WTF Happened To Candyman? 

Nothing beats the Original

I think the idea of baby anthony being drawn back into the legend is super fascinating, overall i liked the movie but it felt like it was trying to juggle too many plot lines, thus leaving all of them slightly undercooked, this is probably bc it had 3 writers with their own ideas and visions

Had to watch it twice to really appreciate it. Watching the original Candyman one day after school all by myself was so special for me as a horror fan, even as a kid.

I actually liked this one. My only real complaints are the ending felt really rushed and the wasn't enough Tony Todd.

The original was genuinely terrifying, especially on a first watch

Candyman 1992: “I am the writing on the wall, the whisper in the classroom. Without these things, I am nothing. So now, I must shed innocent blood. Come with me.” Candyman 2021: "Tell everyone." That's what happened.

I liked how it is a continuation not a reboot.

Film focused to hard on have a deep message but failed in creating a good horror film.

I really like this movie for me it’s a great sequel and I’m glad they didn’t do a Remake. I just wished Tony Todd would have get more scenes, the ending was a bit rushed.

There needs to be a candyman horror Anthology tv series just like Freddy's nightmares

They tried to turn Canndyman into a Folkhero for the oppressed and that’s never what he was. It isn’t a mantle that’s passed down. It’s one dude and his rage and pain and vengeance.

Was hoping it was the 1992 "Candyman." The contemporary classic of horror film.

My only issue with this movie was the total lack of Tony Todd as the Candyman....

The OG Candyman was only in like the last 2 or 3 mins of this movie...That sucked.

This movie is basically a well made "love it, or hate it" film.

I appreciate the Nia DaCosta mention

The movie was alright , nothing compared to the original...it really had great potential for sure but fell flat , the movie had it moments off and on that was about it

The original is horrifying and gorgeous. This one was super overrated and messy. It started well, but quickly devolved into a mess of hammy acting and awful CGI. It's cheesy and it retcons the backstory, making the concept of the Candyman himself less villainous and less scary.

The thing that’s great about the first film is that the kills are mainly there to be of use to the plot, it’s not for there to just be kills because it’s a horror movie. The kills are done by candyman as a way to prove his point and further torment Helen to show her that he needs to be believed in. Nowadays, if there’s a sequel, the kills are mandatory to one-up its predecessors but end up falling flat, because it’s just to satisfy people’s want of mindless violence. If that’s what people want, then it’s best to watch something like Friday the 13th, or, John Wick.

In the final act, something was missing. The main character slowly turns throughout the film, slowly slowly slowly… then suddenly boom hes candyman. Something was missing there, it was jarring for me and soured the experience

I was looking forward to this but unfortunately they made him into an antihero that only killed buzzword caricatures. Maybe you like it. I didn’t. And don’t get me started with the end credits using George Stinney JR and James Byrd JR as monsters. That was just disgusting on all fronts.

Movie sucked super bad, not even trying to be a hater. But it was drawn out, too much in between time without meaning. Also the whole whole ending was so not necessary. Basically made candy man into a social justice antihero. WTF is that lmao?

The Candyman requel has so many problems. I *wanted* to like it. I went in with high hopes. The cinematography is beautiful. The baby Anthony twist was a great idea! But here’s the things that lost me: - The in-your-face social justice preaching. The original movie was about poverty and violence faced by black Americans. It commented on white academics treating impoverished black American communities as tourist destinations. It touched on generational trauma of racism. It was great. But first and foremost it was a slasher movie meant to scare you with messages embedded. The original story was about poor British people. They changed the location and demographics and incorporated more elements into it but there was a solid story as the foundation. The new movie started with a message and tried to build a story around that. Which did not work. - The characters were all so shallow. Here’s your gay character. Here’s your art critic character. They were just so paper thin it was painful to watch them on screen. - The length, pacing, and climax. It was too long, was so slow in parts, and at the end I felt like there was 20 minutes cut because it just ends abruptly without any feeling of resolution.

