Candyman - The scoop and digest

As per Halloween (2018), the sequel to Candyman is Candyman, so Farewell to the Flesh and Day of the Dead are ignored.

Even The Candyman would have been a better title.

Anyway, how much blood will co-writer and director Nia DaCosta spill?

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II - Anthony

Teyonah Parris - Brianna

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett - Troy

Colman Domingo - William Burke

Kyle Kaminsky - Grady

Vanessa Williams - Anne-Marie

Summary

In 1977, a boy encounters a man with a prosthetic hook in Cabrini-Green.

42 years later, Candyman country has since been pulled down.

Fascinated by a story told by his girlfriend's brother, visual artist Anthony begins to research the history of Helen Lyle.  At the former Cabrini-Green, he's stung by a bee and thinks nothing of it.

We learn from local William Burke that guy from the beginning was Sherman Fields.

He was beaten to death by the police for assaulting children, but later exonerated.

During an art exhibition, Anthony showcases his painting 'Say My Name', daring people to look directly into a mirror and repeat 'Candyman' five times.

As the bodies pile up, Anthony is haunted by Sherman's ghost.

After learning from estranged mother Anne-Marie of his connection to the first Candyman Daniel Robitaille, Anthony's sanity unravels.

Bee my victim

This wasn't great, but definitely not the car crash I expected.

It's aesthetically pleasing and shadow puppetry was a nice idea.

As everything is pretty much summarised, there's absolutely no need to watch classic original to understand what's going on.

Good or bad thing?

Down to personal opinion I suppose.

Okay, cue multiple problems.

Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe's music is decent, but compared to Philip Glass's beautiful score...

However, an interpretation is briefly heard during Helen's back story.

De-aging horror icon Tony Todd for literally a matter of seconds was pointless and reeks of fan service.

Using gentrification as a visual metaphor came across as preachy rather than clever.

Also, white vs black.

Presumably to avoid 18 cert, kills now occur entirely off-screen.

Anthony becoming the latest addition to the hive was stunningly predictable.

Going further, where's Helen?

Most stupid of all, why did it take so fucking long for Anthony to get infection checked out?

(Rolls eyes).