CANDYMAN (2021) Ending Explained & Connections to CANDYMAN (1992) 

The intro was amazing- better than the person who changed 'Do you want to built a snowman' to 'Do you want to help me hide a body'

The intro absolutely slapped, gave me a bit of "Kermit Does Candyman" vibe

The intro was the best!!

A urban legend that scare cops to beliving a story can kill them now thats interesting reminds me a old urban legend in NYC. A group of cops getting their faces ripped off symbolizing the faces of those they killed and now they will suffer the consequenses.

You deserve a like just for the into I love it

She really is looks the same from new jack city

FACTS!

@@ogconradmurray1510 I need to get on whatever regiment she has lol

@@TheVizions 🤣

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Yeah she looks amazing and her short scene was so powerful! One of the best in the movie.

Black don’t crack. That’s why lol

@@damikey85 - Periodt!!! 😌🖤💋

@@KabbalahSherry ❤️

Ion care I wasn’t even born when the original came out but she can get it

@@michaelbelluche5454 all they said is that they didn’t show the violence lol calm your ass down

@@michaelbelluche5454 No one is taken you seriously after "you people"

YES 👏🏾. I was SO glad 🙏🏾.

It is an interesting and even daring choice. It makes Anthony's transformation all that more horrific by comparison too.

They should of showed the flash backs to the first movie with Helen

My aunty is 45 but she still looks 32 how do they do it 😕

Vanessa looks *amazing* ! Hasn’t aged a day!

Well you know what they say, black don't crack 😌 hopefully I look the same age I do now until I'm like the age of of 70

@@shadowkingdarksin3980 I’m gonna take a BIG GUESS and say hopefully she didn’t smoke, she didn’t drink alcohol, she got her required sleep at night and most of all hopefully she kept the dreaded STRESSORS at bay.

Black don't crack

I was hella weak on that line 😂😂😂

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He went there lol

I literally just screamed louder bc of this than bc of the entire movie lol

I fkn died 😂😂😂

Agree! I love how they added to the mythology!

but when your story isnt as good......ehhhh

Genius? Sheesh

“Genius” lol

@Acolyte of Dagon I know right? Like I’m so tired of constantly hearing about issues in society that doesn’t have an impact on me. Like who cares?? I’m glad someone else agrees.

exactly! I could not look at the screen

They saved up all the blood and gore for that awful, awful body horror

Oh yeah, holes... the stuff of nightmares 😂😂😂 There really is nothing worse 🙄

I was wondering if anyone else picked up on that. I don't have that phobia but it's still chilling to see on someone's skin.

I was physically nauseous in the theater I couldnt look fr

they made Bri's past too deep without giving her a more significant role. I think they planned to make her role similar to Helen's, but eventually took it off

I think what it did show is the perpetuation within the black community. You know, how a black female may have grown up with an abusive father then later being only able to attract abusive boyfriends in there adult hood. Or how we gravitate towards the B's within our community solely based on our culture's norm or the way we were conditioned.

@@demondjones7536 but he wasnt abusive. Struggling I guess. But his work wasnt sending him crazy u till we got to the candyman thing, al BEFORE that, there was nothing about perpetuating anything really. They tried to shoehorn that in. And as I stated, I guess the "struggling artist" dialogue he brother gave counts but barely. he was obviously good enough to get notoriety to a certain level

SEQUEL!

@@agonleed3841 no bro I was only using that as an analogy of how bre ended up where she was with Anthony. The movie is deep and is indeed a conversation piece as with all of his films Soo far. I think his new one coming in 22 will follow suite

The fact we have the same first names and awesome and the movie was awesome

People keep talking about cinematography but it doesn't belong in a setting like this. Imagine a visionary trying to make Jason a visual masterpiece. Like, no one goes to a movie like that for that.

black dont crack

@@dennisandkelleyallday - No it sure don't! 😌🖤💋

Melanin Magic 😂

The original story wasn’t so deep. Originally Candyman stalked Helen simply bc she doubted him, and was spreading doubt to the rest of Cabrini Green. It was also revealed in the end that Helen was possibly a descendant or reincarnation of his lover Caroline. When candyman died his soul split in 2, there was the man, and there was his revenge. The next 2 movies expanded on that idea and basically had candyman go after his descendants since him and caroline had a child. Those descendants were both his family and the family of the man who killed him, so he got revenge and peace (his family finally joined him in the afterlife). This new telling making him a force of revenge for black men wrongfully killed is very interesting and i hope we get sequels. But in this new timeline, candyman 2 and 3 may no longer be canon.

