CANDYMAN 1992 - RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW | Double Toasted 

Me & a couple of friends randomly ran into Tony Todd at Adventure World (now Six Flags) in Maryland back in the mid nineties. I will forever have the image of Candyman enjoying a water park…

I don't know why but that line "I hear you looking for CandyMan Bitch" makes me laugh so hard.

Nobody ever talks enough about Clive Barker when they talk about this movie. Guy is a horror genius.

The point of Candyman...her thesis was going to prove the legend false. The people would no longer believe the myth. He tormented and killed her to keep the legend alive.

I rewatched all the Candymans in anticipation for the new Candyman and the OG is still relevant and still holds up 💀

Tony Todd brought a true atmosphere to African American cultural urban legends, no way would Eddie Murphy be able to pull this off. I saw his film, "Vampire In Brooklyn" and though I enjoyed it, the horror/thriller aspect of it was somewhat disappointing.

I always saw this as an "anti white savior" film. She starts the film wanting to get famous off the suffering of black people and ends up being tortured for the next 90 minutes

The bonfire was made for a party they were having, Jake didn't know nor did the residents know Helen and the baby were in there, Jake seen the hook she had and thought it was Candyman this the reason the community descended upon it to burn him as in Candyman which is what they were chanting.. It's great everyone understands it differently..

Tony Todd is phenomenal in this role. Honestly can’t imagine Eddie Murphy as Candyman. That would be too distracting. Thank God that they went with my man Tony T.

"Candyman"(1992) is an excellent supernatural horror movie, and one of the best 90's horror movies! The ending scene of the movie was unpredictable and very creepy!

Candyman wasn't scary. It was creepy. Shout out to Todd, the cinematography and the soundtrack for the creep combo. Top 5 all time.

Nothing will beat this movie imo this isnt a space jam mortal kombat nostalgia trip this is a legit great film . One of the best horror movies of the 90s.

Original candyman holds very well, i remember being very gory at that time and very realistic and eerie in comparison to other horror flicks. As a kid it freaked the shit out of me back then. It was well shot with an awesome piano score. When he appeared everything turned slow as in a dream or like if you were smoking a joint. Lol that added and extra layer of creep.

Interesting fact: Tony Tod got paid a thousand dollars extra every time he got stung by bees. $23 thousand plus whatever standard paycheck was given to him at that time.

Fun Fact: The reason why the actress playing “Helen” appeared to be in a trance like state in the garage because she allowed the director to put her under hypnosis to help with her fear of the bees that she was severely allergic to.

I think that what happened to him gets overlooked or downplayed as it pertains to how this character is the way he is. The man was lynched when he was alive. Judging from actual accounts of lynchings, that is just about the most violent, brutal, and evil way to go out. A being or a being's spirit that is created or warped from such an act probably would turn out like that. I think it would have also been understandable to have him more of a spirit of vengeance than someone that just messes up everyone and anyone; that way people could even better understand the character and sympathize for what was done to him.

what also makes him more scary than most ghost films, is the others just kill you. candyman rips you apart with his hook slow and painful

Candyman was loosely based on actual events and people. Plus the fact they connected it to a real place the Cabrini Green projects made it a lot creepier to a lot of people.

I think I enjoy this movie about as much as Chris does, I think it's absolutely one of the horror staples of the 90's and one of the film's I think represent the genre as a whole. I'm not arguing Korey's point against black representation in this movie being inadequate for his liking, however I thought the fact Candyman was this otherworldly creature like Freddy who was also a black man, created from the injustices of real world history, felt very different to me. You could also see how this puts the viewer in a moral predicament of sympathizing with Candyman despite how brutal and unforgiving he is as an entity. For as many silly parts there are to this, and supernatural elements, there's a lot that is down to earth and relatable for a lot of people. I can see what he is saying about this movie not being the scariest, but I don't think that's what makes this movie iconic. The visuals and music, the art direction of this movie as a whole and the different choices made with shots and iconography is something I've remembered since my first viewing. It's not perfect, but damn is this a good horror movie.

Virginia Madsen is a bombshell. She looked amazing when she guested on Frasier.

They didn't know that Helen crawled into the bonfire. Candyman led her there and showed her that he put the baby in it. She went in to save him. She became a hero to them for that, which is why they all showed up at her funeral, along with Trevor and his girlfriend, and the long-haired Brit. Candyman's hook was tossed in, on top of her casket. And then Trevor's bitch ass got his.