I thought it was great. My only problem is that it wasn't very scary.

I didn't like it, the fact of there being more than one Candyman was confusing, and Tony Todd's five second scene was insulting.

I heard you're looking for Candyman

Sadly, it's just not the same without Candyman.

Tony Todd did it for me at the end

Are these new narrations AI generated?? No disrespect to the narrator of this video, if not AI, but i miss the old JoBlo excited narrator tone 😭 great deep dive though per usual though!

I need to give this one another watch. I was not drawn in on 1st watch at all. The Tony Todd bias definitely was,is there.

Yea, this was good. I just thought it needed 10-15 more minutes of character development

Loved it. I hope they keep exploring the hive of Candymen in different movies.

I enjoyed this movie right up until the ending with the cops, just took me right out of it and felt forced to the point I laughed and shook my head. They just wanted to make a point and link it to current issues in the real world and they didn’t need to. Slightly recovered the ending with the Tony Todd cameo. I like movies with messages, but don’t force it

I actually really liked this Candyman, & am pleased to hear that it did well. I didn't mind the inclusion of modern day politics, as with this being a Candyman film, it fir perfectly, as Candyman has always represented the horrors of racism, which this one still does. I was also pleased & excited, to see the cameo from Tony Todd, at the end!! I truly hope there's another sequel, in the near future! At least the franchise is being kept alive, as it was dead for many years. I'm SO SO glad that the Candyman franchise did not end with that piece of shit, 1999 entry!

The original is such a classic for me. This one just didn’t do it for me. It was trash.

I’m glad you touched on the subject of this movie that’s why the 1992 version will be my go to favorite‼️

This movie had so much potential, but it was the motivation behind it that didn’t work for me. But great direction and performances overall.

$100.00 bucks says CandyMan is Rebooted within the next 5-10 years and they make it 100% P.C and they'll rename it CandyThem or CandyThem

I loved it, the original was from the eyes of a non black person. Even though a lot of the elements of the original was racial. And folks were mad at the new one that was focused on race and racial violence. Which is why Candyman became the possessing spirit of what it is.

I really hate that people say this remake was better then the original.

Nothing compares to the original

I have to rewatch this. The OG still holds up really well

Candyman was always a Tulpa. It kills for the sacrifice. To believe in the story. It is a story masquerading as a ghost. Candyman 2 and 3 are shit that missed the point of the original movie and story.

I was hoping you'd go into something I've wondered about for years: what the hell is the doctor's head attached to??? And why???

Vanessa Williams has aged so well she maybe a vampire

What happened? Modern politics.

The 2nd movie actually shown who Candyman was and came to be and his love and baby and the family that grew from them 😊

“I heard ya looking for CandyMan beutch”

Tony Todd’s voice makes me weak in the knees. ❤

Candyman was written by a white man...yeah because in the book Candyman wasn't Black nor was he a slave that was killed due to racism. That was all the film changing the story and location.

Its good but not great. From a few conversations I have had about the film, much of those talks about the very things discussed in this video. It mirrors the first film in a lot of ways which is good. Sprinkles the lore and legacy fine. I would have went in a completely different direction giving the candyman no lore at all and made it a shapless entity that latched onto the candyman movie to take form. It being a sort of urban legend works really well for a story like that. A New Nightmare did it, the THING, the ENTITY, Prince of Darkness, Possession all do this but candyman needed a more David Lynch take on that rather than Wes Craven. I would have done the same here. i would have taken Candyman out of the element, ignore most of the race and social justice elements and made it about existential horror over slasher meets possession story with a David Lynch tone and feel... I do not really like horror where EVERYTHING is explainable. Sometimes it is just a force of evil that one cannot fully stop but slow down... Existential horror for me doesn't have a happy ever after but rather I survived this encounter and if I have ever have the poor fortune of running into this THING again I will not be so fortunate...

