Hood of Horror

Plot synopsis:
The animated introduction revolves around how Devon (voiced by Snoop Dogg) becomes a Hound of Hell, in which he agreed to sell his soul to a demon named Liore (voiced by Hawthorne James) to bring back his dead sister (whom he has accidentally killed). Liore grants him knowledge, strength, and the power to decide who goes to heaven or hell for an unspecified period of time. The animation is switched out showing Devon as a real person, as he narrates the stories.
=== Crossed Out ===
A female tagger named Posie (Daniella Alonso) is given the power of death by a mysterious Derelict (Danny Trejo) (another Hound of Hell), who captures her while she tries to escape from some gang members (Teyo Johnson, Noel Gugliemi and Jeffrey Licon). With it, any tag she "crosses out" causes the gruesome demise of the original tagger. She later suffers the ultimate price when she loses sight of her calling as an artist and starts to abuse her power. The Derelict told her that she could have broken the cycle of murder and violence in her city, but instead she made it worse. He takes the power away and sics the recently deceased gang members on her. They lodge a spray-paint can in her head and spray the wall with her blood into a beautiful mural. A service is given for Posie and her beautiful flower mural, while Devon and Derelict watch on in human disguises.
=== The Scumlord ===
A racist white couple, Tex Woods Jr. (Anson Mount) and Tiffany (Brande Roderick), are given the chance at inheritance when Tex's father, Tex Woods Sr. (Chuck Hicks) dies "mysteriously". But in order for them to receive the inheritance, they have to live with some black Vietnam vets (Ernie Hudson, Richard Gant, Tucker Smallwood and L. Kenneth Richardson) that served under Tex's father for a year. Instead of learning tolerance and respect from the vets, Tex and Tiffany just harass them and force them to work. When they start to cause casualties, they soon become victims to their unhappy house mates. After Tiffany ironically dies by stomach explosion from caviar and Tex Woods Jr.'s demise, the remaining housemates gain the inheritance of their friend Tex Woods and celebrate. Soon, Devon, who is now revealed to be the new landlord, greets them and congratulates them on their new wealth. However, it's short lived when Tiffany's dog starts barking at Devon, who shoots it in anger, then calmly saying, "No pets allowed."
=== Rapsody Askew ===
A new rapper named SOD (Pooch Hall) is finally starting to gain recognition and fame. During an awards show after party, he is confronted by Clara (Lin Shaye), a mysterious woman who seemingly stops time (implying she too is a Hound of Hell). She shows him videos from his up-and-coming days: from when he first met Quon (Aries Spears) (another up-coming MC) to Quon's last day when he was gunned down in a liquor store by a masked burglar. During that life, Quon was always there acting as a big brother usually defending SOD when his ego got out of line. Quon was offered a solo career after SOD's behavior was out of control, but Quon refused and stayed with SOD. When SOD denies having anything to do with his death, Quon enters the room. Back from the dead, Quon knows it was really SOD and Jersey (Diamond Dallas Page) (SOD's manager) who were behind his death revealing the elaborate plot of SOD wearing a bulletproof vest as well as Jersey being the gunman as an act of betrayal and act of fame. Quon then brutally kills Jersey and frames SOD, who is then gunned down by the police.
=== Epilogue ===
During all the stories, Devon tells the audience that each character had the potential to do good in life, but instead, chose to do evil for their own needs that resulted in each of their deaths. After each segment, he takes all the deceased characters to a mysterious elevator. First pulling Posie out of her mural, then dragging Tex Woods Jr. by the horn which is embedded in his neck with his partner dragging Tiffany afterwards. After claiming SOD, Devon takes SOD, Posie, Tex Wood Jr., and Tiffany and sends all of them to a one-way ticket straight to hell, where all of them are further tormented.

Tags: comedy, murder, violence, horror, flashback, satire

Review:
I wasn't even one stop light away from my DVD rental store when I looked at the passenger seat where my two day rental of Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror lay and I uttered out loud, "What the fudge was I thinking?" To caveat my beef before the meat of the review, I will come clean and say that I am not a hip-hop fan.