Tony Todd was the best character in the Final Destination franchise

It's based off of Clive Barker's books of blood vol. 5 story The Forbidden.

Yeah Tony Todd is scary and he barely has to do anything. His voice alone with the music is terrifying.

I had cousins who lived in Cabrini Green before it got gentrified. And Candyman would've been like "Man y'all mofo's are crazy, keep that ish."

At the end of the movie, the kid sees Candyman's hook. Not necessarily Halen digging for the baby, so I always took it as him alerting everybody that Candyman is in the garbage pile. So to get rid of him, or try to, they burn the pile, not knowing Halen is inside trying to save the baby.

Bernard Rose, the director, is that hyper posh professor in the beginning of the movie that breaks down the Candyman myth. This always makes me laugh.

I always say Candyman as a Dracula like figures. Dracula had a cape, Candyman had that big coat, both wanted to kill what they thought was the reincarnation of a past love and we’re trying to convince them to let them kill her for love. They both live in creepy dilapidated houses, one being a projects development, the other being an old castle. Both had a swave otherworldly charm. So I always saw this movie as urban gothic.

The actress also look like the mother from A nightmare on elm street 1 1984. Nancy's mother.

I can understand some of the criticism about the depiction of young black men in this film. But I would struggle to figure out how they could be portrayed differently. The director Bernard Rose worked very closely on the script with NAACP and other organisations to make the intimidating characters feared not because of their colour. The other characters he hoped would be more rounded and less like ciphers or caricatures. Pretty certain the remake/reboot will have a very different tone, for better or worse. *as a after thought, the bonfire is probably a left over from when the original story which was set in England. We build bonfires every November 5th and celebrate burning the catholic 'traitor' Guy Faukes. From a storytelling perspective It is usually a good way to bring the community together in one place for a cool looking finale.

0:02 The Candyman was like "Peace out y'all!" XD

On the Helen part, there are two reasons for it. One she does resemble Candyman former wife causing a attraction to her, but she also caused disbelief amount the people about Candyman cause without them he is nothing so that’s why he was framing her and torturing her.

I’m just going to state the fact that Tupac said the lyrics “Say my name 3 times like candy man” in the song Troublesome ‘96, when in fact you’re supposed to say his name 5 times.

I always thought of Candyman as a Tulpa. The urban legend is the back story but by bringing his name back to the forefront and getting people to talk and think about him they created a Tulpa of Helen's interpretation of him which is very appropriative which is the reason for Candyman's seeming change in motivations.

LOL Everyone always says he's wearing a "Pimp Coat". In reality, it's a coat from late 1800's aristocratic men's fashion, along with his "Hounds tooth" pattern on his pants and the Cravat around his neck. Remember he was killed in the late 1890's.

For a 90s slasher, I thought this one aged ok. Bernadette's death still gets me

Fuck that,the first Candyman scared the shit out of me so i don't agree with this guy,for like 45 minutes your just hearing creepy stories,being in the abandoned building was scary

Candy Man was so 🔥 and still holds up that I still wouldn't say the words in the mirror and I'm a grown ass man. 🙅🏾

I don’t remember if this was said, but the “Sweets to the Sweet” graffiti in the bathroom and outside of Anne-Marie apartment is a line from “Hamlet”. It’s said by the Queen during Ophelia’s funeral scene

This is the one channel where I can come in and get more than just a review. This is what makes you guys stand out from the rest. Blessings.

Remember the bit when he came through the window. Scared the hell out of me as a youngster.

Just wanted to add another reason you'd go with Tony Todd over Eddie Murphy: well, I mean, look at him! Listen to that voice! He's big, tall, and sounds like he came from the Vincent Price school of narration.

This is my favorite horror film of all time and still scares the booboo out of me as a grown man. From Philip Glass' haunting score to Tony Todd's ominous voice, and just the overall sense of overwhelming dread the film has, it's an absolute classic. I'm excited to see how Peele and DaCosta expand on the mythology.