Wasn't aware this was out there, and wasn't interested in another Candyman, because: why tamper with perfection? Nevertheless, this actually looks worthwhile!

Wish the fans commenting would go to IMDB and give this movie the negative rating it deserves and bring down its current rating more.🙂

I actually liked this and respect the approach

The first time I saw this, I was disappointed because I spent the whole time waiting for the *real* Candyman to show up. It was better second time around.

the thing is, i dont think the movie is made for old slasher fans. Not even a bit. I went to that movie with a group of friends and everyone who has seen the old candyman hated this movie, while people who didnt seen it once loved it. The same thing can also be seen on the critics reviews as on metacritic or rotten tomato

I love this movie it is a well deserved sequel to the original.

What's the music at 04:57?

I was disappointed 😔😔😔 well I only lost $3 and some I rented the movie if the movie was good I definitely would have bought it what is the movie is bad you'll be happy that you just rented the movie

What accent is this guy? I always have to put on the subtitles with his videos to decipher what he's saying.

Ahh God they had this guy do the narration

Deon Taylor looks like he was ready to play Candy Man's son 🤔

What made the new Halloween trilogy good was that i didn't feel like I was being politically lectured by the cast. It was a horror trilogy. And it stuck with that choice. Even the comedic relief was welcome. But for the exorcist believer, candyman, and many others like the new scream, it feels as though they want me to support a very specific set of beliefs, and they're very eager to let me know that I'm hated if I don't. Right down to the interviews done with cast and crew. Halloween didn't try to reinvent horror into some kind of vector through which to express how oppressed you are, when you're literally making millions to make a movie that wouldn't break even at the box office.

It was far too heavy-handed in its messaging. But it did have somewhat of an artistic flare! Lots of potential but ultimately it was a a bit of a letdown. Still the best sequel.

I loved the original and also the 2nd because you get to know about him and his family tree up to date

You know what they say about remakes...... Never f*** with the original

I was so disappointed with this film as a fan of the first at a young age, they forgot that its a horror film, boo a Madea was way scary then this flim

I thought 2 was great. Can't beat the original though.

I liked it well enough but it definitely missed the mark a bit… there was too much build up and not enough candyman..There was also a bit too much focus on racism and whatnot and not enough horror… it became a political scary movie… it was good but just needed a bit more

Did anyone laugh out loud at Michael Hargrove ( Sherman Fields) character ? Nothing against the actor but once he appeared on screen with that coat hanger hook hand I just died😂and he just came off as a crack head. Blade from Puppet Master is way more intimidating and he's a Puppet for christ sakes !

raw-en tomah-toes

Peele is like Shyamalan. An overhyped filmmaker with a solid first film

Loved the original but this one was so damn boring and it completely missed the mark. I could easily watch the first 2 before ever watching this again.

2021 candyman is okay. Nia dicosta can really do drama It just wasnt scary and horror movies need to be scary. I really wasnt scared watching it

I would have love to see dion Taylor version of candyman

When toxic ppl throw a party, ppl tend to not show up. Pretty basic really. Also this movie had no reason to be made prolly didn't help.

Genuinely a very solid sequel to the original. I really enjoyed it. I find that the people who didn’t enjoy it are the same people who mistake the original for a basic slasher and don’t actually get the deeper plot/meaning behind it. Just because a film requires you to think a little and you’re too stupid to do so, doesn’t make it bad.

I will stick with the original Candyman, Tony Todd is perfect. We don't need a new candyman based on cliches

I hated it because it was a Candyman movie, without that baggage it could have an interesting movie

Has anybody found a decent Bloody Mary film out there?

