A hip hop horror anthology of three tales of terror told by the Hound of Hell (Snoop Dogg) that revolve around the residents of an inner-city neighborhood whose actions determine where they will go in the afterlife.
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Perfect cast and a good story
I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.
This incredibly pathetic spin on "Tales from the Crypt" features three vignettes portraying horrific tales involving life in the ghetto. True, there are some neat death scenes - namely the one incorporating caviar - but they hardly make up for the poorly constructed plot. Is this truly how low Snoop Dogg sinks on the silver screen? The first segment features a young woman dealing with gangs by X-ing out their graffiti...and it gets TRULY nasty. The second segment features a redneck and his hubby moving in with some men formerly under his father's command and REALLY getting on their nerves. Finally, a rap star gets more than he bargained for.What I mean by Jean-Paul Sartre is the third segment. What happens reminds me of Sartre's play "No Exit", about some people trapped in an existential Hell. Of course, I don't think that the people behind this movie intended for it to look like that. To be certain, there's absolutely nothing even remotely intellectual in this movie.All in all, I advise avoiding "Hood of Horror". It's barely one step above terrible. Posie (Daniella Alonso) and Tiffany (Brande Roderick) were kinda hot, though. Also starring Ernie Hudson (Winston in "Ghostbusters"), Danny Trejo (you've probably seen him in Robert Rodriguez's movies) and Lin Shaye (the sunburned neighbor in "There's Something About Mary", and later the retiring flight attendant in "Snakes on a Plane").
Come on already... It's Snoop Dogg's horror anthology. I've certainly wasted more time on less. Hood Of Horror delivers straight forward campy fun, in the vein of "Tales From The Hood", "Creepshow" and a slew of others. HOH's three stories harbor lots of gory slapstick, boobs and gratuitous splatter, as Snoop himself hosts the bloody events. Anyone who rented / bought this film, and was thinking it would be anything other then the above (should be slapped with an idiot stick). The stories are silly, the acting is over-the-top and the idea behind the film is humorous... That's why it works! I expected an evening of comical B-movie splatter, and HOH delivered. Perfect for a Halloween party viewing or for anyone who enjoys unpretentious, old school horror / comedy. Way to go Snoop... Snoop-A-Loop.
Snoop Dogg's Hood Of Horror was actually a pretty cool movie. It's got 3 stories from the Hood in one movie. I was the only one watching the movie in my theater.... I guess the movie didn't get advertised very well. I'm glad I saw it though, because the next day the movie was gone! It's really more of a dark horror comedy. I found nothing scary at all, mostly just funny. The first story is about a girl named Posie (Same girl that played in Hills Have Eyes 2 as Missy) who goes around spray painting artwork. Then she runs into Danny Trejo and he gives her a special power. It had some pretty graphic parts too, one involving a guy getting killed by a beer bottle! The second story is about this guy who goes to live with these Vietnam veterans in order to get his dad's money. He's in for a surprise though later on. One scene involves his lovely hot wife blowing up! The last story is about these rappers trying to make it big. His friend dies in a horrible accident, and then comes back for revenge. This movie had a really good cast and some well known actors/actresses. You've got Snoop Dogg, Danny, Trejo, Diamond Dalls Page, Jason Alexander, Aries Spears, and Lin Shaye who has played in a lot of horror movies. Most people remember her as the crazy perverted landlord from King Pin. It was a fun movie though, great horror comedy. The music was also sweet too; the only think I didn't like about this movie was the anime looking animation in the movie. It felt so out of place, it would have been better if they used real people. I guess they wanted to save money or something. Still a fun movie to watch though. If you liked this movie I also recommend Bones with Snoop Dogg. Another good Horror in the Hood movie is Tales From The Hood. It's got some good stories and it takes place in the hood!
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.