The Candyman Trilogy - The Cinema Snob
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ส.ค. 2021
- In preparation for the upcoming film, The Cinema Snob reviews the original 1992 Candyman, plus the sequels Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh, and Candyman 3: Day of the Dead.
Writer/Creator: Brad Jones
Title Card: Shaun Millington
End Screen: Nick Michalak, www.ravensfilm.com
Music: Karl Casey at White Bat Audio
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Candyman is one of those weird horror movies that breaks almost every rule of horror movies - low body count, killer is almost always in full light and ends up a tragic, sympathetic character - and works better than almost every other 90s horror movie because of it.
Candyman is interesting because it’s thought of as a slasher movie but it’s really a thirties universal monster movie made in the nineties.
It reminds me a lot of the first Hellraiser.
@@gregorymelissinos337 That truly is the best way to put it. Make it black and white, change the setting to some gothic eastern village...and it plays out basically the same way. It's Dracula for a modern age
@@gregorymelissinos337 It pretty much just Dracula with elements of The Ring mixed in. With mirrors instead of VHS tape.
@LIKE WOA U CAN'T CANCEL ME I mean. . . you say that? But you'd be in the minority in thinking it. I wasn't boring. It just wasn't your speed.
“She’s just here to turn in her research paper. She got a B!”
A real contender for Cinema Snob’s line of the year.
Professor Benjamin Franklin von Beethoven was pretty damn good
Tony Todd is truly a horror legend.
Sometimes I imagine myself in a timeline where Clive Barker got to make his version of The Mummy and Tony Todd played Imhotep. 🥰
I would watch the hell outta that
Would it replace the Sommers Mummy movie or the Dark Universe one, cause I don’t want the Brendan Fraiser version to not exist and prefer the Tom Cruise one to disappaear
That would’ve been AWESOME!
A black man as high priest for the pharaoh? He would have been killed faster than the guy that played the role. Someone doesn't know their history lol 😆😂
@Lord Trigon
Barker wanted to do a Mummy adaptation? (Dig the profile pic BTW 🖤)
Todd can be terrifying in this and bring you to tears playing Jake Sisko in DS9 - honestly feel he is one of the most underused actors of our time. Guy should’ve been a leading man in so many big movies.
Damn straight. He's in a lot of B horror movies, but he clearly could've done so much more. Maybe it's a case where that's not what he wanted? I don't know, but he definitely could've.
He was also the best part of the Final Destination films
I think he was typecast sadly. He’s definitely capable of more than just horror
@@strifenineteen Devon Sawa is also a highlight in the first movie. I just have a soft spot for him.
Jake sisko was played by Cirroc Lofton.
Tony Todd is pretty amazing though & does elevate most everything he is in, like this, The Rock, The Crow, the Final Desination movies, The Flash and all the voice work he has done for animated works...such an iconic voice.
The first Candyman scared the shit out of me as a kid. So seeing it again after all these years really put a weird mix of nostalgia and terror in me now.
One of those rare movies that I watch a little bit of and get nightmares. Not a lot of movies have done that.
what about the new candyman?
My sister and I rented this movie when we were kids. The cashier at the video storw gave is some shit for ir, but still rented it to us. It's one pf my favorite horror movies.
Plot twist: Candyman IS a Hellraiser sequel
And he has such sights to show you.....😎
There were plans for a candyman vs hellraiser movie.
@@el-kiote What happened?!
@@el-kiote what happened? It would’ve worked so well!
Then they turn out to be brothers, so they can put it in the Fast & Furious franchise 🤨🙄🧐
Please never stop with the classic commercials. In fact, insert more!
Just imagine how weird this series would have been if they got Eddie Murphy as the candy man. He first movie is still one of the best horror movies from the 90s and gave us Tony Todd as a horror icon for all time.
if eddie's candyman performance is anything like his performance in vampire in brooklyn, i'd say he'd be.......interestingto see, at the least
I'm glad he didn't get the role. Eddie Murphy is notorious for changing scripts to fit his liking and casting his friends. Wes Craven did not like how Murphy changed the script to Vampire in Brooklyn but the studio approved because Murphy was a cash cow in the 90's
Helen when being arrested: "Oh hidy-ho officer! I've had a doozy of a day. There I was minding my own business, just doing chores around the house."
With a hook like injury in the back of her head/neck. Ya think the paramedics would be more concerned.