If you come to Chicago right now, where The Greens (Cabrini Green) stood is now an area called "New Town" 😒😒😒😒🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️. I HATE IT!!!!

no i can explain... 38:34 .... they don't know Helen is in there, the scene where Dejuan see's her, he only see's a hook entering the pile. so he thinks it's Candyman entering the pile, go back & watch the scene of him watching he only see's the hook entering.

Candyman is legendary and my absolute fav film, I was barely 5 when it came out and it still holds up 20yrs later. Tony Todd, Virginia Madsen, the production design, and score is AMAZING!!! Helen was his lover reincarnated while she's the reason for his death he wants her to join him in immortality. The sequels aren't anywhere near close to being as good but I'm really hoping this spiritual sequel is done properly... 👏🏾👌🏾👏🏾✊🏾

The new film has a lot to live up to. This is a certified classic.

The origin story of the Candyman in this movie is about a interracial intimate relationship between the daughter of a white Plantation owner and a slave/painter. Thus, many Candyman movies before this, the origin story has been changed several times; as so as many other slasher classics origin stories and character background have been changed several times.

I was mortified during the climax. I couldn’t imagine a crying baby getting killed in a bonfire, but thankfully he was saved. Also, I liked that final scene where Helen comes back to haunt Trevor. trevor’s floozy student girlfriend was getting annoyed with him mourning his wife’s death. She tried to make dinner for them, but she couldn’t even cook. She was taking raw meat and lettuce leaves and throwing them into a bowl 🤣✋

Clive Barker - Always and Forever - and if you look into why he wrote it - it's deep. Jordan Peele has said over and over he has kept Clive in the loop. I am being real - I love Jordan Peele - but I have always loved Clive - - I will go to the theatre to support the new Candyman. But the first one is first and this is the child's story.. the continuation. I am so excited for the new film.

It seems like they could easily digitally remove those ropes in a future bluray or 4k release.

Sorry I'm gonna be the Candyman dork here, forgive my essay. I just love this flick and tbh I'm a little stoned. Regarding the little kid and the Bonfire: The little kid is not an agent of Candyman. He's just a little kid who's probably homeless or at least in very dire living conditions as we see. The movie's racial themes give it depth, but the grand idea of the movie is the power of "ideas". In essence, life is so fucked up in Cabrini Green that they create legends like "Candyman" as a sort of coping mechanism. It's easier to deal with the tragedy of everyday life there if they attribute it to some boogeyman type figure. Whether Candyman really haunts Helen or whether she's nuts, he still represents the myth that the people of Cabrini Green have created. He doesn't appear to her until she's disproved his existence and his actions are intended to keep the myth alive. Real or a delusion, he has "life" in the stories people tell about him. Helen being a part of that (whether she's imagining it or it's a real ghost) is a way to add to the myth of Candyman and invalidate any work she's done to disprove his existence. In every instance of a murder in this movie, there's an equally plausible "a real person did it" explanation and that is at least visually implied. The idea being that people are attributing real murders to the legend. This includes the murder story with Ted Raimi and the murder of Helen's husband at the end. The kid is a way to show that with relative innocence. The kid, moreso than many adults, would be susceptible to believing that Candyman is a real ghost. He attributes the crimes of a real criminal using the Candyman motif (the one who assaults Helen in the bathroom) to the boogeyman/ghost santa claus figure of the Candyman urban legend. The cops know he's guilty of a lot of crime in the community; including the assault on the disabled kid in that same bathroom (which, I dunno about you, but that story gets to me every time I watch this movie) and murdering that one woman in her apartment. That's why the cop is so pleased with her in their first encounter and so pissed and cruel to her when she's suspected of kidnapping the baby/murdering the dog. At first, she's an innocent white girl from a rich neighborhood, meaning her testimony will get this guy locked up because there will be enough of a stink about it. Then he's pissed because she's ruined the validity of her testimony with the dog/baby thing. And because her testimony is ruined, that guy gets to keep wandering the streets (and people will continue to attribute his crimes to Candyman). The bonfire is either something they were all going to burn later for a celebration or just a big pile of garbage. The kid thinks he sees Candyman enter the pile of garbage. He doesn't see Helen, he sees a hand and a hook and thinks it's really Candyman the ghost. So he and his friends go to burn it, and the people around get involved as well just as a communal thing. They all have absolutely no idea that Helen or the baby are in there. Then in the end, it's just another horrible thing that happened in Cabrini Green that gets added to the myth of Candyman. Whether Candyman was real or a delusion of Helen's warped mind, he accomplished what he wanted: the Candyman legend gets to keep on living. Notice how Candyman never tries to woo her with any legitimate romantic gesture. He asks her to "Be my victim" and tries to seduce her with the idea of "living forever" as a "whisper in the classroom" or "a tale to make lovers cling close together". His goal is to continue existing ultimately. Whether he's a real ghost or a manifestation of Helen's guilt or something, his simping for Helen is just how he intends to add her to the story.