@@treyallias5533 The original wasn’t deep but this one is? Lmao this lazy rehash of Candyman is about as deep as a glass of water.

But is that good? I mean, this means more black men will lose their lives to Candyman.

The final girl

@@carlycrays2831 its not good, CM is not like a Robin Hood type character that kills the corrupt and spares the good. Nothing good can come from him. He kills who he wants, if he spares anyone its to tell the story.

The way Robitaille's Candyman looked at her reminded me of the original film, when he hypnotized Helen several times, down to the same mesmerized expression.

@@meikoblock It really is a lot more daring of a take on Candyman than I was expecting. I was afraid they would make him more of an antihero, but nope, he is a literal monster.

YES 😕🖤💯

@Acolyte of Dagon Sadly those " racial undertones" still exist today. Perhaps you're one of those that are tired of hearing about it, but when you live in it, experience it, you have an appreciation for movies like this. Maybe you should stop talking to 13 year olds on twitter... I'm positive thats illegal.

@@sammiesaxonphoto He's talking about the quality of rendition of facts and you're essentially calling him a racist that hits up kids on Twitter. Wow, social justice cas come a long way. You fought bravely the cause today 👏👏👏

@Acolyte of Dagon "the general consensus of critics"?? Please site where this "general consensus" is, b/c it seems that the "real" general consensus has positive reviews about the expansion of the lore. How has it done nothing to expand on what the original presented?? Have we watched the same movie? The majority of the movie is a total expansion of what the original presented, hence, the "hive" and the stories of other Candymen. This film added many layers to the mythology. Whether you felt that it was in the right direction or not is subjective. The original is one of my fav movies of all time and, yes, it remains to be the best installment of the franchise imo. However, I will not deny that the new film managed to at least succeed at adding new territory to an already complex story.

Kind of funny because a white guy wrote the original story (about a white urban legend) and now Candyman’s used as a pedestal for blacks to complain about whites.

They need an exorcist from the Vatican, also change the legend or kill everyone who knows or may know

Similer stories exist in irish mythology. It was one of the few defenses they had against the brits. It was the only thing they couldnt kill. It kept the irish culture alive. Stories and legends maybe our best defense against those who wish to quash others in order to make them like them. We need to tell them so they will be remembered even centuries from now.

We also have Candyman existing not just because of the story, but because that is how the curse works. The trauma essentially turns black men into monsters. The only way to stop it is to give it up completely, but is that possible given police violence, poverty, and the violent consequences of that trauma? And the film's answer is quite blunt that it isn't.

@@carlycrays2831 this is a good observation!!

@@carlycrays2831 Another question that needs to be asked as well is, do they want the trauma to stop? Candyman becomes something more when others know of him, as a savior, shown at the end of the movie. When they see him as a hero the more likely they'll call his name, even though he is in part responsible for their pain, that's exactly what he wants. The same is as in real life there are those that don't want the suffering to end. By these people playing the savior they gain fame, fortune & their name called out by those believing them to be their salvation. They tower above the rest whole in their glory, preaching false hope, pointing their anger in the wrong direction, while sacrificing them to monsters that roam the streets & shadows.

Not really a metaphor.. they blatantly announced everything...

Oh cool! I enjoyed Fargo S4.

I was tryna remember what I saw him play n

He would make such a great Miles Morales Spiderman for disney if they go that route. He did such a great job in Fargo w/ his amount of screen time.

He's a Chicago native too

I saw it a the theater last night and I agree,it was about an hour and 25min. but it's listed as 2 hours. They must have cut a lot out. Great movie though.

@@molotovcandycorn2542 yeah I agree with that the real time was a hour and 31 minutes for my showing

Agreed. Wish they had a little more on the subplot with the girlfriend and her dad

@@mcvcalvi there is probably more about that but it got cut so hoping for a unrated and longer cut movie on blue ray.

The directors cut will be edited on the blu-ray

agreed. didnt think anyone else felt the same. Im perfectly fine the way the film was portrayed...but like others, I think there couldve been some holes plugged or more explanation.

I think the issue is that Tony Todd is just too old. I'm not sure it would have worked as well as we all wish it would.

@Leftist's Antidote mockery, which is what a certain group loves doing, if you join in with them, that's the price you pay.

