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  • @denarisnoctem4562
    @denarisnoctem4562 ปีที่แล้ว +740

    How my times, divided by 5, did you say his name? How many times have you summoned Candyman in this video?

    • @CZsWorld
      @CZsWorld  ปีที่แล้ว +361

      OMG WHAT HAVE I DONE?

    • @kyliesworld89
      @kyliesworld89 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      ​@@CZsWorld🤣🤣🤣

    • @Jbwynn14
      @Jbwynn14 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      😂

    • @CZsWorld
      @CZsWorld  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +220

      Ok so I said it 202 times so... 40 summonings.

    • @RespawnJupiter
      @RespawnJupiter 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

      ​@@CZsWorld That's 40 candymans
      (Edit): I picture a image where CZ is fighting off 40 Candymans with his fist while they surround him.

  • @sarahhales1505
    @sarahhales1505 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +944

    Fun Fact: In Candyman Tony Todd was actually covered in live bees. He negotiated a deal to be paid an extra 1,000 for every sting. He ended up with an extra 23,000 dollars added to his pay check due to the fact that he got stung 23 times.

    • @Scary_Junkie
      @Scary_Junkie 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

      Not just covered, real bees in his mouth

    • @RjZyon
      @RjZyon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Smart man

    • @roonkolos
      @roonkolos 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      Honestly, that's not too bad a deal all things considered

    • @ultimatesunrise
      @ultimatesunrise 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Duhhh

    • @nicolec8884
      @nicolec8884 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Thats so bittersweet.

  • @christophergraphia4698
    @christophergraphia4698 ปีที่แล้ว +515

    I always believed the line “it was always you, Helen” indicated that Helen was the reincarnation of Caroline. And since I thought this was the case I always described Candyman as one of the greatest horror love stories ever told.

    • @dirkz.duggitz1567
      @dirkz.duggitz1567 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I always thought Helen was his relative. Since Isabelle has a daughter, id assumed that she's part of Candymans bloodline.

    • @PGbutalsofourteenplus
      @PGbutalsofourteenplus 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Me too

    • @MirJoe215
      @MirJoe215 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dirkz.duggitz1567Not the way he kissed Helen and shoved his hook up to her 🐱. 😂

    • @ZacharyKroon
      @ZacharyKroon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      While I could see Helen being a part of his lineage I always thought Caroline from two was the reincarnation

  • @jacobchildress7921
    @jacobchildress7921 ปีที่แล้ว +1670

    I learned from the Maniacal Cinephile that apparently Tony Todd came up with the backstory for Candyman as kind of a representation of an African American version of the Phantom of the Opera. And it’s a great story. So I think we really owe Tony Todd as much for this story. As much as we owe Zach for this video

    • @joanneplanarcrossroads4587
      @joanneplanarcrossroads4587 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      It is based on a Clive Baker story. The same author who wrote Hellraiser.

    • @kanukki84
      @kanukki84 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      @@joanneplanarcrossroads4587 " While the Candyman's background is unknown in the original story, Todd came up with the backstory for the character in the film." & "The Candyman's iconic hook and bees are introduced in the story with Helen and other characters. Although Candyman was described as a mysterious Caucasian male having long blonde hair with an unruly red beard, incredibly pale skin that is yellow, and a brightly multi-colored patchwork suit; his race, name, place of origin, and backstory are never mentioned; doubting his existence is enough to summon him" &"When Tony Todd and co-star Virginia Madsen were cast as Candyman and Helen, original Candyman director Bernard Rose gave them free rein to flesh out their characters' backstories as part of the creative process.[10] Rose said, "The Candyman is not black in Clive's story. In fact, the whole back story of the interracial love affair that went wrong is not in the book. Everything that's in the book is in the film, but it's been amplified."[11] Todd came up with the character's backstory during rehearsals with Madsen. He called his character "Granville T. Candyman", who has a forbidden love affair with a white woman whose portrait he paints (leading to his lynching).[12] The name "Granville" is never used, and the character's name ultimately becomes Daniel Robitaille."

    • @josephinecampbell3196
      @josephinecampbell3196 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You need to talk alittle slower and not speed talk

    • @lavinder11
      @lavinder11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@joanneplanarcrossroads4587 there wasn't a background for him

    • @izzeypally
      @izzeypally ปีที่แล้ว +27

      True or not, Tony Todd is awesome.

  • @jenniferdavis7575
    @jenniferdavis7575 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    Rest in peace, Tony Todd! You may be gone, but never forgotten!

  • @zuitsuit80
    @zuitsuit80 ปีที่แล้ว +708

    The original Candyman was such a genius movie. At that time, many horror slashers were becoming more comical or fantastical. My sister and I rented Candyman on a summer afternoon expecting another slasher movie to laugh at… Oh boy! Did it shock and frighten us out of our wits. The story was serious. The killer has a face. Not a mask. The kills were based in modern urban fears and issues… Not in a campground or a rich neighborhood. The performances were based in classical acting. It’s a beautiful and terrifying movie that subverted all expectations.