Aww man, Candyman was such a perfect horror movie. That bit when we first see him in the parking garage was f---ing amazing. The buildup, the angle, the pose, the haunting voiceover - gives me chills everytime!
Sorry Snob, but you have been out deep-voiced. Tony Todd's baritone voice makes this horror icon. Also, with the amazing soundtrack and Gothic atmosphere, Candyman feels like a modern Dracula tale, ironically more so than any vampire movie I've seen in the last 30 years.
Do you know what a deep voice is? I love the Snob but he does not have a deep voice. He has a nasal white guy voice, which makes his line delivery hilarious
@@greenkoopa Pretty sure that they are referring to when the Snob purposefully puts on a deeper voice...
Both him and Kieth David are tied,
Check out Jim Jarmusch's "Only Lovers Left Alive" for a nice recent vampire movie. Tom Hiddleston looks like Simon Pegg in "The World's End" and Andrew Eldritch (frontman of The Sisters of Mercy). There's also "The Strain" TV-series based on the books co-written by Guillermo del Toro.
@@cowboyquebecanimations3068 Thanks a lot. Now I have to go watch the fight scene between Keith David and Roddy Piper in They Live and then The Thing to see him fight with Kurt Russell. KD is pure gold and Tony Todd is a true legend!
This was wonderful to watch unfold over the weekend. Solid reviews and jokes across the board.
Also, if you ever get to interview Tony Todd, please get him to say "Helen... go Sox" on camera.
Pleeeeaaaaase, Snob Fans! Please!
We all know why Candyman shows up, he hasn't has a Snickers yet.
And he turns back into Freddy Krueger after taking a bite.
That gives me an idea: Snickers with honey in it mixed in with the nougat and peanuts as a limited edition for the Candyman re-make's debut! :D
@@SpeedyEric1 it would be funnier the other way, if Freddy Krueger had a Snickers and became Tony Todd.
The original film is a perfect horror movie in my eyes, and one of my absolute favorites.
I saw the first sequel for the first time a couple nights ago, and while it wasn't an awful watch, it was a definite downgrade.
And then there’s the third film..
I was gonna comment on how much I love Candyman, but I'm horrified by that old Bit 'O Honey ad. I'm imagining a Bit 'O Honey the size of a Hershey's bar. My jaw is locking up even imagining trying to chew through that.
I ate those as a kid and it was marked where you could break off pieces. Kinda like a Hershey lol. Bit 'o honey is awesome and I still dig it.
A fun trivia regarding the first feature was that the bees had to have the stingers removed in the kissing scene, since Madsen were very allergic to bees.
They were also rangled by a queen bee feromone that placated them. Also, many of the bees were babies, so they didn’t have fully-developed stingers. They were also removed with a bee vacuum.
So Tony Todd's "1000 extra dollars for every bee sting" clause got completely screwed then?
@@officiallyjan8596 I don’t think so, he was stung in the mouth during the filming of the first film, and throughout the series, he was stung 26 times.
@@johnschou2172 And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what you call Mr. Todd really earning his money!
I had heard that it was Tony Todd who was allergic to bees, although I must've heard wrong as I had no idea it was Madsen who was allergic. Who knows, maybe both of them had an allergy? Either way, the two of them were awfully brave for doing that scene.
I love that, in the first movie, when Candyman gets ripped out the window, you can very clearly see the ropes.
I hoped for 2 things from this video and you delivered both....
1. A T-1000 reference regarding Helen's husband
2. A Ben Tramer reference
The first one is a masterpiece.
The 1st is one of the greatest horror movies IMO.
It really is. It’s almost operatic.
So good I love It
I love seeing people review this film, which goes to show that when you have a great story, people will talk about it for years to come
The Godfather is the same way
15:49 - Tony Todd was stung 23 times during filming, so he got paid a total of $23,000.
Is that adjusted for inflation?
Can we all just pretend 2 and 3 didn’t exist? If it can work for The Crow. Surely it can work for Candyman.
@Tad Law He should review it.
@Tad Law DEFINITELY. Good call. God, I love Michael Wincott as the villain.
And Highlander!
@@kathefter3160 Oh. My. Gosh. I kind of forgot that it had sequels.
@@stefanfilipovits21 Top Dollar was boss.
I do have to say that is one big azz hook. One of my favorite scenes from this movie is when Candyman gets pulled backwards out of that window.
I like that scene too. It looks so…idk, unnatural? And weird.
