Candyman

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“A sequel to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.”

Candyman isn’t a “he.” Candyman’s the whole damn hive.

Almost 30 years later, the story of Candyman is awakened in Cabrini-Green. And although Tony Todd doesn’t reprise the role, it shows that Candyman is more than any individual man.

And the timing of both movie is a major connection as to why we’re drawn. Where the 90’s version confronted the racism of so-called ghetto areas, this version highlights how that seed of racism is still there even though some of these area s are not more gentrified. Even though we slap on a coat of paint so something, it can’t hide what is truly underneath.

And it was also a great way to bring in the “Say Their Names” movement. They bring it right on the poster. “Say His Name.”

SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT

How entirely poetic is it that the child Helen saved in he first movie is drawn back to Cabrini-Green? Then it becomes a tragic moment when he is manipulated into taking over the mantle.

I do miss Tony Todd’s charisma in this film but I completely understand the need for progressing the story.

And it will always progress. As his cameo tells her in the end: “Tell everyone.”