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Tony Todd
1954-2024
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This was taking over my thoughts when I went to sleep last night
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Candyman 3: Day of the Dead (1999)
"You doubted me and yet you called my name."
"Who are you?"
"Your past. Your present. Your future. Your blood."
"What do you want?"
"I came for you. Believe in me."
Candyman: Day of the Dead will be released on Blu-ray on January 18 via Lionsgate. The 1999 third entry in the Candyman franchise will be the 24th installment in the Vestron Video Collector’s Series.
Turi Meyer (Smallville) directs from a script he co-wrote with Alfredo Septién (Wrong Turn 2: Dead End), based on characters created by Clive Barker. Tony Todd, Donna D'Errico, Jsu Garcia, Wade Williams, Alexia Robinson, and Lupe Ontiveros star.
Candyman is presented in high definition with 2.0 DTS-HD MA sound. Devon Whitehead designed the new cover art. Special features are listed below.
𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐧: 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝
Join me in Death! Be my victim!
Candyman films; 1 (1992), 2: Farewell to the Flesh (1995), and 3: Day of the Dead (1999)
When people summon Candyman as a joke or a dare, they get more than they bargain for when he appears and stalks them by killing their loved ones until they surrender to him.
The best thing about these films is easily Tony Todd in the title role. His voice is perfect for the character because it’s so deep and has a quality of horror already about it. If they had replaced him in any of the sequels then they wouldn’t have even been worth a try. The unnerving imagery is also an iconic quality about the film, not just the scenes with blood but also the bees crawling over people.
The sequels were not up to the same standard as the original. The second one used far too many jump scares which weren’t really all that effective and the third one had a main female actor who wasn’t as good as her two predecessors, plus the third one basically made second one pointless. Furthermore, the main character in the second film is hounded by the Candyman and then has a child which she names after his dead lover which is just tempting him to do it all over again but much worse.
The direction in all the films was fairly good; there were a lot of great close-ups. It was also good when it switched from point-of-view shots to reveal shots like of Helen crawling out of the Candyman mural’s mouth. The mythos about being followed by a person from a story was good because it gave him a terrifying level of power over his victims, although it didn’t really explain why he needed some to come willingly when he could just slaughter others indiscriminately. The creepy sayings like “Sweets to the sweet” and “What’s blood for if not for shedding?” were also a very nice and eerie touch.
It would have been interesting to have seen the revenge that Candyman got on his original killers because although we get to see his backstory in the sequels, we don’t actually get to see the aftermath in which he presumably came back to get those who harmed him. Instead we essentially get a repetition of the same story three times with some details changed which is a little disappointing.
Candyman: 7/10 -Well above average, but no masterpiece-
Candyman 2; Farewell to the Flesh: 4/10 -It’s below average, but only just!-
Candyman 3; Day of the Dead: 3/10 -This one’s bad but it’s got some good in it, just there-
-Virginia Madsen, who was the lead character in the original, claims that she was hypnotised in some scenes.
-In the sequel there is a reference to a Dr Loomis, a reference to the notable character from the Halloween franchise.
-Todd states that he was stung by bees 23 times while filming the trilogy.