    • @zuitsuit80
      @zuitsuit80 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      I just want add extra respect for Tony Todd’s performance. A killer character with a hook and bees in a pimp coat could’ve been ridiculous if anyone else had played Candyman. Todd made Candyman classy, intriguing and almost sexy while being terrifying. He combined elements of Dracula, Phantom and Hannibal Lector to create a character that we still love and fear.
      Virginia Madsen was the greatest “girl” so far. She was beautiful but she didn’t use sexiness in her performance at all and she was driven by academia. She even cut her hair and wore heavy clothes to focus on the character’s intelligence. She reminded me of Jodi Foster in Silence Of The Lambs.

    • @Hilz28
      @Hilz28 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Well put. And SAME. 😱

    • @niralim33
      @niralim33 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏Till this day I refused to even think his name.

    • @CoryDinsmore-t2u
      @CoryDinsmore-t2u ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah I wouldn't say it's a genius movie but it's okay

    • @whiskerbiscuit6209
      @whiskerbiscuit6209 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      i watched it when i was 10 and it scared me to death for years lol

  • @enerioffutt1881
    @enerioffutt1881 ปีที่แล้ว +572

    Tony Todd is an amazing actor. He did Candyman so well, strangely seductive, yet sinister. And that voice.....

    • @RayStriker3
      @RayStriker3 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Well thanks for saying that

    • @AcousticCookie
      @AcousticCookie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You know you liked it😏​@@RayStriker3

    • @MrMmnngghh
      @MrMmnngghh 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      glad you enjoyed it champ@@RayStriker3

    • @GenEXodus
      @GenEXodus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yeah, Tony Todd is an amazing actor, and in the movie "THE ROCK" also!

    • @NailsByAsh813
      @NailsByAsh813 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Ohhhhh, that sensual and deep voice of his!! 😍😍❤❤

  • @AzguardMike
    @AzguardMike ปีที่แล้ว +555

    fun fact, the actress playing Helen Lyle was actually hypnotised and taken on set during the scene when Candyman appears to her. If you own the DVD look for the commentary (or search for it on TH-cam). They did this to make the eye roll and delivery of "do I know you?" sound legit.

    • @J.Soffer
      @J.Soffer ปีที่แล้ว +59

      What the actual eff?!?!? That sounds..... Like a liability? I hope she consented to that.

    • @bethanyhutter5433
      @bethanyhutter5433 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      @@J.Soffer she did, but after a couple times, she asked to stop because it made her feel too out of it and they stopped.

    • @J.Soffer
      @J.Soffer ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@bethanyhutter5433 whew! That's good. But it's still a wild way to method act, lol.

    • @AzguardMike
      @AzguardMike ปีที่แล้ว

      I couldnt believe it either when I saw the 2 minute interview. It sounded so wild. Its on youtube where she discusses it. @@J.Soffer

    • @infectedgoat7775
      @infectedgoat7775 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I knew something was up with that scene! I saw CANDYMAN opening weekend with my aunt, and when he appeared everyone screamed at “Helennnnnn…”
      But Virginia Madsen’s look on her face, tears in her eyes, and child-like fear and barely able to talk was freaky. The hypnotism makes so much so much sense thank you!
      This film also introduced me to Philip Glass and his wonderful work and his theme for CANDYMAN is as iconic as the HALLOWEEN theme to me.

  • @AaronGlanville
    @AaronGlanville ปีที่แล้ว +140

    I got to meet Tony last month, such a nice guy and seemed genuinely excited to meet his fans. Was truly hard to believe he portrayed this character.

  • @ImTonyViews
    @ImTonyViews ปีที่แล้ว +251

    One of the most complex horror icons. What separates him from the others! He actually has a backstory that holds weight to it.

    • @CoryDinsmore-t2u
      @CoryDinsmore-t2u ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope

    • @naturistfred
      @naturistfred ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Freddy Krueger has a sick and twisted background that can easily be real life.

    • @Shade1of1
      @Shade1of1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@naturistfredit might not be up dere but Micheal story is twisted n I feel like it’s deeper than the movie shows us something else controls that man fr

    • @Ďylaňð
      @Ďylaňð 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He does. Dunnow why youre in denial.​@@CoryDinsmore-t2u

  • @wfarmer1000
    @wfarmer1000 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    R.I.P. Tony Todd, you blessed us with some great horror movies and even a decent COD game.

    • @MacMcmillon
      @MacMcmillon 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I enjoyed his work. He played rolls people could understand.