Not to worry y'all Candyman got his snobby smug ass.. Dude literally said name with a mirrored book in the sequel.

“You gonna go back and teach at hogwarts after this” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Tony Todd carried an amazing episode of Deep Space Nine called The Visitor

What happened was the kid saw the hook, he didnt see her, he saw the hook going in the pile, that's why he said "Candyman" before getting a torch and all the tenants

Saw this in the theaters at about 9 years old. I was afraid of the bathroom for a couple of weeks. Besides the traditional horror, the Cabrini-Greens was scarier than a mug.

When he flew out that window backwards lmao

The "gang" guys, were actually part of the gang in the building. Movie paid them off so they could shoot there.

They burn the trash pile cause the child sees a hook and tells the community that Candyman is inside.

In regards to black folk choosing to play demeaning or stereotypical characters.... Did we forget that Gangsta rap got hot asf right before the 90s. The people lived that shit... film just capitolized on it

great review. i love this movie. happy to see yall cover it.

Regarding the kids in the film: The original short story featured a toddler being sacrificed to the spirit of Candyman. The movie takes one character and makes them 2 - the kid and the baby

The way I saw things, the Candyman’s backstory, how he came to be, who he was in life, don’t strictly matter. What matters is who he is now. What matters is that people talk about him, that people know his name, that they know some variation of how he came to be. He is the writing on the wall, the whisper in the classroom, the hesitancy to commit to saying his name five times in the mirror. Either way, people believe in him. Without these things he is nothing. And that’s why he goes after Helen. I don’t think Candyman ever really factored into the inciting murder at Cabrini Greene; as we see when Helen is assaulted in the bathroom, someone was essentially using the legend as a street gimmick. That’s why he didn’t immediately appear to Helen even though she said his name five times in the mirror: he still had his congregation of believers and his legend was firmly secure. But when Helen went to expose the murder and testify against the gang, that legend is threatened. Suddenly, there’s a rational explanation behind everything. Suddenly, Candyman isn’t so scary when he’s behind bars. She doubted him, so for the first time in a long while, he must shed innocent blood personally. It was always Helen. He’s going to sacrifice her to get people talking and stay fearful. Did you hear about the lady who went mad and went on a killing spree after looking into the Candyman legend? I hear she’s the reincarnation of his long lost lover. Whatever the reason, he literally plans to burn her as fuel for his fire. She becomes yet another notch on his belt. Be his victim and achieve immortality in his legend, whether that be as his over or as his victim. But in the end, Helen turns his legend against him by fighting back and saving both the baby and the community. Now all the stories over in Cabrini Greene are about her. They’re talking about the woman who went up against the Candyman and won. The woman who saved Cabrini-Greene from the Candyman’s reign of terror. The woman who got horribly mutilated in the fire. And if you say her name five times in the mirror, she’ll come after you. She has supplanted the Candyman legend, turning *him* into part of *her* story. Candyman is now part of her mythos, that’s her who they’ll be making graffiti of. And I think the 2021 movie may be going in the direction of Candyman as a living urban legend over Candyman as the vengeful spirit of an innocent man. I hear Candyman was the son of a slave who made a fortune off his art, but he was brutally murdered by his lover’s father after she fell pregnant with his child. I hear he was a dude who gave candy to the children who got lynched after being framed for putting razor blades in the candy. How he got the hook, why he’s associated with bees, who he really was in life, all these are lost to time. But that doesn’t matter if the finer details are wrong, because people are still ultimately talking about him as if he were real, and their knowledge and fear to dig any deeper into things gives him power (there’s probably some racial commentary there, but I feel I’m not qualified to discuss that). And all these years later, he’s still trying to use little baby Anthony to grow and ultimately assimilate him into his legend. Gosh, I love this movie.

