Directed by:
Bill CondonCinematography:
Tobias A. SchliesslerComposer:
Philip GlassCast:
Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan, Bill Nunn, Matt Clark, David Gianopoulos, Fay Hauser, Timothy Carhart, Veronica Cartwright, Randy Oglesby, William O'Leary (more)VOD (4)
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His myth has endured for generations. His legacy is eternal rage. And now he's back...with a vengeance! Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh continues the tale of the phantom-like figure who wreaks a terrible fate upon those who chant his name five times while looking into a mirror and come face-to-face with grisly death. A victim of unspeakable evil while he lived, the "Candyman" (Tony Todd) has become evil incarnate in his afterlife. This time, he haunts the city of New Orleans, where a young schoolteacher named Annie Tarrant (Kelly Rowan) is struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father. The locals insist that he was slain by the Candyman, but Annie is not convinced...until she unwittingly summons him forth, learns the secret of his power, and discovers the link that connects her to him. But can she stop him before he kills again? (official distributor synopsis)
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As the title suggests, we embark on a journey into vegetarianism, specifically bee products, or Sweets to the Sweet. Mirrors serve as canvases intended to either frighten or deceive the audience into thinking nothing will happen, while Glass continues his unsettling path. Occasionally, there are amusing attempts at gratuitous scares, and Tony Todd appears as Captain Hook with a subcutaneous hive and ominously milky eyes. True, New Orleans during Mardi Gras isn't the spray-painted concrete of Chicago's Cabrini-Green, but as a setting for the Honeyman's new stage, it fulfills its purpose. I don’t want to be nitpicky, but what kind of elbow flexibility must Candyman have to get the hook at that angle, as seen through the bodies of those who gave bravado speeches in front of the mirror?
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