  • @KpopLikeThatt
    @KpopLikeThatt ปีที่แล้ว +267

    I’ve had no idea candy man wasn’t some random immortal killer it’s cool how much depth this character has too him

  • @5brags455
    @5brags455 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Rest in peace Tony Todd. Candyman scared the hell out of me as a kid

    • @Phrankytee
      @Phrankytee หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too! Lol

  • @darkawsdgaming
    @darkawsdgaming หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    Everyone who is here to honor Tony Todd rip

  • @inkedwerdsmith
    @inkedwerdsmith 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    When you mention Candyman telling Helen to surrender, the focus on her face and makeup gives me the impression that 1) she’s a religious figure in his eyes, 2) his fragmented final memory of Caroline in eternal beauty, 3) Helen is finally seeing the world through his eyes as she sacrifices her life for Anthony’s.

  • @Jay-qo9zv
    @Jay-qo9zv ปีที่แล้ว +266

    Tony Todd is a horror movie legend from candy man to the voice of death in Final Destination

    • @despinasgarden.4100
      @despinasgarden.4100 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Isn't he also a voice actor for Venom?

    • @Jay-qo9zv
      @Jay-qo9zv ปีที่แล้ว

      @@despinasgarden.4100 That's all Tom Hardy my brother or sister

    • @msprinsassymichelle3609
      @msprinsassymichelle3609 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yes.

    • @Chuck_EL
      @Chuck_EL ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I hope he voices Galactus in the MCU , he even said he'd love to when he was asked

  • @tidahardy2030
    @tidahardy2030 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Also the reason candyman was summoned in the 3rd film was because William wanted revenge. The area was being gentrified so he brought back the urban legend as revenge for gentrification so the new people who lived there now would know what it was like to loose their children and fear living in their own homes. As the original people who had lived in Cabrini Green had been forced out due to horrific living conditions and poverty and also had immense fear living in their own homes.

    • @InfernitBlu88
      @InfernitBlu88 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I hate to do this but
      It goes
      Candyman 92
      Candyman 2021
      Candyman farewell to flesh
      Candyman Day of the dead
      There's 4 movies.... the "third" is garbage 🤢🤢🤢🤢

    • @Knowledge.Wisdom.Understanding
      @Knowledge.Wisdom.Understanding 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@InfernitBlu88I’ll never watch the 3rd one again, I like to pretend it doesn’t exist.
      There was supposed to be a 4th but it got shelved, I’m kind of glad it did.

  • @MelaninCosplay
    @MelaninCosplay ปีที่แล้ว +466

    FINALLY!!!! I've been wanting a complete history on Candyman!! I love the two stories and history the movie is based off of (Dean Corll aka the real life Candyman and Ruthie Mae McCoy), but I love the fictional story as well. Props to you for this. I cant wait to watch!! ❤❤

    • @kiryuandgodzillagirl
      @kiryuandgodzillagirl ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Tony Todd's voice is so soothing

    • @samthesadhumansamthejustma2705
      @samthesadhumansamthejustma2705 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's not about complete

    • @sakurakittynoir1400
      @sakurakittynoir1400 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Ruthie Mae's murder was in the movie. While she wasn't killed on screen, her death is what sparked Helen's interest in the legend of Candyman & led to the events of the 1st movie. They even included the original crime scene photo & newspaper article about the case.

    • @MelaninCosplay
      @MelaninCosplay ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@sakurakittynoir1400 Yep. Plus, the projects apartment complex in the movie is called "Cabrini Green". It was named after the complex in Chicago under the CHA. I think it was actually called ALBA at the time, but located in North Cabrini. I'm not too sure about that part, BUT it's where Ruthie stayed. The film was shot at the actual apartment complex during those scenes. Clive Barker wrote about this story in his short story called The Forbidden. They said Ruthie and Dean were his inspirations, of course. The movie Candyman is taken from that short story. The whole book is pretty good. There's more than one volum if I'm not mistaken.

    • @sakurakittynoir1400
      @sakurakittynoir1400 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kiryuandgodzillagirlit's unsettling, not soothing.

  • @notsalty001
    @notsalty001 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    “Do I know you?”
    “No, but you doubted me.”
    Sorry that goes insanely hard.

  • @123anaya14
    @123anaya14 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I thought one of the funniest Candyman references was in Gumball with the kids saying Candy Candy Candy where a honey comb man with a hook showed up but rather than kill he just seems irritated to be disturbed while doing his everyday life

  • @mamakat7176
    @mamakat7176 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +85

    Fun fact: Cabrini Green is also where the Evens family is supposed to live in the TV show Good Times

    • @uncleben8012
      @uncleben8012 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Also is 1 of the home bases of the notorious Chicago street gangs "gangster disciples" alot of terrible things worse than candy man has happened there

    • @simplydollie
      @simplydollie หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@uncleben8012yeah. my mom grew up on the south side and when the reboot came out she told me the stories of the gds sniping cops from the roof tops and how she accidentally ended up in cabrini green around the 4th of july

    • @ChopChip-c3n
      @ChopChip-c3n หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@simplydollieMy grandmother even knew who Ruthie McCoy was before she passed away

  • @Nimeaux
    @Nimeaux ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I also think that because Dan kept baby boy alive, he subconsciously remembers his face pleasantly from his infanthood which also explains the painting. Esp since i think he really took care of him and didnt harm him in any way even though he threatened to.