No, 'Candyman' is not overhyped. "The pain, I can assure you, will be exquisite. As for our deaths, there is nothing to fear. Our names will be written on a thousand walls. Our crimes told and retold by our faithful believers. We shall die together in front of their very eyes and give them something to be haunted by. Come with me and be immortal." This sounds like Shakespeare. 'Candyman' is American Gothic Horror

Second Fun Fact: Tony Todd is also a life long Star Trek fan and has played a total of 5 different characters across the franchises and is rumored to be doing voice work for the new Star Trek: Prodigy series on Nickelodeon and a voice on Lower Decks witch I highly recommend.

He wanted her to be his victim and love him be with him forever. He's going to take everything away from her . all her people and things and freedom lol

You guys need to check out Eddie Murphy in vampire in Brooklyn

At the end, the kid saw the hook and thought it was candyman, he did not see Helen.

The scariest film Tony Todd did was a film from 1985.called Ememy Terrortory. He played a gang leader. Ray Parker jr from Ghostbusters is the lead. Stacy Dash is also in it. Her first film. Jan michael Vincent steals the film as a former Vietnam viet. Please review it. It's still on you tube. Its scary and hilarious.

An entire video dedicated to CANDYMAN ...🤔 ...and the creepiest part was Korey's last words 🙃 🙃 🙃 🙃 🙃 Another great DT episode!

holy F**K!!! what the whaaa...??? Virginia's actually RELATED to Michael "Mr. Blonde" Madsen..?? WTF..?!? they don't look anything alike..!!!! how did i not know THIS...??? wow....

