Candyman Review
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Just when you thought it was safe to stare into a mirror with the lights off and say some spooky ghost's name five times! ...wait a minute... okay, bad example, but Candyman is still an interesting example of the urban legend genre, in that it is a recognizable tale while at the same time an original one. Also, personally I find Candyman less scary and more... cuddly? Those baby bees are so cute!
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In Barker's original short story, the Candyman isn't even black (in fact, he's described as having 'waxy yellow' flesh with a 'hint of rouge on his jaundiced cheeks'). The story is also set in and around a fictional English council-estate compound called 'Butt's Court' in the late 1970s. The alternate American setting and racial themes were incorporated into the film, at least in part, as a means of addressing the racially-charged violence and societal unrest occurring in the U.S. at the time.
Don't forget the strawberry blonde hair and the colourful patchwork overcoat
@@lionelhutz5137 Indeed. Methinks Mr Barker’s creation may have been ‘inspired’, as it were, by _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’s_ infamous Child Catcher (who, apart from the similar physical appearance and fashion sense, operated under the guise of a sweets vendor, or ‘candy man’), with perhaps a dash of Worzel Gummidge thrown in for good measure.
Yea the whole original tale is supposed to be talking about the toxteth riots in Liverpool during the thatcher years
@@GenusUnknown True. These events would also be referenced (more directly) in Barker's 1987 novel _Weaveworld._
@@GenusUnknown So what you're saying is black people lack originality?
When Candyman goes backwards out that window, that has got to be one of the craziest stunts I've ever seen.
that scene is so iconic between my brother and i... we literally cry of laughter whenever we talk about it lmfaoooo
That scene and the one where the guy says heard you were looking for candyman bitch.😅😂
so crazy you can see the wire behind him
Honestly one of my favorite movie killers just because of how interesting the lore, methodology, characters, and his general "presence" are. Like, you get the feeling that Candyman isn't what *anyone* thinks he is. He's something far stranger.
the sons of MOGH
Also his sense of fashion and style is superb.
2:26 - 2:30 Nick Cage: "Oh! Oh no, not the bees! NOT THE BEES! AAAAAHH!!! *AH, THEY'RE IN MY EYES!! MY EYES!!! ARGH!! AHHHHHH!!* "
🤣
*click* Noice.
"Deadly Bee Weapon. Bees, My God"- Batman, Amazons Attack
PooP!
She definitely was hypnotized she eventually hated the way it felt and didn’t want to do it anymore
Gotta love film documentaries
Oh yeah.
The amount of Cigarettes smoked in this movie is absolutely 80's Noir levels of cool 😎
Reminds me of Ghostbusters 1.
They chainsmoked that movie to hell and high water.
@@ZigealFaust absolutely every intense scene in Ghostbusters Cigarettes 🚬are being smoked !!!!
Tony Todd is one of the best actors. Hands down.
"Hands down"... Well punned 👍
Facts
Also loving the pun, and while I wouldn't agree that he is necessarily the most versatile performer, he is a top pro with a commanding presidents who just owns every performance he gives.
He’s got “gravitas” and can do intense or commanding roles.
I've wanted to direct movies since I was a kid. My brother asked me back then what actor I would have in every movie and was surprised when I said Tony
Also the "bad boy" in the story at the beginning is played by Ted Raimi.
Michael Singer I'm surprised he didn't mention that since he usually lists every actors name.
Joxer the Mighty who travels through the countryside
He was in the Spiderman movies (Toby Mcguire)
@@jasonkreider8954 And "Hercules : The Legendary Journey's"
@@jasonkreider8954 he's also related to Sam raimi, the director of the original evil dead films
Such a great gothic feel to this film. And Tony Todd is the right mix of scary yet seductive. I REALLY wish the sequel had gone with ghost Helen, that'd have been so much more interesting.
He can be killing you you with a hook while seducing you into just taking it with his voice.
Agreed, but I actually didn't hate Farewell to the Flesh. The New Orleans atmosphere I thought was great and it's actually a pretty solid movie. I mean it does retcon a LOT of the story, lol, but once you look past that, I think it works great.
The 3rd movie was a steaming pile of garbage though.
It stars Tony Todd. The movie is just great.
He makes any movie he is in better by just being Tony Todd. I personally think that his best roll was as Ben in the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead!
14:53 Actually, fun fact, they did have Virginia Madsen hypnotized during filming by a professional hypnotist. However, Virginia felt rather uncomfortable about the whole process afterwards.