  • @_S.D._
    @_S.D._ ปีที่แล้ว +81

    My town has our own version of 'Bloody Mary'. Our 'Bloody Mary' is a woman named Mary Snead. She and her two sisters were co-headmistresses at an all girls academy. They became known as 'The Black Sisters'. They always dressed in full black attire including black veils as if in mourning. I guess technically they were since they had already murdered two of the sisters' children for the insurance money. There's a book on them called The Bathtub Tragedy. Any-who, they allegedly also practiced black magic. Girls would go missing, some of them are believed to have been pregnant. The school they ran closed when they were arrested. It eventually became the high school, then the middle school. Legend goes, if you go into a specific girls bathroom and repeat 'Bloody Mary' 5x times in the mirror Mary Snead will drown you in the sink or pull your head into the mirror.

    • @despinasgarden.4100
      @despinasgarden.4100 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Isn't that the real life murder case of Ocey Snead and the black sisters? It sounds like it. I'm pretty sure that their victim was named Oceanna and nicknames Ocey.

    • @Hilz28
      @Hilz28 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Are you American? I feel like I've heard this before, but it was more Victorian London, no?

  • @Sugarglitter
    @Sugarglitter ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Candyman is the scariest horror villain to me, next to pennywise. Great breakdown,keep up the good work. 👍🏾

    • @PeriwinkleB
      @PeriwinkleB ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed and that Alabama joke was unnecessary 😂

  • @snack_bar2474
    @snack_bar2474 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Tony Todd MADE this role! I will always respect him.

    • @TopDogAnubis9047
      @TopDogAnubis9047 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now he’s gone🕊️😔

  • @Wolfbane382
    @Wolfbane382 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I have a Classic Horror Oracle that I bought on Halloween this year, and Candyman is one of the cards. His card is Forbidden and in the little booklet, it says the following: "The truth of the matter does not depend on our belief in it, or rather we take it seriously. Some of the harshest outcomes in a situation may come for those who approach it dismissively. It can be tempting to keep a cognitive distance, especially from horrible circumstances, but we may do so at our own peril."
    Upright: Proceed with caution.
    Reversed: Test the limits.

    • @arirenzi-surprenant
      @arirenzi-surprenant ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I need this set

    • @Wolfbane382
      @Wolfbane382 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I got it at Books A Millon, but I have seen it on Amazon for 15 bucks.

    • @christabelle__
      @christabelle__ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'd LOVE to know where to get this!!

  • @fate-ex8vz
    @fate-ex8vz ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I had the honor to meet Tony Todd and his voice was just as chilling as it sounds in the movies and games

  • @Scientific785
    @Scientific785 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I am the writing on the wall... The whisper in the classroom...RIP Tony Todd.

  • @abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192
    @abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I personally believe the reason why Candyman makes the main character victims look crazy is to take their public image down. It's possible that Caroline Sullivan's father Heyward had spread lies to the townspeople. That lie I believe was Daniel defiling his daughter.

  • @abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192
    @abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The actress that portrayed Helen in Candyman, Virginia Madsen admitted that Tony Todd scared her for real in the scene where the Candyman's hook comes bashing out of Helen's bathroom mirror.

  • @Proudtman
    @Proudtman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I don't blame the original Candyman for being pissed, because all he originally did was fall in love! Although i do blame him for the way he used his anger!

  • @AlenaTMates
    @AlenaTMates 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    59:10 For those who don't get it. Bobby Dagen, the man he was reffering about is one of Jigsaw's victim. Who was forced to impale hooks in his chest while hoistering himself up for being a fraud. Which is why he called the guy Bobby Dagen style because he got the same treatment as him.
    BTW I'm a huge fan of SAW

    • @purple_rxin
      @purple_rxin 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I still will forever hate the fact that Joyce had to be the one roasted to death

    • @InfernitBlu88
      @InfernitBlu88 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@purple_rxin right.. she didn't deserve it

  • @fuzzballfactory7160
    @fuzzballfactory7160 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Rest In Peace Tony Todd, you will be greatly missed.. such an incredible actor! 🐝💔

  • @coyoteartist
    @coyoteartist 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Thing that stuck with me at the time of this movie coming out was when I was 3 in 1982, parents were actually worried about poisoned candy because of the Chicago Tylenol poisonings. My mother told me this story, although not the location and by the time this movie came out, I'd learned it was the Chicago area. So the name Candyman really struck me. I liked the movie when I sawr it later, but that connection always added an edge to it.