The guy at the table laughing looke like Ben Franklin😂

The bees were bred specifically for this movie. They needed to make sure that the bees were only twelve hours old, so that they looked like mature bees, but their stinger wouldn't be powerful enough to do any real damage. Exterior, hallway, and stairway scenes were actually filmed for a few days in the infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects, though the producers had to make a deal with the ruling gang members to put them in the movie as extras to ensure the cast and crew's safety during filming. Even with this arrangement, a sniper put a bullet through the production van on the last day of filming, though no one was injured. While investigating one of Candyman's crime scenes, Helen and Bernadette discover that the design of the apartment's medicine cabinet made it a possible point of entry for an intruder. This was not a made-up piece of horror movie fiction. While researching the film, Bernard Rose learned that a series of murders had been committed in Chicago in this very way. In Slashers Part 1 (2018), Tony Todd said he was stung by bees 26 times during the space of the Candyman trilogy. Tony Todd negotiated a bonus of $1,000 for every bee sting he suffered during filming; he was stung 23 times. Tony Todd's favorite role and movie of his own. Whenever Candyman is walking his footsteps have no sound, signifying his status as rumor and mythology powered by superstition come to life. The Candyman's lair was designed to look like a gothic church constructed by the people who believed in him living in Cabrini Green The film's opening credits feature a great aerial view of Chicago, which was pretty revolutionary for its time. "We did that with an incredible new machine called the Skycam, which can shoot up to a 500mm lens with no vibration," Bernard Rose told The Independent. "You've never seen that shot before, at least not done that smoothly." The Candyman in Clive Barker's original story had been described as an imposing possibly white man (he is described as having a rather unnatural shade of yellow that of course adds to his candy theme) with an unruly red beard. Director Bernard Rose had Virginia Madsen and Tony Todd take ballroom dancing classes together so they would have more of a romantic connection when playing their characters. Candyman combines elements of two real urban legends: Bloody Mary (a ghost who appears by chanting her name in a mirror) and the Hook (a killer with a hook for a hand who attacks a couple in a parked car). The effects crew had a blacksmith make Candyman's hook, but when they went to pick it up, the blacksmith refused to sell it to them. Once he'd heard it was for a Clive Barker horror movie, the devout Christian blacksmith had misgivings about the project. There was some controversy that the film was depicting racism and racial stereotypes. According to Bernard Rose, "I had to go and have a whole set of meetings with the NAACP, because the producers were so worried, and what they said to me when they'd read the script was 'Why are we even having this meeting? You know, this is just good fun.' Their argument was 'Why shouldn't a black actor be a ghost? Why shouldn't a black actor play Freddy Krueger or Hannibal Lecter? If you're saying that they can't be, it's really perverse. This is a horror movie. . .'" According to Virginia Madsen , "I was and am now worried about how people will respond. I don't think Spike Lee will like this film." It took half an hour for all of the bees to get into Tony Todd's mouth, and he recalled being "tranced out" when he let all of the bees out of his mouth. Eddie Murphy was considered for the title role, but was deemed too short at 5'9". They chose Tony Todd for his height at 6'5". For the scene where Helen strips in front of the policewoman, Virginia Madsen suggested her lifelong best friend Rusty Schwimmer for the part as she felt more comfortable doing it in front of a familiar face. For the scene in which bees fill Candyman's chest cavity, bees were placed in a special body appliance which was filled off stage and strapped to Tony Todd's chest. Utmost care was taken to be gentle in placing the bees properly for the scene and then collecting them afterwards. In an August 2011 interview with Cindy Pearlman of the Chicago Sun Times Tony Todd stated, "I'll never forget that I filmed that movie in a building on the South Side of Chicago. Building 116. Unit C. That's the Candyman pad!" Bernard Rose expressed interest in Clive Barker's story "The Forbidden", and Barker agreed to license the rights. Where Barker's story revolved around themes of the British class system in contemporary Liverpool, Rose chose to refit the story to Cabrini-Green public housing development in Chicago and instead focus on themes of race and social class in inner-city United States. The original story takes place in a fictional British housing project called Bob's Corner in the late 70's, while the movie moves the setting to 90's Chicago and the real life slum of Cabrini Green. The change in setting also makes the bonfire seem out of place, as in the original the bonfire is part of the traditional Guy Fawkes Night celebrations. Tony Todd compares his character's ability to invoke fear, suggestion and seduction to the DC Comics villain Scarecrow. He also compares his character to the Phantom of the Opera and the Hunchback of Notre Dame in that they are all "monsters" who use both tenderness and terror in an unsuccessful attempt to win the love of the female protagonists. The honeybees in Candyman were controlled by Norman Gary, who previously handled bees on films such as The Deadly Bees (1966), My Girl (1991), and Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). The film used more than 200,000 real honeybees throughout, and most of the crew wore bodysuits to be protected from stings, although all of them faced at least one sting. Originally scripted Candyman's name was to be called 13 times, but writer and director Bernard Rose reduced it to 5. Clive Barker's short story took place in Liverpool, England. The titular character of Candyman does not appear in person until 44 minutes into the movie. The only slasher movie in the horror canon with a Black serial killer as the villain. This has never been done before or since in the history of film. In "Draculas, Vampires and Other Undead Forms: Essays on Gender, Race and Culture", the Candyman's nature is likened to a vampire, elaborating that similar to the vampires: "[Candyman] possesses the capacity to hypnotize his prey such that they appear to desire their victimizations." Virginia Madsen confirmed that the Candyman was intended to be an "African-American Dracula", adding that she thought that it is "appealing to the African-American community because they finally had their own Dracula". For a scene in which both Helen and Candyman are covered with bees, the queen bee scent was placed on the actors and then the bees were placed on the actors by pouring them out of a container. A special bee vacuum was used after to collect the bees. Bernard Rose's then-wife, Alexandra Pigg, was originally set to play Helen but ceded the role to the higher profile Virginia Madsen. In "The Forbidden", Helen's last name is Buchanan as opposed to Lyle in the movie. Anne-Marie's last name is changed from Latimer to McCoy in the movie, as well as her baby's name from Kerry to Anthony. Candyman is regarded in some critical circles as a contemporary classic of horror cinema. Michael Culkin's debut film Penned by Clive Barker who also wrote Hellraiser, another iconic horror franchise. The scene where Candyman's hook bursts through Helen's bathroom cabinet was set up without Virginia Madsen's knowledge, so her terror and shock are real. She ran screaming from the set. According to Tony Todd, the studio cut several minutes of footage out to the swirling embrace scene at the end of the film when Candyman tells Helen "Surrender to me" because they were leery of the interracial context of the scene. When Helen is seen talking to Jake at Cabrini-Green you can see the shadow of the gates on her face resembling honeycombs therefore forshawdowing that her face will be covered in bees. Dr Burke's death won the "Golden Chainsaw" award because it had the most visible hookage. Kasi Lemmons's second horror film after The Silence of the Lambs (1991) (in which she played a similar sidekick role), and the first in which she dies when she gets gutted by Candyman. Helen and Bernadette, before they unwittingly summon Candyman, make a joke about how someone's lurking behind a bathroom mirror. In the second act of the movie Candyman himself later smashes through the mirror to get at Helen.