Yeah why didn't he just disappear like he appears when his name is called
I love that part too
The first Candyman was wonderful, the second one wasn't that great. I've never seen the third one. I'm so glad that the great Tony Todd is returning in the titular role!
If you think part 2 wasn't good , wait until you see part 3 . God that was so bad .
from what i understand, he is not playing candyman in this new one but he'll have a minor role out of respect for his contributions to the franchise
@@darlordvader Maybe he will transform into a younger body or something. Other than that i don't want him in a cameo that is not Candyman. Imagine him being in the movie in another pointless cameo role...
@@mrblonde609 I just saw the movie opening night. it was great, i don't want to say too much except I get why Tony Todd isn't Candyman in this movie (spoiler wise)
@Hamburger Stalker did you end up seeing it or no? Curious as I saw it opening night and everyone I went with enjoyed it.
0:58 Don't get me wrong, Tony Todd is the goat but Groundskeeper Willie as Candyman would've been the stuff of legends.
Groundskeeper Willy played Freddy Krueger in one of the Tree houses of horror episodes….it was amazing
@@ReelNinja1 Treehouse of Horror VI, same episode with Homer winding up in the real world after he inadvertently destroyed the 3D digital world that he found while hiding from Patty and Selma.
🎶Who can take his hook hand. Cover it in blood. Disembowel your torso,and bury you in mud. The Candyman can🎶
No you didn't. Lol
What I love about Candyman that the other films fucked up is the feeling that it truly is "a legend". A story passed down from person to person, each generation adding thru own touch to build on it. With the first film we are merely seeing how part of the legend came to be
By making him just a Jason or a Freddy misses the point entirely.
Well said
@@stefanfilipovits21 Its honestly why I am hoping that the 2021 version is going to go the route that the Candyman legend from the first film isn't the true origin of him. That instead Candyman absorbs into himself all these different origins, taking bits and pieces from each retelling and adding them to himself. Much as the 'classic vampire' is in fact just many different tellings of the legend pieced together so too is Candyman. There really was a son of a slave who loved a white woman and died because of it. But there was also a nice man who handed out candy who had a false hand and was brutally killed when he was falsely accused of a crime. And another man killed for being a suspected pedo but was innocent.
I'm hoping the new movie is that there is no singular origin for Candyman. He absorbs other legends into himself, much like how Greek Myth did that with Herakles. The hook came from one legends. The coat another. The bees another. So on and so on. A being not of our world that takes from the legends to build itself up
Also that legend is what empowers him. He targets Helen because she tries to disprove him, and in doing unknowingly rob him of his power. He needs to spread his story in order to do stuff.
@@defender2222 I really dig that idea. It’s a good way to do something new and keep the character and story fresh.
I also always loved how in the original (until the very end anyway), you could keep guessing as to whether he was real or if Helen was simply so wrapped up in the legends herself that it was affecting her grasp on reality. As is the case with the legend itself in-movie, the audience is also speculating just how much of what they're seeing is reliable. Either outcome would have worked, but revealing it is real not only means we get a sweet final scare, but also gives you that final sense of "well yes, it could just be a story...but do you want to risk it?"
That Ben Tramer painting is phenomenal. 😂
TRAMMERRR!
I want one.
When Snob mentions yours and Clive Barkers home city of Liverpool UK, #ScouseProud
#YNWA
@@coasterdaydreams7150 same to you
@@DollyBelladonna COYR! I was so relieved to see the response because for a moment after I sent it I had the thought, "oh no, please dont be one of those Blue cretins that haunt Merseyside! (and the mid to lower tier of the EPL. LOL). Cheers to you! :)
You should review the Final Destination films, which also feature Tony Todd being awesome and menacing
Is there any romantic movie he’s been in? I can see him nailing that role.
@@sweetcinnamonpnchkin I mean he...LOVES murdering
And Helen is lulled to sleep by the power of Candyman ASMR.
13:26 he was smooth.
Tony Todd is amazing.
He did amazing in Final Destination
Yessss!!! He was clearly having so much fun chewing scenery and being hammy. Like, he’s an actor who can have fun yet still be undeniably creepy and unsettling.
He's so good
Idk if I should see the new candyman
@@gabrielleelliott500 it’s good. Definitely better than Malignant.
Honey Graham Os are such an underrated cereal. No one ever brings it up. Them and Cracklin' Oat Bran. Both top of their class!
"There are Almond Joys everywhere, get in here!"
So, sexy black Candyman is NOT Barker's idea? How weird.