I might find Snoop Dogg interesting and sometimes even fun (when I have come across him on late night television talk shows), but I ain't linin' up at no ticket counter looking to score wristbands for his next concert if you know what I am meaning.
He was in horror before with 2001's Bones where he did an ample job of not putting me to sleep, but let's face it, the best that Snoop has ever been was in stupid comedies like Soul Plane and Starsky & Hutch, and in both of those carnations, he pretty much just played himself.Strike two against an objective review was the fact that Hood of Horror was the fact that it was an anthology.
She decided to pout upstairs and watch The Devil's Rejects while I retreated to the basement (better known as 'The Dungeon') where the cover art on Hood of Horror won out over any pay-per-view porn that would have been a quick option 2.If I had my life to live over again..Hood of Horror's first story surrounds a young girl's revenge upon the neighborhood where her mother and father fell by way of the 'ole murder suicide number.
When confronted with three street thugs who mark their territory by spray painting city walls, Posie tries to assert her own foot hold which lands her in the company of the always watchable Danny Trejo who is nice enough to adorn her with a tattoo that gives her the power to erase these hoodlums from the face of the earth in graphic fashion simply by X'ing out their graffiti with red paint.
So in about 14 minutes we are mildly entertained as they go down 1-2-3 while stupid one-liners like "What a waste..of beer" are rambled off with as much humor as a Michael Vick dog park.Story two didn't get much better.
Even the two one-liners "Anyone for Jiffy Pop" and "That's my kind of redneck" were comments that would even make Schwarzenegger blush.The third and final act seemed to be the shortest and "thank god for that!" As I swarmed in and out of interested consciousness, it seemed the story was about a rap artist that had to pay for all his bad deeds of the past.
Jason Alexander from Seinfeld fame is around for a cameo which was about as out of place as Ozzy Osbourne would be as an English Teacher.Snoop's Hood of Horror was not the worst horror film I have seen in a while, but it was close.
Without any stories worth remembering or scenes worth pausing, it felt like an 80 minute excuse to promote some new hip-hop/rap songs.
back to Hood of horror...I also like the Anime intro in this movie.
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 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.
If it weren't for a couple redeeming qualities, this movie would be at the very bottom of the barrel.First of all, if the production value weren't so good, it wouldn't have even received the one showing it did.
If it didn't involve Snoop Dogg, Danny Trejo, Jason Alexander, and a handful of other cool B-stars, then this movie wouldn't even be heard of.
Let me tell you straight up that if you have issues with rather low-budget anthology-movies or simply can't stand Snoop Dogg, you just better stay away from HOOD OF HORROR.
So, I'm rating this flick solely on fun-factor, because it's pretty much light-years away from being a stellar horror-movie.The first segment has a good-looking ghetto-gal being granted super-powers by evil voodoo-man Danny Trejo to take on her whole graffiti-spraying neighborhood.
In addition, at the end of the movie, we get some sort of video-clip (featuring some of the cast members - including a devil-midget) of a Snoop Dogg song (apparantly especially written for the soundtrack for HOOD OF HORROR).
The video-clip itself is of the same "cinematographic" quality as the rest of the movie (which means: tolerable and watchable).Final judgement: No flunk from Da Vomitron, because this flick follows the rules of an anthology movie nicely (three segments with a nice twist at the end, which you may or may not see coming and a fun wrap-around story).
The don't-take-it-all-serious vibe and Da Doggster's witty nonsense made it all a bit more enjoyable too.Now if you want to see a really good "horror in the hood" anthology movie, I full-heartedly recommend TALES FROM THE HOOD.
At least Snoop Dogg's HOOD OF HORROR is a lot better than insufferable crap-fests like CUTTHROAT ALLEY and DA HIP HOP WITCH (dare I even watch HOOD OF THE LIVING DEAD?
Of course, I don't think that the people behind this movie intended for it to look like that.
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")..
It's good fun, the effects are decent, the acting is OK for horror, but it's not top notch.
I would recommend you try watching the above mentioned "Tales from the Hood" which is ten times more entertaining than this, and even that isn't that great, but it makes that look like a masterpiece..
