Snoop Dogg's Hood Of Horror

A low-budget omnibus horror picture with a hip-hop twist, this trio of gory tales follows in the footsteps of Rusty Cundieff's 1995 TALES FROM THE HOOD. But Snoop's foulmouthed interstitial turn as "the gatekeeper to the after-party" is genuinely funny: He's got charisma to burn, and his sly presence holds the uneven production together. The film opens with the animated story of gangbanger Devon, who accidentally kills his baby sister and sells his soul to the devil in return for her life. He's charged with rounding up souls for the evil one, and is played by Snoop when the film goes to live action. "The hood of horror is haunted by freaks, dingers and devils," he wa...