  • @HorrorHeadReactions
    @HorrorHeadReactions 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    YOU KNOW WHAT!! I've seen Candyman hundred of times and have never put the entire story together because I've watched every movie years apart instead of back to back. I feel like I need to binge watch them all because this is such an intense franchise. They do a perfect job of blending social commentary with horror without shoving anything down our throats 😂

  • @grimguardian0027
    @grimguardian0027 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Love the video. Candyman is a great take on a classic urban legend. A tale about being cautious about even your own reflection. I think personally is ties into the belief that mirrors are a way that the dead travel into our realm. On top of that CZ your research and effort is something I love. Looking into the lover's lane legend about the hook man is.....just chef's kiss. Especially when you look back in history to when a common practice after someone has pasted that all the mirrors in a household are covered until they are buried (maybe wrong, please correct me if so). On a sidenote love that Ice Nine Kills got a shoutout for the Silver Scream 2.

    • @Topdoggie7
      @Topdoggie7 ปีที่แล้ว

      INK is before everything else.

    • @RiotWild
      @RiotWild ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The mirror covering is still a common practice in some places. Outside of some religions, like Judaism I believe, it’s not unusual in parts of the southern United States. I can’t speak to the religious side of things but there’s a superstition that the mirror would trap the soul and keep it from moving on.

  • @jeffrapier947
    @jeffrapier947 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    So, does all five mentions of his name have to occur in the same mirror, or can someone go around to every mirror they can find and "pre-load" the ritual to sabotage people who would chicken out short of five without calling him? Since it apparently doesn't matter who finishes the ritual or how long between start and finish. Would be kind of like a Candyman Roulette.

    • @1_star_reviews
      @1_star_reviews ปีที่แล้ว +8

      No, the chain cannot be broken. Say it in the same mirror.

    • @YourPoint1981
      @YourPoint1981 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I love the way you think!! 😅😅

  • @LeutinantWhoareyou
    @LeutinantWhoareyou หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    R.I.P. Tony Todd, Horror Legend

  • @taradarwin7896
    @taradarwin7896 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    According to "Be My Victim An Interview With Tony Todd"; the studio cut 2 minutes out of the scene where the camera spins around them, it originally had them declaring their love for each other and kissing, inferring that Helen was Caroline reincarnated.
    Oh, now I wonder if his hook became triangular between 2 and 3 because of the diferent the hook on Anthony...
    Really interesting Video👍

  • @giascott-heron
    @giascott-heron 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    36:42 The actor who plays Annie’s student Matthew is actually an old friend of mine. 😅 We went to high school together. Omg, I guess I’m dating myself. He gave up acting when we started college to learn more about film making behind the scenes. Sweets to the sweet! 😉😄

  • @dantedarkies192
    @dantedarkies192 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Tony Todd is the only CandyMan. The other guy just dressed up early for halloween

  • @widowgirl1254
    @widowgirl1254 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Rest in peace, Tony Todd. You will never be forgotten

  • @Nimeaux
    @Nimeaux ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Candy man is a spirit of an innocently oppressed and tortured soul, so it makes sense that it latches onto other similar souls.

  • @cyrilsantos85
    @cyrilsantos85 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Wow, kudos to your research team for doing this extrinsic 1 hour video history of Candyman. That's quite a lot of work hours to complete. You guys deserve more views than other videos who covers the Candyman franchise.👏👏👏👏

  • @sonofsparda657
    @sonofsparda657 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    everytime i hear "candyman" all i can think of is that military choir bit from malcolm in the middle

  • @LukeSkywalker-qn6qf
    @LukeSkywalker-qn6qf ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I’ve been waiting for this for a long time, Thank you. Candyman is one of my favorite horror movies.

  • @bertkesurf
    @bertkesurf ปีที่แล้ว +21

    American Horror Stories Season 2 Episode 5 did a version of Bloody Mary based on black history, it was really good. Very interesting spin on how Bloody Mary became trapped & her interactions with those who summoned her.

  • @youtubefreakyoutubefreak8071
    @youtubefreakyoutubefreak8071 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I use to be terrified of candyman as a kid my childhood fear.
    First time i seen the movie i was about 8 or 9 years old and it traumatized me so much i wouldn't even look in mirrors and avoid bathrooms.
    But now as a adult i absolutely love em he is definitely a personal favorite of mine.