It has kills never before seen and has dialogue that put people in the isles at the screening I was at.For a low budget film like this to receive the theatrical release that was just announced in the trades is amazing.Player haters will condemn it - let them bring it.Anyone watching this flick that gets caught up in whether it is logical or politically correct or even better, racist, deserves to not enjoy it.For the rest of us that enjoy hot chicks, sick-funny jokes and outrageous gore, the thing is just right..
"Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror" is an urban anthology narrated by the ever so lovable Snoop, apparently playing the ghetto devil or something.
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.
"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.
Using Snoop Dogg's Name To Promote A Film Doesn't Make It Good.
This film contains three interwoven tales from the hood, with Snoop Dogg (sometimes as an animated gangster and sometimes as a man in hell) narrating between segments.
There is a great death scene involving a beer bottle, but that doesn't make up for the rest of this segment.The second segment was actually really good.
The deaths here are weaker (other than the explosion scene) but the plot is much better -- this was written as a real story and not just a throw-away idea.
If you already have Snoop Dogg in your cast list ,you don't need to add another man rapping.I suppose the problem of the film as a whole is that it was written and directed by different people in different segments.
...i''ve been getting pretty sick of horror films lately, every one is pretty much the same movie.
Blood, Gore, Snoop Dogg, Nudity, - how can it suck this bad?.
Snoop Dogg is the Cribkeeper and he tells us three stories of ghetto horror.
The comic scenes are not very well done, and the three short stories in the movie, which are awfully connected, do not have a real plot.
The killing scenes are quite fun for some splatter fans, but of course cannot safe such a bad movie.
I think the only intention of this movie is to promote snoop dogg's new album.
What I think is they should waste their money making a Gangster movie starring Snoop Dog other than this horror movie.
Crossed over into the other side, a man is told to warn others like him to see the error of their past, and recounts three stories which showcase their chance at redemption or end up in the Hood of Horror.The Good Stor(ies): Crossed Over-Living in the hood, an aspiring artist tackles with a group of local thugs over her uplifting graffiti in their neighborhood.
The plot isn't bad, being a great range of redemption and corruption handled nicely, and along with a good pace, makes this one a great opener.The Scumlord-Arriving at an apartment building, a man and his wife find that his deceased father left it to them if they lived in it for a year.
Hood of Horror is a gangsta horror anthology (gangthology?) comprising of three ghetto-flavoured tales, loosely tied together by an animated wraparound story.
Whilst the stylish cartoon section is confusing and ultimately forgettable stuff, the bulk of the film is far more successful, being well written (much of it by 2001 Maniac's Tim Sullivan), very gory (albeit in a strictly tongue in cheek style), and confidently directed by Stacy Title.Hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg 'MC's the whole shebizzle (as he might say), introducing each story in his inimitable OG style, and what fun they are: first up is 'Crossed Out', which sees graffiti artist Posie (Daniella Alonso) being given the power to kill her enemies simply by crossing out their 'tags'; tale number two is 'The Scumlord', which stars Anson Mount as a racist, sexist Texan loudmouth who is set to inherit a tenement in the ghetto, but on one condition—that he spends a year in the building with the current occupants, his father's army buddies, the all black Fighting 88; the last story is 'Rapsody Askew' which follows ambitious rap artist Sod (Pooch Hall) as he does whatever it takes to achieve fame and fortune.A lot of people seem to dislike this film, calling it cheap and amateurish, but I had a great time with it even though I'm not a massive fan of the hip-hop scene: there are several familiar faces in the cast (Danny Trejo, Ernie Hudson and Lin Shaye) who lend proceedings a certain air of class.
Snoop Dogg's Hood Of Horror was actually a pretty cool movie.
It's got 3 stories from the Hood in one movie.
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.
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!.
Now, 40 years later, director Stacy Title is attempting to carry on that tradition with "Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror," as dimwitted and cheapjack a B-movie travesty as we've come across in quite some time.Acting as a sort of gangsta' rap version of Elvira, Snoop Dogg serves as the host of the show, introducing us to the three stories, then providing a sermonizing moral as wrap-up when each of them is finished.
