A sequel to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.A sequel to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.A sequel to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.
- Awards
- 10 wins & 24 nominations
Rodney L Jones III
- Billy
- (as Rodney L. Jones III)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaProduction was brought back to the Cabrini Green neighborhood where Candyman (1992) was filmed. Though the high-rise buildings have long been demolished, the Rowhouses still exist.
- GoofsHaley reads from the program describing Say My Name at the Night Driver gallery. The program reads 'In foreground, Helen Lyle: a white, privileged, graduate student whose obsession with her research into a [sic] an urban legend called, "Candyman," led to her bizarre self-emulation in the housing projects courtyard in the early 90's.' The word "emulation" is confused with "immolation", which means death by fire.
- Quotes
Detective Lipez: Who are you?
Anthony McCoy: I am the writing on the walls. I am the sweet smell of blood on the street. The buzz that echoes in the alleyways. They will say I shed innocent blood. You are far from innocent, but they will say you were. That's all that matters.
- Crazy creditsThe opening Universal Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Bron Studio, and Monkeypaw Productions logos are mirrored images. The opening credits of Chicago skyline seen from below, are a "mirrored" concept of Candyman (1992)'s opening credits of Chicago seen from above.
- SoundtracksThe Candy Man
Written by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley
Performed by Sammy Davis Jr.
Courtesy of Republic Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
More of a social statement than a horror movie
I get the impression that Director , Nia DaCosta is an angry woman and perhaps she has a right to be but please don't call this a horror film when it's actually a film about social injustice and racial inequality. Nothing more , nothing less.
This is the sequel to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began and boy don't we know it's been gentrified.
For years in horror movies it was black characters who were stereotyped and was killed off early in horror films. In Candyman the tables have been turned . In this , it's the white characters that die quickly and for idiotic reasons . Every white person in this , are either utterly stupid or just horrible . That might be a coincidence but I doubt it .
Once we get past the political stuff there is actually a horror film that is trying to break out but sadly not a very good one .
It's not at all scary , in fact it's incredibly dull and the best thing I can say about candyman is that it's mercifully short .
I do like the last scene but it's nowhere near enough to save this movie .
Candyman is a sequel I neither wanted or liked but you have to take into account that I find the vast majority of horror films dull , so this conclusion might be more about me than the film itself.
This is the sequel to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began and boy don't we know it's been gentrified.
For years in horror movies it was black characters who were stereotyped and was killed off early in horror films. In Candyman the tables have been turned . In this , it's the white characters that die quickly and for idiotic reasons . Every white person in this , are either utterly stupid or just horrible . That might be a coincidence but I doubt it .
Once we get past the political stuff there is actually a horror film that is trying to break out but sadly not a very good one .
It's not at all scary , in fact it's incredibly dull and the best thing I can say about candyman is that it's mercifully short .
I do like the last scene but it's nowhere near enough to save this movie .
Candyman is a sequel I neither wanted or liked but you have to take into account that I find the vast majority of horror films dull , so this conclusion might be more about me than the film itself.
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- valleyjohn
- Dec 4, 2021
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- Also known as
- Sát Nhân Trong Gương
- Filming locations
- DeKalb, Illinois, USA(Library Scene)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $22,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $61,186,570
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $22,001,750
- Aug 29, 2021
- Gross worldwide
- $77,411,570
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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