  • @nightslayer6951
    @nightslayer6951 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Rest in Peace Tony Todd 🙏 😔😢

    • @HorrorHeadReactions
      @HorrorHeadReactions 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      He is going to be missed. Crazy that he was able to "pass the torch" to the new Candyman before he passed

    • @nightslayer6951
      @nightslayer6951 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @HorrorHead1 I'll never forget about him and everything he he brought to the horror industry

  • @tigermunky
    @tigermunky ปีที่แล้ว +27

    So, if you say Candyman 5 times over the space of 20 years, he'll still come and kill you?
    What if you say, "I love candy. Man, this tastes good."
    Does that count as 1 'Candyman'?
    Ahh...I've just forgotten one important thing. The mirror.
    But what if you're driving your car and happen to look in your side mirror whilst saying Candy and then later say Man. Does that count?
    I'm scared. Can somebody hug me?

    • @rachelraquel758
      @rachelraquel758 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It 100% counts, you should be careful. It might be too late!!

    • @20cutzz
      @20cutzz ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂

    • @erikwilliams1562
      @erikwilliams1562 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      NOPE!
      Not going anywhere near you til the funeral....

  • @geothagreat7443
    @geothagreat7443 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    As a kid, every time I saw a swarm of bees, I would think Candyman was coming. True story!!!

    • @NiraRayyy
      @NiraRayyy หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m 13, I always say this😭

  • @anubizz5956
    @anubizz5956 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you , straight from Chicago!
    Took thirty plus years for a real look into my legend!

  • @keringliege8523
    @keringliege8523 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Yes!!! Thank you Zack for finally covering the OG Candyman! I studied this in my second year film study class last year and fell in love with it! 🙌🙌

  • @MissSara42
    @MissSara42 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    RIP Tony Todd, may you suffer no more

  • @rredd7111
    @rredd7111 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Rip Tiny Todd ❤️ Horror legend 🕊️

  • @faithruckdeschel1294
    @faithruckdeschel1294 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank u so much for covering this legendary horror icon, Professor and THANK U SO VERY MUCH for mentioning Mr Floyd and Miss Taylor, in ur video!!! This is one of my favorite videos u have created.

  • @NightQueenTV7
    @NightQueenTV7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I was 8 years old when this came out on VHS. My sister older sister worked at a video store at one night she came home and said she brought the movie. The scary thing is that early that my cousin told me about the movie Candyman and we were just two little girls curious about what it was about but it was supposed to be scary. So that night my sister puts on the movie and the room that we shared together on the VCR and can you believe she fell asleep and I stood up all night 8 years old on the top bunk of a bunk bed in the dark watching the entire movie. This movie messed me the hell up! I was terrified to go to the bathroom alone thinking that that hook was going to break through that mirror. Mind you I only saw the movie one time and then the movie came back on when I was about 16 and I try to watch it but I kept skipping the parts that I remembered. Then I try to watch it again in my twenties and I did watch it but still creeped me out. It's funny how the actor that played Candyman was on Riverdale and I think he was call the sugar man LOL

  • @weirdoslovemrshelton
    @weirdoslovemrshelton หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Rest in peace Tony Todd 😢

  • @NevaehMartin-x5v
    @NevaehMartin-x5v 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love your vids but this one is my fav ❤

    • @CZsWorld
      @CZsWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks for the support!

    • @NevaehMartin-x5v
      @NevaehMartin-x5v 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@CZsWorld awww no problem

  • @cheshyr1
    @cheshyr1 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Tony Todd is one of my favorite actors. Loved him in Candyman (among other projects).

  • @ashlalala87
    @ashlalala87 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Thank you for an amazingly detailed and wonderfully put together piece! Thank you for creating and sharing with us!

  • @carlissapowell7069
    @carlissapowell7069 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Bravo CZ 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾this was excellent work. I appreciate you bringing up the correlation between Candy Man franchise and injustices in the black community. Some of the references mentioned I was not even aware of. Back in the day this was the only scary movie that terrified me lol. I couldn’t even look in the mirror after watching it. Tony Todd was so dedicated to his role as Candy Man that he really was covered in bees and got paid more for each bee sting.

  • @bouillonjules2
    @bouillonjules2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    RIP Tony Todd aka Candyman and Willian Bludworth from the Final Destination franchise.

  • @brendarubin7705
    @brendarubin7705 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    When you talked about the worshippers of candyman , it reminded me of the hellraiser movie with the same type of goth kids that formed a cult following of pinhead

  • @NaomyP
    @NaomyP ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you for this well detailed video, it finally makes sense on the events that happened in the movies. I love the urban legend of candyman and some instances in the movies were not clear.. but this was well done, and very entertaining

  • @wvndrin
    @wvndrin ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I really appreciate all the hard work, time, and research that you put into these videos!