Come. Be my victim 🐝🐝

This was absolutely one of the WORST remakes in MANY years! And I'm someone who's NOT against remakes in general but this one seriously didnt set out to make a candyman movie but it set out to make a pro-black movie! Which would've been fine if that was what candyman was all about which it isn't! Many ignorant defenders claim that's what the original candyman was. YEAH RIGHT! Him being a slave of the white owners in his past was clearly just a backstory, nothing else. What he was really about was terrorizing a main character to keep his name/ haunting urban legend alive (including via the newborn baby and all tht) so that his presense lives on & is etched malevolently in the minds of people, etc. I mean that's not subjective at all, he clearly overtly states it in the original! "Be my victim". Now explain how does all that have anything to do with black man rights, anti-white man BS! In the early news, they claimed this was gonna be a sequel/ re-quel of some sort and I seriously cant see how because they changed certain aspects like the shady ol' apartment building initially controlled by dangerous black gangs (in real life) - they changed it to a 'loving' apartment for blacks who are terrorized by white cops! As I said, this stupid remake tried to use a horror franchise as a vehicle for black rights, kinda like how prey chose to use the Predator franchise as a silly feminist vehicle. Over and over it is said that the better movies are those that dont need to overstate its messages, in this case, race - bcoz the narrative should do that for you, if it's competent enough. And my holy fcuk, this "movie" irritatingly kept saying "white man this", "white man that" BS as they kept hitting you over the head with it and ramming it down your throat it was so godawfully irritating! I could go on and on but screw it!

I thought the movie was terrible i even asked for my money back

i saw this movie in a theatre alone, weird asf

The back story was great. but the main story was horrible

This movie SUCKED didn’t get scared once, every kill was cut away or completely quiet and quick. None stick with you like Burnedette from the Original. THEY DROPPED THE BALL

I am a huge fan of Candyman & Candyman 2. Candyman 3 not so much but I have it on digital and will watch from time to time. I still don't know how I feel about this movie. I was so excited but when the credits rolled I just sat there. My wife loved it & she didn't like the original. She applauded...I looked and said "he's not supposed to be a hero babe". It makes sense though as far as the route Nia DeCosta took. IDK... something was off with me though. 🤷🏾‍♂️💯

The new screams is ok then $h!+.

I'm not going to lie. I didn't watch this entire movie, because it was so stupid and a huge let down. The original will always reign supreme.

A god awful forgettable movie ! just another woke movie that was boring as hell, stupid and killed the mystique of the Candyman, now its a beehive of Candy-Men🥁🥁🤣 This piece of garbage made me love and appreciate Clive Barkers original movie even more. Just because Jordan Peele's name is attached to a movie doesn't mean it's gonna be good. The funny thing is this movie gets sold as a bundle with the original movie on dvd/ bluray format I guess it's to make up for the poor box office numbers.

Rotten Ta-ma-toes!