Thanks for mentioning the Ruthie McCoy case. It was a real murder that happened in Cabrini Green and it took the police days to actually do anything about it. One of her neighbors had to call the manager to drill a hole in the lock to get in and see what the fuss was about. I like how they tied that case into the Candyman mythos, tying in real life events with the social commentary of the movie
So he didn't destroy Helen - he transforms her into the entity just like his own, so this whole sexual subtext wasn't for nothing. I'm satisifed with that. Also didn't her husband also play John Connor's adoptive father in Terminator 2. Judgement Day? The one who was killed while drinking the milk? Such unlucky guy.
I know the husband was in Air Force One.
Yup
He was also Gregory, the original Hilltop leader, in The Walking Dead.
Yeah so he was killed by Helen in this, killed by the t-1000, and is an overall weasel of a person in the walking dead. Kinda a tough break all around for his characters lol!
Yes, Xander Berkeley. He was the stepfather on Taken (until he was replaced in the 3rd one).
Hey Decker! I freaking love this movie because it's a story about the power of stories. I always considered Candyman and Helen (at the end) to be a tulpa. In the story, Candyman is a tragic tale of a talented young man that had all of this pain and suffering put upon him before being killed. The power of further pain and injustices suffered by the black community as a whole is focused through the telling of the story through generations and takes the form of Candyman. He may have been a real person in the past, but I think that he is just energy in the Candyman's form because that is what the people believed he was. And at the end, Helen killed him (it) by allowing the people to see her defeat him and giving her life to save the child, therefore destroying the communities belief in him and creating belief in Helen's tragic story. That is why she comes back at the end. The energy from the story is not destroyed, but has now taken the form of Helen. This is just my take though. Thank you for the entertainment, Good Sir. Cheers!
Damn dude, I may never see this movie the same way again. Good on ya!
Great point
Its still pretty eerie and creepy at times. Philip Glass' score is great as well, my favourite is All Falls Apart from Candyman 2.
No mention of the shit sequels
@@jasonvoorhees310 2 is watchable but 3?....No.
hey there bro, i like your style.
@@Toshiro_Mifune Cheers.
Billy stabbed people too. He just wore a ghostface mask rather than a William Shatner mask and tried killing all his friends and girlfriend along with Stewie
Without context, I assumed this was a Family Guy episode.
YAAAAAASS!!! Love Candyman!!! Had tickets to meet Tony Todd & Virginia Madsen this last March but... Covid 😒
Ok that just broke my little Horror heart. I hope you get the chance again!
Actually Decker
The actress who plays Helen was hypnotized for the scene. That she sees Candyman( Tony Todd) for the first time.
Tony is returning as a cameo in the new Candyman sequel coming soon. I hope he gets a bigger role despite being a cameo.
With the people behind the new film it'll be SJW horseshit. He'd be better off staying far away.
@@ShojoBakunyu Like the sjw woke trash that is The Craft reboot? Get woke go broke.
He won't. It's a passing of the torch kind a deal. The baby from the first film is an adult (the lead of the film)still being haunted by candyman, eventually becoming the legend.
@@jasonvoorhees310 Ooo.
@@ShojoBakunyu You are so sure that BS that you spout is real do you. Oh well your brand of stupid can't be cured.
Gorgeous looking movie. A bit slow at times, but it definitely holds up.
IMO slow horror is a GOOD thing. Fantastic, in fact. It's like a 70's horror film in that regard, with that slow-burn brooding. I can't stand modern horror with their quick cuts, fast paced story telling, zero character development and non stop pointless action. It's supposed to be about the STORY. :)
Virginia Madsen was deadly beautiful in this movie. Her eyes are hypnotizing.
Eh, they're all right.
Fun fact: whenever her eyes go super wide like that, she was actually hypnotized by the director
@@GrimReaper-dh8yc oh wow didnt know that!
No Meg Foster 😐
I've heard the premise of that Jordan Peele Candyman direct sequel is gonna center around the grown up son of Anne Marie being possessed by Candyman to continue the killing. It'll be interesting seeing not only Tony Todd return but also Vanessa Estelle Williams.
Popular widely known fact, Tony Todd was paid a mint to use real bees in his real mouth for that shot.
His breath stink that bad?🤭
@@heresjohnny5307 I heard be was paid $1000 per bee sting.
@@princeedition holy fuckwaffle. Thats a pretty penny
@@mog4993 I know, right. Lol - He was very committed. I'd say it'd be worth it.
Me yesterday:"When is Decker doing Candyman?"