Yep. Instead he was originally an ugly redhead.
. . . Something tells me a bunch of people are going to use this knowledge as an example of ginger erasure.
@@BigK13372 Funny, cuz i find most redheads sexy as heck. :p
@@ARedMagicMarker Okay. Doesn’t change that Candyman was originally conceived as being unattractive in the original story
@@BigK13372 i think groundskeeper willie would've made a great candyman!😆
@@el-kiote LOL! But now you have said that, you are 100% right!
The Mardi Gras season, especially in NOLA, is basically from January until Ash Wednesday. The most famous parades start over a week before actual Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday.
The first Candyman which I had went to go see when I first joined the military was good. But what happens afterwards, oh boy.
16:55 Damn Brad, that snarky sense of humor will never get old for me. I love this....
''If Tony Todd was stung in this one i bet he was paid wit a bucket of Shrimp'' lmfao i swear cinema snob never fails to crack me up Brad the best at this hands down
Actually that's based on an actual murder case where a woman was killed by somebody climbing through the medicine cabinet to access her apartment.
Do what now?
Is that true?!?!
@@stefanfilipovits21 Yuuuuuup! I looked it up after I saw this comment. A lady in Chicago was murdered by someone that came through her mirror. A lady in NYC just recently discovered a hole behind her bathroom mirror big enough to crawl through, which she did. There was a whole ass empty apartment through the hole. She posted about it on TikTok. Old apartment buildings in big ass cities are fucking nightmares.
@@dboone7670 JFC 😧
@@stefanfilipovits21 That is the appropriate reaction
I live in Baton Rouge Louisiana which is like two hours away from New Orleans so we only eat gumbo every other day but I can confirm every night in New Orleans they party in the streets eating gumbo and crawdads yaw come on down and see us now. Yeehaw.
50 minute Cinema snob video? Oh heck yes.
The soundtrack for Candyman is still a top favorite of mine.
Am I the only one who would want to see a prequel before he became Candyman?
Candyman never scared me as a kid.
There were no heaping mounds of candy as expected.
The only Horror movie that scared and scarred me as a kid was Candyman. My cousin used to scare me by saying his name in the mirror and switching out the lights. I think it gave me a complex.
@CHARLIE BROWN Umm, ok? That actually is me in my pic btw. Just with the lighting and the hood on my head, it came out like that, and I thought it was pretty cool.
Tony Todd is an amazing but very underrated actor. I saw him for the first time in Candyman, right after that in remake of Night of the Living Dead. He's great in every role and he's in. I love this guy.
Yesss. Candyman...one of my horror faves. I watched it on Netflix recently...now this just makes me want August to be over so we can go into Autumn/ Halloween 🎃 my fave time of year..aside from Christmas 😍
Great stuff man!! thank you for these !!
Virginia Madsen also looks stunning in this...especially that shot of her in the smoke. Like a screen siren from the 40s.
It is truly delightful to watch somebody who's sincerely loves what they do. Keep up the good work snob.
I cannot imagine “Candyman” with Eddie Murphy! Tony Todd’s voice is so iconic.
Been waiting on the Candyman review, Brad. Hell yes!
I do have to say... these trilogy videos are quite something. Well done Brad!
Can't wait for The Sourman!
I adore the first one, the second one I do like, but the third was comically terrible.
The 2nd one was soo good
I never saw the sequels, but I remember the first one. Probably one of the best horror movies of the pre-Scream era. I saw the first one with friends freshman year in high school. It scared me, but thought nothing of it. When I went home, I was afraid to look at a mirror or window for a week. To make matters worse, the bathroom light went out and no one did anything for a couple of days. So I had to turn the hallway light while keeping the bathroom door cracked whenever I in there during nighttime. A decade later, my younger brother was telling me he and his college friends were watching the same movie but high af. They though it was hilarious and that Tony Todd sounded like a pimp smh
Tony is legend and sexy asf
Thank you, this is one of the best horror series's.
"That's not Max Julian from The Mack, run b***h" 🤣
Well done! This was an excellent video.
The actor who played Candyman is a real trooper, I don't know that anyone could pay me enough to put bees in my mouth.
I met Tony Todd at a screening of Sushi Girl at comic con and he is just the sweetest coolest guy but I was still scared of him and he could tell so he asked whats up and I told him straight out im scared cause Im standing in-front of THE Candy Man he just laughed shook my threw up a shaka and took a picture with me and complemented me on my Rorschach cosplay. If I met him again Id probably offer to buy him a beer or something
I am so happy you are back. That last line is classic. I hear you looking for Candyman B lol.