Respectfully disagree with the narrator of this video. The "Candyman" Legacy sequel is not a good movie at all. Way too didactic and not enough subtlety. And, as others have mentioned across various platforms, it's not scary at all. This film is the result of the peculiar precedent that was set by Jordan Peele. Ever since the release of "Get Out" in 2017, Hollywood has been in a mad dash to capitalize on that film's success, putting out these so-called socially relevant horror movies that focus more on preaching a message than actually trying to scare and thus entertain the audience. In the wake of "Get Out" we've had films and television shows like "Antebellum", "Master", "Lovecraft County", "Men", "Us", and most recently "The Blackening." And of course, "Candyman (2021)." Those aforementioned titles are all high-concept ideas with a substantial amount of money behind them yet none of them left an impression on the public. Meanwhile, low-budget flicks like "Terrifier 1 and 2", "X", "Pearl", and "Talk To Me" seem to resonate much more with the movie-going public. Not only do these films click with the audience, but all of them are getting sequels. In my humble opinion, "Candyman (2021) gets a lot of undeserved adoration because it happened to come out in the aftermath of the tragic George Floyd situation and also because Peele's name was attached to it. While the acting is good as well as the cinematography, the story doesn't have a sense of dread, nor is the film atmospheric which is important for a horror movie. Furthermore, none of the kills are interesting or fun, you are practically beaten over the head with the concept of racial injustice, and the movie shifts its focus from the main character played by Yaya Abdul Mateen II to his girlfriend played by Teyonah Parris in the final act. Peele and DaCosta are part of the reason this film doesn't work for me. I know Jordan Peele has been all the rage since "Get Out" hit the theaters back in 2017 and I don't begrudge anyone who likes his films, but to me and I don't think I'm alone in this regard, he's overrated. Hollywood has put Jordan Peele on this pedestal as some great horror auteur in the same vein as Wes Craven or John Carpenter, yet none of his films (so far), not even "Get Out" comes close to what those two legends have done. While I respect that "Get Out" is an original idea and it's a fun thriller, but like "Candyman (2021)", it's not scary at all. Furthermore, all of Peele's subsequent projects have not impressed me. Neither "Us" nor "Nope" were scary nor impressive in any other aspect. And is anyone even talking about Jordan Peele's "Twilight Zone?" If there is any director who is making cool and interesting horror films today, it's Ti West. Jordan Peele is very successful and I wish him continued success in his future endeavors, but I haven't been impressed by anything he's done, so far. I feel the same way about Nia DaCosta, I wish her all the best, but she's done nothing in my opinion that is good. And when I look at her resume, I have to wonder if she was given too much too soon. Nia DaCosta had only directed two short films and one low-budget film "Little Woods" with Tessa Thompson and Lance Reddick before being given these big studio films like "Candyman" and now "The Marvels." While I have no doubt DaCosta is talented, if I were in charge of Universal and Disney, I would be very hesitant to put someone who's not too far out of film school in charge of a major studio film. This seems to have been the same situation with Josh Trank a few years back when he was put in charge of the Fantastic Four reboot. A young, up-and-coming talent like DaCosta should at first be given low to medium-budgeted films before being given something bigger. Sometimes, I wonder if Nia DaCosta is just a diversity hire so Hollywood can pat itself on the back and say "See, we're making progress." Still, I wish her all the best, just not a fan of her movies, so far.

Rather just watch the original miles better movie..

The Original Still Holds A Place In My Heart. I Might Check Out The Candyman Remake If I Get Around It. BTW Speaking Of Jordan Peele. If They Do A Deliverance Remake I Would Like To Jordan Peele Direct It. And It Would Take From A Black Person's Perspective.

this remake has to be in the top 10 worst remakes/sequels ever. it makes Halloween ends look like an Oscar film

It got tons of backlash and wasn't liked by the majority. It was weak and pandering

This movie is not bad but it’s just….there. I forgot it existed actually.

Guess what…it’s not 1991-1992 anymore. A continuation of the original Candyman film will not be as romanticized, mysterious and “scary” in a gentrified Chicago circa 2020 to desensitized fans expecting a straight-up slasher. The original was driven through the pov of a ‘90’s white woman, who is given second-hand knowledge of the legend. This is a fact some people lazily gloss over and just call this sequel “woke” (whatever that means this week) 😂.

I love how 99% of the comments are about how much us fans love the first movie so much and each of us have been sharing our reasons on why we love the first film, with comparisons to why we dislike this piece of garbage film with it's woke political agenda. This movie was not made with love and it was just used as a political platform and a big F- U to the fans, this is even more clear with the recent news articles on Nia DaCosta's behaviour during the making of The Marvels and her blaming toxic white males, racism , homophobia etc on the movie being a major flop for Marvel studios. The writing was on the wall from the beginning with this film from DaCosta and since The Marvels was a huge failure we won't be hearing much from this director in the future, I guess the new thing for the movie industry is if you want your career to die be sure to push a woke political message , ignore the original movies, blame your fans for your failures and go work for Disney. I guess to summarize what us fans think of this movie I'll quote Sidney Prescott from Scream 4 " You forgot the first rule of remakes, Jill. Don't f**k with the original! "

Glad I didnt waste my money seeing this at the Stars and Stripes Drive Inn. I waited til it was on streaming and it was okay at first but it just got worse as the movie progressed.