@Leftist's Antidote lmao

The script went through a ton of rewrites and it shows idk the story felt long and boring not enough Candyman in Candyman

What's interesting is how this is very similar to one interpretation of Candyman from the original movie. A lot of people saw the ghost as being what he was because of the myth built around him more than because that's really what he was.

It really doesn't dismiss any of the films, which is pretty cool.

Which makes sense, in different regions of the country his story would have traveled and different iterations of the tale would emerge.

Also, Candyman had no "real" name in the original film. His name of Daniel Robitaille wasn't added until "Farewell to the Flesh." And this sequel confirmed that Daniel was killed in Chicago. Caroline (his beloved) then vanished from Chicago and moved to Daniel's birth home of New Orleans to raise their daughter.

*SPOILERS* No way man lol his name is said 5 times in the final scene alone by Bre

@@moviemonster438 Not his full name though! She just says Anthony.

That's how it was in Candyman 2 Farewell to the Flesh! When Annie's brother was being interrogating by the police, one of then called Candyman and the cop's murder was caught on tape being elevated while the brother was on the other side of the room being horrified. One of the detectives reviewed the tape and realized that Annie's brother was innocent

I'm not sure that's gonna make her life that much easier given that she's now being asked to essentially sacrifice more black men to Candyman.

@@carlycrays2831 Well there’s always a choice like how the neighborhood ended the myth of Candyman. Just don’t speak about it.

@@fulcrum6760 If she doesn't say anything about it, she will likely be tried for murdering all those cops.

@@carlycrays2831 They won't believe her though. Saying anything about supernatural stuff, they'll just pin it on her anyway.

Yeah he wasn’t entirely candy man then, he definitely felt what was going on & that’s why afterwards before he got shot he ran to Brianna cause he was still deep down in there

Because they say it was too political but they obviously haven’t seen the first one

@@JillianVSJill the first one focused on horror all the things about race were subtle not shoved down your throat like this new one.

I recently watched a documentary about that young man.. R I P

As a native of SC I was thinking the same thing when I first saw it!!!! That's a story a lot of people don't know about!!!

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I agree I didn’t like the blatant woke references you can do it without explicitly saying it . You can do it without literally saying it but movie was good overall

@@Chris-rg6nm I don’t think that what he was going for when he said that. I just think Boyz n the Hood was able to convey messages better. Them just saying gentrification seemed shoved in. If they showed it hurting us then it would’ve been better

@@Chris-rg6nm Chris…Lighten the F up would you? 😂

@Leftist's Antidote Cos candyman isn’t racist…He doesn’t choose his victims based on colour…Whoever says his name 5 times in the mirror dies…Do you know nothing

@@thehorrorcounselors4747 I've seen analysis saying that in actuality, candyman kills those who say his name five times in an effort to disprove his existence, which is a parallel to people denying the horrors of systematic racism and police brutality. When she says his name at the end of this movie five times, she doesn't say it out of disbelief or with the intention of denying his reality, she says it because she knows he's real. So he doesn't kill her. For all the talk about how this movie's too on the nose and too obvious, it's a bit ironic to see those same people miss subtle clues and deeper meanings unless it is explicitly told to them in the story. For example, the undertones in the first film were subtle to the point of people denying themes of racism existing in the movie at all. No offense, but I don't think a lot of you who think this way would really understand what they're trying to say *unless* it's on the nose. It's also a bit disheartening to hear people call these things 'politics' or 'wokeness' when these are real, painful and traumatic experiences individuals have faced and continue to do so regardless of what current political party is in power in the United States. And what better medium than a horror movie to get that message across?

Well to be fair. His body was still in there so it'd make sense to be able to use it since it was just brought down. Along with it was showing the original candyman at the end. And like the original.. Anthony could speak with that powerful tone behind every word he spoke. Kinda showing a full circle. Anthony was the baby that Candyman kidnapped in 92. And essentially 30 years later he becomes the next to wear the hook. I feel there was a bond between those two specifically unlike the 3 candymen before Anthony. And the original candyman would show himself he didn't hide in a reflection and he revealed himself after killing the last cop to tell Brianna to tell his story. Which means he's not done.

Because his legend grew even more with Anthony being added to the hive. Candyman NEEDS people to speak his name in order to be eternal.

You should check out the StitchedTogetherPictures recent video review of the first Candyman film then.

Easy bro ... I love Tony Todd Candyman but this makes Candyman live forever.. not as just one man but as a legacy

@@MrObasilawrence - Exactly 😌💯 I love the mythology they've added to it!

He was in the movie. That was him saying “Tell everyone” at the end