Candyman 2021

It's kind of it's own thing, but you still need to see the original to really get it. The sequels are largely insignificant, as they should be, so it's all about the first one. Same Chicago setting, the fallout of that bonfire, and the urban legends around Candyman. But who is Candyman? A question to be explored in this racist, woke, but damn interesting story.

I really love how it reinvented the mythology to make Candyman more of a symbol of an era rather than a singular character, but still giving Daniel Robitaille the credit as being the OG. The multiple Candyman angle makes me eager to revist the first one with this dark outcome in mind.

It's not a very violent movie. Lots of off-screen violence, but it is gross. Probably because a woman directed it, but direct it she did. It was well done, somewhat artsy, and had a competent gauge on the horror bits. I think it was also a social commentary on art critics. I think that commentary is that... black people kill as many people as white people? Or that art critics are snobs who deserve to get snuffed for having fickle opinions?

The ending is pretty stupid though. Not all of it, but definitely some of it. If you're expecting to see Tony Todd in this, you get to see him. For 5 seconds. Either way, it makes for a good companion piece to the original film. I give it a 1 out of 2.

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