  • @lamimijae
    @lamimijae ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Also, CZ, in regards to Candyman developing a romantic interest in his great, great, great granddaughter, Caroline… whereas in Alabama, it seems blood romantic relations are intentional, in Louisiana they are most often times completely accidental. In those small towns, you never know who you’re related to. You go to a funeral and find out that your best friend your whole life has been your cousin this whole time. Happened to my sister.

    • @Phoenix-Rising4
      @Phoenix-Rising4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This is very true. Family reunions don’t happen to often, especially after the grandparents has passed away . My family use to have a family reunion every summer , but after my grand aunt n her husband passed away, my family stopped having them and the family stopped coming around . No one know who’s who

    • @lamimijae
      @lamimijae ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Phoenix-Rising4 there’s so many stories I’ve heard from my family members accidentally dating a cousin. Some broke it off, some didn’t. But a lot of the times, the cousins were so far removed that it shouldn’t matter but you know the stigma. If you let it get too crazy, then it will become like Alabama lol. Luckily, my people from Lake Charles so all they have to do is move to Houston lol. Not saying, Candyman didn’t know, just saying it’s not out of the realm of possibility lol.

    • @Bisexualdragon4042
      @Bisexualdragon4042 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The same happens in my village, and us all having the same last name doesn't help.

    • @sabrinareese3880
      @sabrinareese3880 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I mean he KNEW who she was though. WHAT she was. So it isn’t like he had no idea who she was in relation to him.

    • @Topdoggie7
      @Topdoggie7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can confirm. Plus knowing it's his relative isn't something a dead man would know about.

  • @TrueCrimeTalkWithTaves
    @TrueCrimeTalkWithTaves หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    came here to pay tribute to my man tony todd !

  • @bloodybee3553
    @bloodybee3553 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Fun you mention The Silver Scream. I JUST discovered those albums, and I was immediately obsessed

  • @coreysmith9847
    @coreysmith9847 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The work you put into these is incredible!

  • @bxbydior586
    @bxbydior586 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Candyman was the only move scared me for real as a child an still as a grown up the original will forever be a classic!! I heard he pass away recently, so may he R.i.P🍬🪝 man!! ❤️‍🔥🐝🙏🏾

  • @masonmancoffey1722
    @masonmancoffey1722 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    RIP Tony Todd

  • @caterpuss
    @caterpuss ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Candyman and Pumpkin head messed me up as a kid and I still have a sleep disorder despite absolutely loving all things horror movies.

  • @whimsy0451
    @whimsy0451 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Whooo more CZ! TH-cam's grand horror loremaster returns 👍

  • @GArdoin
    @GArdoin หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    rip todd you will be missed

  • @Jack_Lanterns
    @Jack_Lanterns ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm so happy you have finally covered my favourite movie of all time!

  • @ColdPieceCH
    @ColdPieceCH ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm not being hyperbolic here; I think your channel is the best horror channel on TH-cam

  • @XFD42069
    @XFD42069 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    I remember once in 2020, me and my friend were stuck having to make friends with a girl a bit younger than us, and at the time she was DEATHLY afraid of Candyman.
    Me and my bestie decided to prove he wasn't real, taking her inside the bathroom and both of us did the challenge in front of her, she became confident enough to try and do it herself, and ot course, nothing happened. She trusted us, we became friends, and now in 2023 we're good friends who often talk to each other alot, that one night, thanks to Candyman I have a great friendship with her.
    He's kinda my favourite now.

    • @pinkie-ninie
      @pinkie-ninie ปีที่แล้ว +5

      you're bold because i would've never done that EVER😭

    • @XFD42069
      @XFD42069 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pinkie-ninie lmao

    • @Hilz28
      @Hilz28 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@pinkie-ninieYou mean a bit of a sociopath?

    • @XFD42069
      @XFD42069 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Hilz28 wait what

  • @meteorblackness4863
    @meteorblackness4863 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    He will be missed by millions 😢😭 Farewell Tony Todd...

  • @jamesabernethy7896
    @jamesabernethy7896 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I've said all this before. You make amazing videos. Interesting content with a splash of humour. What makes your content really great is how you explore and explain things with real-world psychology. It adds so much more depth to things that could simply be taken at face value.

  • @marcusmiller5443
    @marcusmiller5443 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wanted to sincerely thank you for tallying the seconds stolen from us, with the 'dramatic pauses', while they 'summon Candyman'.

  • @jasmineburrison2427
    @jasmineburrison2427 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Rest in peace Todd 😭😭

  • @camyland333
    @camyland333 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for making me realize why I love the og candyman film. I feel you didn't do Helen ANY JUSTICE in your rundown.
    Helen is a effing legend. She shook off her husband, candyman and became her own mythological creature after saving that infant from the bonfire.
    You didn't mention the fact that her hubs says Helen 5 times at the end after her funeral in their bathroom mirror and she guts him like a fish.... she is magnificent. 🎉

  • @dantesellars4941
    @dantesellars4941 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    About time you come out with another video! Your content is some of my absolute favorite to listen to while I work

  • @louisev9707
    @louisev9707 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great timeline checking with the calendars and analysis of the themes. Who needs continuity checkers when you have CZsworld?

