Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, cover it with chocolate,
and brutally murder you if you say his name in the mirror 5 times? The Candyman
can. The candyman can because he mixes it with love and shoves a hook, nailed
into the stub of his cut-off hand, into the back of your neck. This is a horror
film with an attitude. The story follows a graduate student working on a thesis
about urban legends. What she discovers, however, will lead her off the edge of
insanity. She follows the story of “The Candyman” into the ghetto, and faces
her worse nightmares as her fears become reality and ruin her life.
This film is truly a work of art.
The acting is great, the characters are believable, and the story is so
compelling and powerful that you are immediately drawn into the plot, and kept
there throughout the duration of the film. Candyman
includes “edge-of-your-seat” suspense, drama, and delightfully doubles as a
psychological thriller.
One of the strongest cinematic aspects of this film has to be its camera
work/editing. Every once in a while it will flash to the graffiti of the
Candyman’s open mouth, and send shivers down your spine all the way. And every
time there is a mirror, the legendary serial killer is lurking somewhere
behind. The soundtrack is catchy and provides an excellent vehicle for the epic
ride of a film. And during the climax,
in the mound of fire, until everything comes to a screeching halt at the end of
the film, you couldn’t ask for a more intense way to end this horror classic.
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