skipoc-1 Without a doubt this is one of, if not THE, worst pieces of crap I have sat through. If it were not on cable and late at night and I was not bored out of my skull I would not have even looked. I have seen high school plays better acted. Snoop Dogg is horrid, the direction is non-existent and for someone to actually take credit for writing is ballsy. Snoop Dogg proves himself at least as talented as Madonna before a camera which is saying nothing. All around this is amateur crap dressed up as a real movie. A complete waste of time. The only reason I rated it as low I did is because the rating system does not allow for ZERO which is exactly what this abomination is.

Coventry Porn, pimping and … promoting horror movies? Snoop Dogg appears to be living quite the ideal life of luxury! In fact, if it weren't for the crappy hip-hop music he produces, I'd even be jealous at him. Anyways, with "Hood of Horror" the Dogg emphasizes his already notorious reputation of cool 'gangsta-rapper'. You may expect a whole lot of macho gibberish, gangster slang, and rap song with explicit lyrics. As the Hound of Hell, Snoop Dogg introduces three little horror segments in crypt keeper narration style and lends his voice to the animated wraparound story revolving on how Devon ended up working for the devil himself. Strangely enough … I really didn't hate the film. I prepared to see an overload of nonsense and verbal ghetto showdowns that would push the horror to the background, but "Hood of Horror" actually offers an impressive amount of carnage and ferocity, and the separate tales are surprisingly engaging. The animated opening and interludes between the segments are slightly overlong, but interesting and roughly violent enough to please fans of horror and grim comic book adaptations. It's very reminiscent in style to the "Sin City" comics, for example. The first segment is the most textbook one to feature in a ghetto-anthology, I think, with an orphaned girl from the hood receiving special powers to eliminate the graffiti thugs in her neighborhood. Naturally, she gets over-enthusiast and the powers turn against her soon. This isn't the most original story of the three, but the deadly "accidents" are sublime (bottle-through-the-face, anyone?) and there's a neat guest appearance for Danny Trejo as the uncanny sorcerer. My personal favorite segment is the second one, revolving on a spoiled white brat and his trashy girlfriend moving in with his departed father's old Vietnam buddies, because the testament states so. The young couple continuously torment, blackmail and humiliate the veterans, but when arrogance turns into rape and murder, the veterans collectively decide to fight back Vietnam-style. The atmosphere of "The Scumlord" owes more to old-fashioned 70's Blaxploitation than to nowadays horror-splatter (which is probably why this is my favorite segment), but there's still some nice bit of nastiness to enjoy. If you think the deaths of the couple are extreme, wait until you see what overcomes the Chihuahua! There are some familiar faces in this segment as well, like Ernie Hudson, Tucker Smallwood and the lovely Sydney Tamiia Poitier. The content of the third and final story, entitled Rapsody Askew" feels familiar again, but the narrative structure is original and the climax is surprising. The plot centers on two rappers with a poverty background that build up a successful career out of nothing. Now that he's acclaimed and famous, Sod subjects himself to a wild life of drugs and parties, but continues to praise his friend Quon who was recently killed in a mysterious liquor store hold-up. During one of his numerous parties, a mysterious uninvited guest faces him with the dreadful things he has done. One of creative minds behind "Hood of Horror" was Tim Sullivan, who's also the director of the hilarious "2001 Maniacs". The light-headed tone and excessive use of gory make-up effects of both films are comparable, actually. It's an unmemorable and lacking film, but certainly not a complete waste of time.