Please do more retrospective reviews. I've been hoping you guys would start doing these since you started the bad movie roasts. 😀

Fun fact quite a few of the extras that was in this movie they were actually active gang members that lived in Cabrini green so I understand where you are coming from about black representation but what happens when it's actually true to life

Nah. I can not see Eddie Murphy as Candyman... But then again. People say Michael Keaton being batman sounds like a joke back in the day when he was announced to play Batman. Batman (1989) is the best batman movie of all time.

I've always thought Candyman is the most beautiful horror movie.

Seriously though that dog decapitation scene was really really good

When people talk about CGI they seem to forget about Tetminator 2 which came out before Jurassic Park.

Great video guys! Just wanted to piggy back about the hypnotism . Ii watched Virginia madsons interviews and she said she really was put under. Bernard Rose came up with the idea of putting her under because her reaction to seeing Candyman was crucial and he didn't want her to scream he literally called it a "f***horrible noise" lol ( he's not wrong) Virginia was very skeptical about hypnotism until During a session she realized mid conversation that her arm was raised above her head . She was convinced she was hypnotized and agreed to be put under during the filming .of the movie. Bernard Rose was given a trigger word to put her under when needed. However after a full day of shooting and being put under .she became very disoriented she had to stop Side note. Speaking as someone who has been hypnotized myself I can tell you watching her in those scenes . It's legit she really was put under.

At the 39 minute it’s inaccurate inregards to the fire! They didn’t set the fire knowin Helen was inside! All the little boy Jake saw was the hook and he assumed it was Candyman. You can clearly see him say “He’s here…” and the crowd is chanting “BURN HIM! BURN HIM!” And when Helen comes crawling out they all gasp because they had no clue she was even in the fire!

Hey Korey & crew, the last scene where the people set the fire in the projects I don't think they knew Helen was in there the hook that the kid saw he assumed was Candyman's.

Korey: This time on toasted ReView we are looking at the cult horror classic Candyman. Martin: A cinematic classic where people get hooks in their bum. Korey: That's right Martin. Chris what are your initial thoughts on this movie? Chris: AAAAAAIIIIIIIDDSS!!!!

Those bees were real?! Wow!

Bernadette: 🥺"Are you going to kill me now?" Candyman: "That depends...do you see me?" 28:04

also. I'm 38. i saw this in the theater, it's my 2nd favorite movie of all time. this is a GREAT REVIEW! Great Job. 1love.

At the end, the boy saw the hook that Helen was using and thought it was candy man, which made him rally up his neighbors!!

the cabrini green projects were a very rough area. you go down there you wont find alot of people being friendly, especially to someone snooping around. it was gangster disciple territory, one of the most violent gangs in america. notice those guys wearing purple when she wants to go in.

Last 3rd of the movie is 🔥🔥🔥. Helen escaping the asylum Candyman busting her out The tire fire/baby and helen. As a Black kid in the pj's this hit me hard.. The theory of candyman being a myth and not a "living" thing is interesting....

Happy 30th! On rewatch I notice the kid tells Helen about annual bonfires & as I wrote last year, he only saw the hook move in the pile and thought candyman so he told the neighborhood

My aunt when on a date with Gilbert Lewis and BLACULA was 2nd king of the cartoon

The kid at the end only saw the hook Helen was holding and climbing into the pile with. He thought it was Candyman himself. He even says so when he calls everyone over. They light it thinking they're destroying Candyman, not Helen

Eddie Murphy actually ended up doing Vampire in Brooklyn

Pun intended that shit back fired lmao

Thanks for The Tony Todd Taco Bell commercial. Hahaha

22:29 Candyman Fry!

Korey wanna know was Cabrini that bad? Absolutely!!! I'm a Chicagoan and it was a horror movie itself with the gang violence. The movie exaggerated it a bit but it was a terrible place to live

Didn't they hear or see the kid telling them that Candyman was in the trash pile?

U Guys Should Review Vampire In Brooklyn, Since U Brought Up Eddie Murphy In A Scary Movie