Decker- Reviews Candyman.
Me- Checks room for hidden microphones.
When I went to go see this at the movie theater when it first came out. I have to say that is some of the creepiest organ music that I ever heard. I also like the scene when the bees swarm all over Chicago
I've been on a Decker Shado Review marathon lately and am proud to see you drop some fresh content! For it to be a childhood staple of mine as well, that's a plus! Love your channel
Finally. Clive Barker really is the Master of Horror. I wish more people reviewed is work, film and novel. Great review btw, as always!✌😁
I wanna make horror movies and star in them and send the first cut to Decker and just wait and see what he says
Don't.
Star.
In.
Your.
Own.
Productions.
Just don't do it.
@@ZigealFaust But I like to be a narcissist. Also I do not remember making this comment at all
Candyman is a way more compelling villain than Michael Meyers or Jason Vorhees. He's almost a suave Freddy Krueger.
I loved this movie's dreamlike tone.
It worked incridibly with the birdview images of the empty streets of the city and the movies carries quite a lot social commentary, from how the academic world treats the plight of the poor (especially non-white poor) to class and housing.
Quite a lot of punch with a very good horror.
I must say I was optimistic about the remake, though, because I like the director.
And yet... I REALLY disliked the trailer.
I miss the dreamlike tone.
Who says it needs to be October to review horror? xD
N-no one?
Horror Time is all year long, Jack!
They say the camera crew had to get permission from the gangs that controlled that part of Cabrini Green to film there.
And the van only got shot on the last day of filming. :)
@@DeckerShado Must have been their way of saying good-bye
Also the gang members in the movie, were actual gang members wearing their own outfits.
@Zoomer Waffen Well it just reminds you that stereotypes are actually based on reality with validity based on regions and various time periods.
@@Doctor_Odin the problem comes from where you try to place stereotypes on an entire group.
Hell yes candyman. This is a classic. Can't wait for the new movie next year
With how woke holleywood has been as of late, do you really want them to retell this story? I vote leave the classic as is.
@@xenosayain1506 No its a sequel bro. And Tonys making a cameo as the OG Candyman
Its been pushed back to 2021? I thought they would do a widespread digital release though as SCOOB did and Trolls World Tour.
@@somedudewhodraws9377 exactly
@@somedudewhodraws9377 eh who knows let's wait and see
The best the original the classic! My sister and I saw this film 6 years after the release of the movie on Showtime. It scared the hell out of me! I had to sleep with a nightlight! Lol!
Love this movie, I still remember hearing about this and thinking it was gonna be about a candy maker. Instead it's just Nicholas Cage's fever dream
Hey Decker. Subscribe for 3 years now, just wanted to say thanks, your videos were a real comfort when I was a shit job that was grinding me down into paste.
After I saw this movie for the first time, I tried saying "Candyman" five times into a mirror.
Weirdly enough the only one who showed up was Sammy Davis Jr.
"Don't get reincarnated. I never seen it end well." Someone has never watched Sailor Moon.
I wouldn't exactly call dying, reincarnating, dying, reincarnating, then dying and reincarnating again "ending well".
@@RBelmont007 Well, Sailor Moon did not die a lot. One as Princess Serenity, and once at the final battle with the Queen Beryl/Queen Metalla fight in the anime only. ONLY TWICE IS NOT ALL THE TIME. She is not Son Goku after all.
@@stanleyteriaca2184 Moon is also not the only one involved in the cycle, either. The other scouts died in the Silver Millennium, the fight with the Doom and Gloom Girls, and then by Galaxia in Sailor Stars. As you can see, I listed one "dying, and reincarnating" for each of these deaths. I never said "All the time".
@@RBelmont007 Ok. Yes, they do die. Manga = twice. Anime = three times.
@@stanleyteriaca2184 With any luck, third/fourth time's the charm?
I need a Decker and Primm Hood Collaboration
Decker And AVGN would be a classic
"Look at this white dude's hair. He an all-star!"
@@albertoroman4775 I could totally see that 😂😂😂
I heard Billy fell into a time machine and became an annoying comic relief for some warrior princess or something.
Fun fact: those people outisde the buildings were real Gang members
Duh! It's Chi Town
Yep.
aye the camera crew has to pay the gangs to leave them to do the filming and the extras that are at the building are actual gangs also, I've learned that the camera equipment is damaged during production
@@douglasnoble9915 because they wanted to either steal it or break them
@@millo1095 fair enough man im going with what is told from another youtube channel. I've already mentioned the name of the channel so i don't want to feel im over exposing.
