman's cousin). Unable to do it, the henchman fires a couple of shots into the ground by his cousin's head to convince Dice he is dead.
20* GunsAkimbo: In "Karma", Dice bursts into the bank wielding a gun in each hand and immediately starts using them.
21* HillbillyHorrors: In "Karma", the bank robbers find themselves trapped in a remote farmhouse by a CannibalClan of farmers who don't like outsiders who steal from and murder locals.
22* HorrorHost: Flavor Flav plays this role.
23* AHouseDivided: In "Karma", the patriarch of the CannibalClan tells the captured bank robbers that he will release one of them and allow them to live, but they have to decide amongst themselves which one it will be. He then leaves them alone to decide. The robbers immediately fall into arguing among themselves--each arguing that they should be the one to live--and make no decision, so they all die.
24* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: In "Storm", Tom gets a phone call warning him about a psycho on the loose who impersonates a police officer (amongst other hings, including a [[MonsterClown clown]]. [[[[spoiler:He turns out to be the cop in the house, and the same cop who stopped the last surviving bank robber in "Karma".]]
25* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: In "Storm", [[spoiler:James]] dares [[spoiler:the cop]] to shoot him, knowing that the gun he is carrying is a fake.
26* ManBitesMan: In "Karma", Mr. Hinkley takes a bite out of Dice's neck.
27* MirrorMonster: "Storm" follows a group of students whose night of partying takes a dark turn as they play a game of Bloody Mary.
28* MonsterClown: ScaryBlackMan Creator/TonyTodd pays a terrifying clown named James who turns up out of the storm asking to use the phone. Later, Tom receives a phone call which warns him of a psycho on the loose who impersonates, amongst other things, a clown and a cop. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted when James turns out to be an [[UndercoverCopReveal undercover cop]] who his hunting the [[ImpersonatingAnOfficer fake cop]].]]
29* MyCarHatesMe: In "Karma", the bank robbers car breaks down in the countryside, leading them into the clutches of the CannibalClan.
30* SlashedThroat: How all of [[MirrorMonster Bloody Mary]]'s victims are killed in "Storm".
31* UndercoverCopReveal: [[spoiler:In "Storm", James the MonsterClown turns out to actually be a undercover detective tailing the [[ImpersonatingAnOfficer fake cop]].]]
32* UnwillingSuspension: In "Karma", the CannibalClan string the bank robbers up in the basement before eating them alive.

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