The third, "Rapsody Askew," is a confused account of a rap star forced to face divine judgment for the error-filled life he's led.Despite the movie's title, there isn't a single suspenseful moment in any of the segments, which, when taken together, feel like a trio of under-conceived and under-nourished rejects from the old "Twilight Zone" series.
As the two "name" players in the cast, Billy Dee Williams and Jason Alexander are literally the only things separating "Hood of Horror" from your average amateur movie shot in someone's backyard on 8-millimeter.
Even the gore is remarkably over-the-top and cartoon-like in nature, the kind of thing one would expect from a group of precocious high school students in their first experience with a camera.As uninteresting as it is uninspired, "Hood of Horror" gives anthology films a bad name..
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.
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.
It's Snoop Dogg's horror anthology.
The stories are silly, the acting is over-the-top and the idea behind the film is humorous...
OK now I realize that Snoop Dogg is a rapper and not a film guru or anything but this movie was just plain horrible and I could have made it a hell of a lot better myself.
The second story is about a veteran's son who inherits a trashy estate after his dad dies and the tenants don't like how he acts so they decide to get even and thats stupid too.
Altogether I gave this movie a 3 out of 10 because Snoop Dogg needs to stick to rap, I gave this movie a chance because I thought that Snoop's other horror film Bones was pretty good, but this was just horrible and I don't even know how it got made because it sucked and the greatest part about it was the credits..
The actors are, for the most part, not bad (Mount and Ernie Hudson are the best) but they're defeated by boring stories and dialogue.
Hopefully it will be a loooonnnggggg time before Dogg makes another horror film!
It's an amateurish horror anthology hosted by Snoop Dogg.
Any movie where Snoop Dogg blows a chihuahua into smithereens or where a gangsta impales himself on his own forty has to be worth at least something!
If you actually want a watchable urban horror film, check out Tales from the Hood..
I have seen practically every hip hop and "hood" horror movie ever made (what an unlikely subgenre- yet I'm guilty of watching them) and I'm here to report that you can put this one at the top of the ranks.
This isn't like all the horror movies out there right now with spookiness popping out of no where just to make you jump.
Instead it takes on an in-your-face gore, hilariously horrific tactic that is incredibly entertaining.The introductory animation which provides the background behind the "Hood of Horror" was so beautifully done with an original anime meets the streets style.
The third segment of the movie involves a rap star who is making it big when a zombie from his past comes back to haunt him.
It's more like a bunch of characatures and stereotypes put to motion picture.In the opening scene, Snoop Dogg (playing the role of either the devil, or some demon pimp) tells us that the Hood Of Horror is even too much for the "toughest OG's" or something like that, but the only scary thing about the film is that I paid money to rent it.The first tale features a girl out tagging who looks like she was living in North Hollywood rather than "the hood".
It's not enough to save the film from ridiculousness, but the third story IS the closest thing to an episode of "Tales From The Crypt" or "Tales From The Darkside" that this film offers.Love ya Snoop, but next time, make a hood movie that comes off with some street cred.
Plot motivations were null and void, there were times when Snoop cuts into a scene and starts talking about bullsh*t that doesn't move the story forward and kills the pacing yet again.
The ending is like an extended music video with Snoop rapping about the various crap scenes we just saw.
I'm out here killing myself to write decent horror scripts with great stories and characters, and this turd gets made?.
Best "Hood" Horror Movie.
I just recently seen a screener of Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror.
It made you laugh, had gross-out gore, and did things a lot of movies have never attempted.The movie is focused around three people, and it shows their stories with introductions form Snoop Dogg.
The movie has some really impressive anime/cartoon style gunfights and introductions, that really make this film unique from "Tales from the Hood".
Snoop Dogg Plays HOH/Devon the Cryptkeeper, and does a really good job being funny and gross at the same time.
We all know that Snoop Dogg disgraced himself in "Bones", but in my eyes, he redeemed himself.The main part of the film I disliked is the character of "Posie", who is played by Daniella Alonso.
I think if "Tales From the Hood" was made during this time, it might have this amount of gore, but who knows.Good flick, cant wait till it comes out on DVD!