My sister is the college girlfriend in this movie! I thought she would be in part two? Not written that way. Sigh 😔
🤭
Y’all believe this bs lol
Ironically Virginia actually was hypnotized when Candyman first appears in the parking garage as the director and screenwriter didn’t want Helen to scream like most horror female leads do. And the mirror jump scare was also real as Virginia didn’t know Tony would pop out; ever the kind professional he apologized to her afterwards for scaring her
Awesome job, Mr. Decker Shado! I hope you do the sequels next!
Fun fact: Tony Todd actually put bees in his mouth for that scene. He negotiation in his contract that he would be paid $1,000 for each sting.
He was stung 23 times.
This film is one of my personal favorites. I'm glad you reviewed it!
Not only that, Tony Todd is a legend
So true
You could play a drinking game every time a character lights up a cigarette.
Great review Decker, this is a surreal spooky & tension filled horror movie.
14:41 The Redwall nod was very nice.
Fun Fact: Tony Todd is the voice of Zoom on The Flash.
Also Worf's brother on Star Trek: TNG. At least that's the role I think of when I hear Tony Todd.
Also Icon on Young Justice
He was also Admiral Briggs in Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
@@cgraham6 Kurn.
Honestly how many horror villains are powered by fear and the fact that people believe in them. Freddy, Pennywise, Candyman, Babadook, Pinhead, etc. Im sure there's more
Pinhead isn't powered by fear, or by their belief in him.
True but he pretty much what gives him power is people's belief in desires granted by the box
Freddy only needs fear when he doesnt have souls
Jeepers creepers too.
I have been waiting for the Candy man and is here.
Thanks you Decker Shado
14:09 - 14:42 Holy s#*&, I never thought of that before, but yeah, his voice with the booming hypnotic tone and power reminds me of Asmodeus as well! I had no idea you watched that show, @Decker; I loved Redwall growing up!
As someone who studies mythology and folklore (including urban legends) in college, I love this movie so much.
"Bee my victim."
"They found her friend dead in the living room. Man, that name has never been more ironic."
That's how it got the name living room. It used to be normal to have wakes at one's home in the parlor. There was a bit of a social campaign to not do that, and they started saying that the parlor was a room for the living. Thus it changed it's name to the living room.
I swear, Tony Todd's voice is pure ASMR. I could listen to it for hours.
I wonder if the remake is going to be good, Jordan Peele I believe is working on it so it should be pretty good.
She was a total babe. That college chick had nothing on her at all
At that restaurant conversation about Candyman the guy’s voice could be a discount Charles Dance, would of been cool if it was him too right from Alien 3 lol
Candyman scared the crap out me when I was younger. I had kind of forgotten about being terrified of it til I saw this video recommended. I hated being around mirrors as a kid. Especially in the dark. Plus the music and the feel of the movie just creeped me the hell out. Now that I think of it this movie is probably in the top 5 of movies that scared me lol. I was always susceptible to horror movies growing up ever since I first saw A Nightmare On Elm Street when I was 6. So that just started of a chain of trauma that kept going up into my teens lol. Thanks horror movies for scarring my childhood and giving me a nearly endless stream of nightmares and night terrors lol. I'm glad I'm an adult now and don't have to deal with that crap anymore lol.
I think Helen was less a reincarnation and more an identical descendent (I believe the sequels were more explicit about it)
Great vid decker! I do wish you talked a bit more about helens funeral though cause it’s pretty dang interesting how all of cabrene green appear for her funeral and tossed a hook to her coffin signifying that they have become her congregation now much like how they were candy mans congregation too
Yes it’s finally up !!
Tony Todd is excellent as the candyman. 😀👍
Its ABOUT TIME you got around to covering Candyman! Great hair, btw ;)
3:45 He later moved to Canada and started prank calling sorority houses.
Tony Todd has the coolest yet most menacing voice.
So he's like Candy Face from Sunny. Turns out I was Candy Face. Cause Candy Face lives in you!!!!
The behind the scenes information on this movie, is amazing.
You're so chill, and I like your humor, this was my first vid of yours, and I am now subscribed! Keep up the great work!
A fantastic film with an absolutely great cast and the soundtrack is one of my all time favourites. Also, the scene with the bees coming out of Tony Todd's mouth? Those were real bees. Specially bred to have weak stings, but still real alright. Virginia Madsen was also allergic to bees and had to have a medical unit on scene just in case she had a bad reaction to them. Good amount of dedication from the both of them there.
