After pitching tents, laying out sleeping bags and cooking dinner, some campers like to relax around the campfire and tell scary stories. Many of these tales are pretty standard stuff, like the escaped murderer with a hook for a hand, but when you are several miles from the nearest town, even the most unbelievable story can seem pretty real.

In 1990, Wayne Coe took the concept of campfire stories one step further with "Grim Prairie Tales," a horror movie composed of four separate Old West horror stories. The always impressive James Earl Jones plays Morrison, a bounty hunter who has a body strapped to his horse. Sitting around the campfire, Morrison is joined by Farley Deeds (**Brad Dourif**), a man traveling home to be with the woman he loves.

While they sit under the stars, Morrison starts telling campfire stories to his companion, the first one being a tale about an Indian burial ground and some very poetic justice. Morrison tells another story and then Mr. Deeds offers up one of his own about a prairie girl who realizes some horrifying truths about her own father. As the men part ways in the final few minutes of the film, the audience gets one last parting shot from the mysterious Morrison.

An anthology horror movie set in the Old West, "Grim Prairie Tales" is a well-executed movie that will, at times, have you squirming in your seat. In the most memorable story, Marc McClure from "Back to the Future" plays a Good Samaritan who pays the ultimate price for helping a pregnant woman who is traveling alone. No good deed goes unpunished in this movie, and McClure's character pays an unusual price for lending a helping, uh, hand.

James Earl Jones was the perfect choice to play Morrison, a man who hunts down criminals for a living. It would be hard not to feel a little nervous sitting around a campfire while listening to Jones' deep baritone tell stories of revenge and punishment. "Grim Prairie Tales" is a great rental for those nights when you are in the mood for something different.