I am so excited to watch this tonite
yeah I wanna buy Eddie Murphy playing Candyman but that laugh he makes would make it seem way less scary. plus he would probably want to play multiple parts.
Glad your back Snob
So excited for the new one 🙂
thank you for always making me smile (:
Excellent, man! Happy Monday indeed!
I would've loved to have seen Tony Todd in a remake of J.D.'s revenge but that time has passed and no one even remembers that great film.
I have the Mississippi John Hurt tune "Candyman" every time you say "Candyman".
Someone else have this for the last 51 minutes ?
I do now
Bumblebee Tuna wasn't that the tuna company that kept catching dolphins in their fishing nets?🐬🐬🐬
No, that was the part of the language that the natives spoke in that Ace Ventura movie.
@@briankelly130 What????
@@grapeshot In the second Ace Ventura movie, one of the people in the tribe talks to Ace, Ace responds by saying "Bumblebee Tuna" because it sounds kind of like what the native said.
@@briankelly130 but what does that have to do with them being the tuna company that was catching dolphins in their fishing nets? I was just asking a question was that the company.
@@grapeshot Oh. I don't know about that, I was just making a joke.
Primm called the super smug guy Ben Franklin and I can never unsee it.
I love Candyman farewell to the flesh one of my favorite movies thanks for the funny review
You absolute hero! Love candyman and get all 3 on one day.
Even though it seem kinda “extra” Mardi Gras is a season that’s about 5 weeks and those last two weeks, there are parades every day; sometimes two.
Came for the Candyman snark, got a big chuckle out of the reference to the Candyman Killer, Dean Corll.
A triple-header! Impressive, Brad. Between this, the Hand that Rocks the Cradle, and Mikey, 1992 was a solid year for horror. When Candyman first calls out for Helen in the lonely parking garage, it is horrifying....not since the original Black Christmas have I been so frightened by just a voice!
Hand that rocks the cradle was a classic!!
Eddie Murphy wouldn't have ever been right for this role. A good actor in his own right, but Todd brings an energy that is both subtle and regal. His calm demeanor is a huge part of what makes him feel threatening. Eddie flourishes in more bombastic, flashy roles. That said, he was great in Vampire in Brooklyn.
Loved this review, so worth the wait!!! One of your best lately!
Also... What even is the connection between bees and tuna???
Bumblebee brand tuna. 🐝
Every time I watch candy man I’m struck by jealously that you could freaking smoke anywhere back then. She smokes in college, people’s houses, restaurants and even jail. Wth I can’t even smoke in places outside now 😭
You're the man Snob!
Ironically the ad for bumblebee tuna was interrupted by a youtube ad for sunfish tuna
Yayyyyy can't wait for new one. Looks and sounds so awesome lol
36:18 I so wanted to say "Candyman: Day of the Soldado". Candyman vs Benecio Del Toro. Now that would be a sick film!
I think Bob Ross killed the Candyman, I laughed so hard lol
Man I thoroughly enjoyed the review of all three of these movies love the first one the second one was I think okay third one what.
God, Brad's stuff is so good. I love that there's so many in universe jokes in his stuff now like, the the Bonetti reference.
The first movie is still so damn good
I’m happy the 2021 version is just as good
Love the Sal jokes..never get old..I'm always looking for it whenever you review movies is filmed or refereed in Chicago
Great Snob video
Surprised I never heard of these movies until now
I love my small business is going on a dance off as simple candyman impression in action
Good old cabrini Green. Glad that eyesore is all gone. GO SOX!!
I love how he gets shot @49:29 without any line of sight and the cop coming around the corner after he already shot him.
I so wanna see Seamus from the Simpson’s as Candyman.
Actually, that's groundskeeper wille
@@jaredsamples6969 eh same difference, both things have accents and probably red hair lol
I think the 2nd one was the first one I saw when I was about 16. Then the the other two. First one is still my fave though. Still scares the shit out of me too. I'm actually really excited about the new one coming out.
1:51 Oh, don't mind that, that's just my voice in the morning", LOL
I saw the first movie, so it will be interesting to find out what the second and third are like.
Daniel is so talented, he can paint photographs.
I still haven't seen any of them, but I should watch the first one before I see the remake.
I do have a soft spot for revenge from the grave ghost stories.