The first movies opening theme is up there with the most recognizable in horror history. This movie's opening theme I like to call the funky tuba. also Yahya Abdul-Mateen II gets to be Dr Manhattan and the Candyman? That's just OP man..
If you're a fan of the original Candyman, this movie effectively serves as the Halloween 2018 to the original. This movie could easily feel like something they rebooted just to hold on to the rights a little longer, but you can Tell the team behind this movie are big fans of the original.
Perhaps my favorite part of this movie was how they treated the character of Candyman. In the original, Candyman never felt terribly frightening. Instead of feeling like a slasher villain, the original Candyman felt more like the phantom of the Opera. He was hypnotic, haunting, and beautiful all the same time.
This movies depiction of Candyman is a lot more violent, and all of the scenes with this movie's Candyman work extremely well. It's unfortunate to be rid of the 1992 Chicago setting, but this movie does a great job of finding places for Candyman to potentially hide in.
This entire movie is full to the brim with decisions I absolutely love. I love the scenes with the random kids summoning Candyman, I love how this movie brings back characters without ever feeling forced or cliche, and I love how this movie explains all past and future Candymen.
This might be the first "modern" horror movie I have seen in 2021 that doesn't feel forced. Antebellum is a perfect example of what happens when you try and be too modern, and I'm glad this movie avoids falling into the same traps a lot of others do to convey their modernness. Does a great job conveying a lot of the same themes of the original, without feeling like another version of the same old story.
Overall this movie feels like a great cap on the series as a whole, even if we barely get any Tony Todd.
I kind of gives this movie its own identity though which I appreciate
9/10
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