  • @benjaminkern6450
    @benjaminkern6450 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Rest in peace to the legendary Candyman, Tony Todd

  • @mikedavirgo
    @mikedavirgo หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great work here. Best movie breakdown on TH-cam.

  • @ciarau12
    @ciarau12 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I remember watching the first movie as a kid on TV once. I was so nervous, i had to keep changing the channel and then couldn't look in the mirror for days lmao I've never opened a notification so fast haha just totally made my weekend!!! Hope you're having a wonderful holiday season, CZsWorld!! 🎅🦌🎄🐝

  • @yuujikon
    @yuujikon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    seriously, i love this, i really liked these movies when i was younger and to see a nice smooth timeline of it is *chefs kiss*

  • @mr.checkyourself4672
    @mr.checkyourself4672 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I wish we had a Candyman movie where we follow his side of his bloodline and not his lover side of their bloodline I'm sure he had his own family members from his side of the family interested in the Candyman story.

    • @ollehkacb
      @ollehkacb 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Whatchu talking about?
      We have been following his bloodline. These are his great grandchildren.

    • @ollehkacb
      @ollehkacb 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you mean we've been following cartoons family bloodline. We haven't. It always been his their bloodline line together. And candyman was the son of slaves. So if he did have family he may not have known them.

    • @mr.checkyourself4672
      @mr.checkyourself4672 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm talking about his side of the family not his lover side of the family where his descendants are white and of course he wouldn't know his descendants.

    • @ollehkacb
      @ollehkacb 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mr.checkyourself4672your misunderstanding.
      They are white cause his daughter married a white man and its been that way ever since. All the white characters related to him have black ancestry but look white cause of dilution.

    • @christabelle__
      @christabelle__ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@mr.checkyourself4672 I've seen a VERY powerful youtube video of a black woman with her white baby, angrily telling people to stop asking if the baby is hers, or if its adopted - because in interracial marriages? The baby could come out black, white, brown... you don't know! And this woman was holding a baby that was REAL white - and if the Candyman was the only black person in their lineage, then his descendants *would* be rather white. But I think that, in and of itself, is worthy of us taking a second look at things and thinking a little deeper on interracial marriage and how generational trauma works, etc. He ended up making those descendants he interacted with suffer ostracism just like he had... which, to me, kind of feels like a metaphor FOR generational trauma for those in black families, or interracial families. It's not over, not even in 2024. There's still racism, still bigotry, still hate and judgement... from white people and black, when it comes to interracial marriages. In my true crime watching, I came across a case about a couple where the husband was a black man in the US Marine Corps, and some black servicemen in the Marines r*ped his white wife in front of him, then killed them both... because they disapproved of him marrying a white woman, and thought he should have been with a black woman. We, as humans, still have a long ways to go with acceptance of those who we perceive as different - and horror movies have always been a unique way to speak to fears of things going on in society at the time. They're often more than gore and blood... they're metaphors for how we feel vulnerable, metaphors for how we suffer, how some things that hurt us feel inescapable. And racism and hate can feel so inescapable... even in the modern era.

  • @teddycinema
    @teddycinema ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this is one of my favorite vids u've done so far! idk if there's enough to dissect but u should do a horror history of the tethered in "us"

  • @MeresankhJ
    @MeresankhJ ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can’t wait to get home and sit back and watch this breakdown. I’m
    So excited !!

  • @JacobStuart-wp3vq
    @JacobStuart-wp3vq หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Rest in peace

  • @RebaDarby
    @RebaDarby ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Unsolved mysteries was taken seriously my guy!!! Other than that GREAT VIDEO!!! Been waiting for a Candyman Horror History lesson!

  • @sonofsparda657
    @sonofsparda657 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    BLOODY MARY BLOODY MARY BLOODY MARY
    *appears*
    "hey... you look kinda cute, you come here often?"

  • @FabulouslyFunny101
    @FabulouslyFunny101 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I did not think my Saturday night could be any better... then I saw CZsWorld had uploaded!! Have been waiting for a Candyman Horror History 😍🍯

  • @somanysomanycookies
    @somanysomanycookies หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Tony Todd’s voice still gives me goosebumps

  • @jordantaylor9440
    @jordantaylor9440 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Who else is watching this after Tony Todd died RIP ❤

  • @reneeaddison6679
    @reneeaddison6679 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    RIP TO TONY TODD HE DID A GREAT JOB 👍🏼 ❤

  • @prometheussilver
    @prometheussilver ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Im so glad you did a horror history on candyman