Hell I'm just happy you remembered Asmodeus the serpent. Scared the crap out of me as a kid.
This is awesome i remember on one of your videos not to long a go tt will be cool if you do a CANDY MAN video this made my day
Saw this pop up as a youtube alert while at work and was sooooo fuckin happy! Can't wait to relax and watch this before bed, woot-woot
Hell yess , hopefully he reviews the new one when it comes out
You may have heard about the legend of the Hooked Hand? That legend was likely the inspiration for the book.
That sound track is all time for candy man
Probably one of the creepiest theme musics for a 90s horror movie
Nice video decker its been a while since you reviewed A classic horror movie I especially love the old aliens and alien review and pumpkin head
One of the best horror films great review decker
Interesting fact about the scene in this movie where they arrive at Cabrini Green and encounter a gang: Those were actual gang members. Apparently, they were paid to allow themselves to be filmed in lieu of hiring a bunch of extras for the scene.
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7:53 lmao I heard good things about this movie so i decided to watch this review but that obscure joke you made out of the jump scare was pretty funny
I'd also recommend watching Coldcrashpictures' review of Candyman, as he goes into a *lot* of depth regarding the actual Cabrini Green housing projects and the kinds of hurdles the people living there had to go through, which help inform the movie itself.
I’m not normally one of those people that request something all the time, but one thing I highly suggest is Scream. I rewatched it recently, and it was better than I remembered tbh
11:56 I love your line delivery 🤣
Being old as dirt and a lifelong fan of Clive Barker I saw this movie when it came out in theaters. There was nothing else like it in horror, from the music to the way it was presented. From that first overhead shot to the intro of the score I was hooked. I'm disappointed you didn't like it more, but imagine see it when it first came out. It was amazing. I left the theater awestruck.
now i can't stop imagining asmodeus talking with tonys voice, kinda fits doesn't it?
fun fact: when i seen the Dead Meat kill count the director has brought in a hypnotist to hypnotise the actress to make seem in trance and also the director has found that people screaming is too cliched that its the only way to make it different or authentic in my case
It finally came out
The police line-up scene cracked me up as a kid. ''I hear ya lookin' fo' Candyman, beetch!"
“I Hear you lookin’ for Candyman, bitch.” Classic! The line up scene was always so funny to me for some reason.
Deckar uploads are always appreciated. Regardless of how late
23:29 _'What? NO! ...No, Ma'am, we're not!'_
That one mirror jump scare actually freaked her out irl.
Eddie Murphy was considered for the title role, but was deemed too short at 5'9". They chose Tony Todd for his height at 6'5".
Tony Todd's favorite role and movie of his own
The titular character of Candyman does not appear in person until 44 minutes into the movie.
In Eli Roth's History of Horror: Slashers Part 1 (2018), Tony Todd said he was stung by bees 26 times during the space of the Candyman trilogy.
Penned by Clive Barker who also wrote Hellraiser, another iconic horror franchise.
For the scene in which bees fill Candyman's chest cavity, bees were placed in a special body appliance which was filled off stage and strapped to Tony Todd's chest. Utmost care was taken to be gentle in placing the bees properly for the scene and then collecting them afterwards.
The only slasher movie in the horror canon with a Black serial killer as the villain. This has never been done before or since in the history of film, though, as of 2019, a Candyman reboot is in the works.
Candyman combines elements of two real urban legends: Bloody Mary (a ghost who appears by chanting her name in a mirror) and the Hook (a killer with
a hook for a hand who attacks
a couple in a parked car).
Candyman is a marvel of contemporary mythology because many people in my generation ( i'm an eighties baby ) believe/d it to be a genuine article, so the fictional urban legend became a real urban legend ; i grew up legitimately scared of Candyman and it was not uncommon for kids to confuse his mythos with the Bloody Mary legends, so they'd say his name three times ( instead of the five ) in front of a bathroom mirror or whatever and turn the lights off, then they'd scream to scare me and whomever else was unwilling to participate.
If you watched this movie, when it first came out, you know just how terrifying the Candyman character actually was.
Watching it after the fact, will never do it justice.
20:08 - 20:13 Helen: "I still stand by the fact that I'm not crazy, and that I'm being stalked by a murderous urban legend trying to frame me, but I WILL cut a b-ch that chooses *pink* as a wall color!"
I remember seeing this when I was 12 in the theater in chicago. I loved it and will always remember walking home alone just before midnight after seeing this and being shook all the way home
Great review!
It's also good to know there are other people out there who still remember Redwall!