During a day of
the dead ceremony which occurs every year
after Halloween in the city of Los
Angeles, the Candyman (Tony Todd) haunts
an artist named Caroline McKeever (Donna
D'Ericho) as she constantly has
nightmare's about her mothers suicide and
her roomate Tamara (Alexia Robinson)
tries to convince her that there's no
Candyman.
However one of her employers at an art
gallery named Miguel Velasco (Mark
Adair-Rios) does a show for an audience
using Caroline to say the Candyman's name
5 times in front of a mirror as he hires
a struggling actor named David de la Paz
(Nick Corri) to perform as the Candyman
to thrill the viewers.
Suddenly Caroline encounters the Candyman
at a grungy subway station as he requests
her to be his vicitim and kills the
people around her making her a suspect
for these murders.
The Candyman holds David as a hostage on
some hooks while Caroline tries to find
any way on rescuing him since she
promised her family that he'll be safe
from the Candyman's grasps.
The final chapter
of the film but it seems the same all
over again however, we offer some more
jumps and scares. I'm not a fan of any of
the films but this one can be fun to
watch by checking out some of the
familiar faces in this film who have been
out of the spotlight for a while.
Many good takes on the city of Los
Angeles as well as the day of the dead
ceremony going on which makes it
necessary for a horror film to take place
that day.
It does psych you out with someone being
troubled by abusive detectives thinking
that the streets of Los Angeles really is
dangerous and unfriendly.
The film does have a happy ending and
should stay that way without having
another sequel making out they lived
happily ever after.
The acting is in
okay shape as Tony Todd knows
his part as the Candyman inside out since
he was the co-producer in the film and
still acts cold with his speaking and
just as menacing too. No one can do it
better than him.
Donna D'Ericho
proved she can act in films than just be
a regualr on the series Baywatch
as well as modelling for Playboy
magazines. Can she do a good job? Well
lots of people say she can't and she's
not terrible and seems to do well with
her emotions but when she screams or gets
scared it looks at times off. She does
well acting aggressive when she needs to
though. She's not much of a character
actress but not overly terrible. During
this time period she was married to
Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx.
Alexia Robinson seems to pull her
weight well as a wannabe actress and
shows nice sympathy as a friend in the
film too.
Ever since I saw Nick Corri in A
Nightmare on Elm Street I always
pictured him playing a tough guy in other
shows like he did in that film. He kinda
is a tough guy in this film. He's a
struggling actor and a family man to a
poor mexican family. He was excellent
with his angry behavior and shows
terrific energy too.
Wade Williams does a great job as an
abusive detective in the film getting
demanding and right to the point as well
as doing a great job by acting crazy too.
He certainly showed many characteristics
in his part.
Nicole Contreras
is bare breasted while modeling to be
painted
Rena Riffel is barebreasted wearing
nothing but a bottom while goofing around
with her onscreen boyfriend
We have some good breast shots on Elizabeth
Hayes in a bloody tub
We have many
bloody shots on the Candyman's hook
stabbing through other people's bodies as
well as their torn open bodies too
There's many hallucination sequences of a
mother with her throat openly slit
The Candyman's hook stabs through a
policeman's head with blood splattering
out
A person is hung with his face bloodied
There's gobs of gore by some corpses
lying around
The Candyman exposes his insides
Turi Meyer shows
many close up shots on Donna
D'Ericho's eye open and the camera
circling around to expose her face as
well as showing the odd bee on her face
too.
There's some good shots on D'Ericho in
a dream sequence in a white room spotting
some bloody letters saying sweets to the
sweet with her looking scared and then a
good close up on Tony Todd
approaching her with his hook in the air
and then a nice close up shot on her
screaming.
We have a great flashback with perfect
camera shots on Todd caressing
bit part actress Nicole Contreras along
with a good shot on him hung by hooks
with bee's on his face.
We spot a good dialogue between D'Ericho
and Alexia Robinson trying to
talk to one another and Robinson
trying to help her overcome her fear of
the Candyman by taking her to a mirror
and saying the Candyman's name with a
nice uncomfortable reaction on
D'Errico.
There's a good moment with supporting
actor Mark Adair Rios doing a
performance with D'Errico trying to get
her to go to a mirror and say the
Candyman's name and then we have a great
jumping moment with the mirror smashing
and then Nick Corri coming out
holding a hook and getting aggressive
with her which looked believeably
directed like he was a street person
trying to cause trouble. D'Ericho
does well getting angry when she finds
out that it was all an act.
We have a good quiet moment with D'Ericho
in a grungy subway station hearing a
sound and then a good shot with a swarm
of bees coming in the station and then Todd
approaching her acting cold towards her
and a nice shot on her passing out.
There's a nice close up camera shot on
D'Ericho nervously smoking a
cigarette as well as supporting actor Wade
Williams as a head detective getting
demanding with her and her getting
emotional which looked well done too.
There's a good camera shot looking down
on D'Ericho crouching in a
shower sobbing.
We spot a perfect flashback sequence with
a nice shot on D'Ericho sobbing
while trying to pull Elizabeth Hayes
as her mother out of a bloody tub.
There's a great aggressive dialogue with Corri
screaming at D'Ericho about
her calling the police on him which
looked very natural and dysfunctional.
There's a good shot on D'Ericho
in a hallway and then a close up shot on
a lightbulb with a bee inside and then it
explodes which is a great jumping moment.
Then we spot her running down to go to a
door after she hears screaming which is
another nice camera shot on her.
There's a nice scene between D'Ericho
and supporting actress Lupe Ontiveros
doing a protective spell on her by using
an uncracked egg feeling against her
body. There's also a good close up shot
on the egg cracked with a bee coming out
of the yolk.
We have a nice romantic scene between Corri
and D'Ericho lying against
one another and then a good shot on
Todd next to her with her freaking
out. It psychs you out a bit.
We have a good shot with Williams smacking
D'Ericho but at the same time it
didn't look too effective but his
obnoxious words were convincing.
There's a good shot on D'Ericho
on the backseat of a police car with
supporting actor Robert O'Reilly
in the fornt seat laughing maniacally and
mocking her which looks demented.
We spot many great shots on D'Ericho
trying to get out of the police car by
trying to cross O'Reilly
supposedly dead and then he lunges out
which is another great jumping moment.
Very well directed and scary.
There's a good shot on D'Ericho
outside during a day of the dead ceremony
and Todd standing there next to Hayes
trying to call to her in a ghostly way
and then he slices her throat with his
hook and a nice close up shot on D'Ericho
screaming.
There's many nice takes on Corri
hung on hooks with his face bloodied.
We've got a nice gothic direction with
supporting actor Lombardo Boyar doing
a cult ceremony and a shot on D'Ericho
tied up and gagged watching with her
trying to struggle.
We spot many good blocking moments with Todd
coming up to Boyar and
slaying him along with the other cast
playing cult members.
There's a good shot on D'Ericho
with bees all over her body and runing up
to an area with painting and destroying
them with Todd screaming.
There's a nice moment with D'Ericho
taking Corri off some hooks with
him yelping in pain looking real and
painful.
There's a nice moment with Williams
acting evil towards D'Ericho
holding up a hook and speaking coldly
towards D'Ericho ready to attack
her with her backing up and getting
scared.
Of course we hear the
chanting sounds. What what a Candyman
flick be without it? There's many light
piano sounds throughout various scene's
of the film. We hear some nice spanish
guitar playing for a romantic moment.
[repeated line]
The Candyman: Be my victim!
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