ThrownMuse "Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror" is an urban anthology narrated by the ever so lovable Snoop, apparently playing the ghetto devil or something. I'm not exactly sure what's going on with the wraparound story, but it doesn't really matter, because the stories in the anthology are mostly good fun. The film is directed by Stacy Title, so anyone who has seen her morbid comedy "The Last Supper" will be pleased to find her sick sense of humor is still intact. Throw this in The first story concerns a tough but good-hearted street graffiti artist named Posie, who has a run-in with some nasty local guys. She finds herself possessed by powers given to her by what looks like a demonic bum (played by B-movie icon Danny Trejo) that allow her to destroy with her spray paint and she starts ridding of the gangsta scum in her hood. This segment is lots of fun and has lots of over-the-top gore, including a death by 40oz impalement (no kidding! Best movie death ever?!) It's a bit wishy-washy in its characterization and moralizing, but it's an overall good effort. The second tale is equally fun, though the plot line is a bit goofy. It involves a bunch of black Vietnam vets who reside in a house owned by their former white commanding officer. When he gets offed, his racist son shows up to take over the house, milking them of their money and food and space. The problem with this one is the hick son (played too crazily by Anson Mount) is so irritating he's practically unwatchable. But ah well, this one was nasty enough to keep my attention and performances by Ernie Hudson and Brande Roderick sort of cancel out Mount. The last story involves a rap star whose former partner met an untimely death while their career was just taking off. When partying in his hotel room, he's encountered by the manager (the fantastically funny Lin Shaye) who turns out to be a ghost or demon who confronts him with his past evil deeds. While it does have its funny moments, this segment is the most serious in tone. "Hood of Horror" gets bonus points for taking on issues like gender constructs in the street, urban housing plights, and hip hop rivalry and adapting them to a horror setting. It's not always successful but it's certainly commendable. If you don't take "Hood of Horror" too seriously, there's a chance you'll find it a wickedly funny horror anthology in the vain of HBO's "Tales from the Crypt" or "Tales from the Hood." It's strong points are its sense of humor and use of distasteful gore. It's better than all the other recent "urban" horror flicks that have been flooding the straight-to-DVD market. It's probably best enjoyed with friends and forties.

Gabe_Camacho_Jr Bottom line: This movie is fun as hell to watch. I don't understand people who expect every movie to be an Oscar performance. This is Snoop Dogg people. I saw this movie at Horror fest with my girlfriend and we laughed our asses off. Entertainment is entertainment, and this was an undeniable good time... And yes, I would see it againThis Movie reminded me of Tales from the Hood and Creep Show. It had that similar three part layout with the different tales. Remember the Crypt Keeper on TFTC back in the day? When he'd yell "Tales from the Crypt..." in that creepy screetchy voice. I always thought that was a good intro, and I liked how they kind of morphed snoop into a crypt keeper. BTW - If you haven't seen or heard of the film The Tennants where Snoop plays a writer opposite Dylan McDermott, I highly recommend it. Snoop was amazing in it, and Dylan McDermott was unreal as a Jewish writer hell bent on finishing his script. I found it touching, but it lagged a little in the middle... anyway that's neither here nor there... back to Hood of horror...I also like the Anime intro in this movie. It was intense and visually stimulating. It definitely wasn't funny, but it trying to be, it was actually serious, and I thought it stood up on its own dramatically (as opposed to the rest of the movie which was really just a romp.) I'd actually like to see the comic book version of that sequence if anyone knows were to find it, or if they know any other work by that artist. I'm not really into Anime, but I like the hip hop angle and it moved well. If I do have any gripe about this film it's that I think there should have been more gore in the third segment. I liked the music and the flow in the third segment, but it was a little tame on the blood and guts, which I'm not trying to abdicate, but I think think it might have worked out better with a bit more gore in that one. It was more dramatic and touching, but after the first two, I really wanted more crazy scenes with outrageous random horror. But it was still cool, and that actor Aries Spiers who does the JZ rapper impersinations on youtube was actually a descent as an actor in it, which I was surprised about.Bottom line is movie was good. I can't stand everyone trying to evaluate movies in the same way. Some movies are for fun and entertainment and some are for serious artistic evaluation. This movie was a 10 on the fun scale, which is all it was supposed to be (unless I'm wrong and they were actually trying to win some festival awards), so that being said, me and my girl give it two thumbs up.