Like many famous horror series, the story "Candyman", which was turned into a cinematic work in 1992, was extended to other parts that did not completely succeed in maintaining the theme presented in the original work or molding the idea to more than one appropriate way in order to continue sharpening Attention fans of “Slasher” films or killers with sharp weapons, so failure was ally with the 1995 and 1999 versions, with critical ratings reaching 8 percent on the famous site “Rotten Tomatoes
This is what the actor Tony Todd, who embodies the character of “Candyman” in the series, spoke when he stated that any new movie related to the character needs a filmmaker who is fully aware of her racial makeup and why she existed in this world in the first place, not to include her with other characters such as “ Freddy" or "the leprechaun" and so on and makes what is called "Crossover" or the partnerships and bilateral confrontations between the characters and each other.
That is why “Todd” was excited about the presence of the brilliant writer and director “Jordan Bell” at the head of the screenplay team for the movie “Candyman”, and “Bill” actually succeeded in creating a sequel to the “Candyman” story, perhaps not by the huge degrees of horror made in the previous part, but it has what facilitates creative positions The atmosphere of excitement and panic and a kind of social rhetoric that tells a glimmer of societal oppression and harsh life in an environment that does not take into account the conditions of others at all.
The events of the movie "Candyman" take place in the year 2019 "Anthony McCoy", who was a baby in the previous part, and returned again to the "Caprini Green" area in the state of "Chicago" in order to research and delve deeper into the legend of the killer "Canideman", but he did not know that he caused a runny nose. Blood on the blade of the hook again, in a very brutal manner
One of the features of the movie candyman is its presentation in a way that makes it classified as not a second part of the 1992 version, although it is actually so, meaning that during the events many details related to the previous part were told in a distinctive narrative style without elaboration or resorting to flashback, this will contribute a lot to collecting many Viewers, many of whom are expected to have never seen the old version
But it was pointed out at the beginning of the article that the candyman movie was not so hot on the level of horror or extended in the symbolism and geographical importance of the place compared to the past. Perhaps the young director “Nia Dacosta” accompanied by “Jordan Bell” wanted this movie to be the beginning of a group of upcoming works that will rise at a pace The general atmosphere reaches its highest degree later on, and it delves more and more into the main subject of the plot.
But here there was an opportunity to compensate for some of the excessive dialogue situations with many details in excess of the renewal that happened to the “Kandyman” myth, and to use visual metaphors that suggest the importance of “Kandyman” as a way to protect a group of people against the difficult and campy dependencies of living and its difficult reality on them, as well as sharing At the height of the horror pattern that things loomed here and they were good with regard to the mechanisms of directive execution.
While it was presented in the movie candyman itself, it is credited by “Nia Dacosta” and “Jordan Peele” to present the story as it was in the previous part from the perspective of the hero’s character, because in these types of films it is preferred that the main character be the ambassador of the viewer within the events and his eye that witnesses every small and big Within the stereoscopic picture, there is also a good discipline at the level of rhythm so that it is ascending and one that does not twist between the past and the present, although the problem is only as mentioned previously in the scenes based on dialogue that were stumbling for the scenario that could have been avoided.
Directionally, Nia Dacosta has a fair amount of talent for the visual quality of his horror scenes, loyalty to the method used to present Candyman by inserting a hint that only appears through mirrors and when his name is pronounced five times in a row, and also in using the camera to check moments. Excitement, which has a real and direct impact on the recipient, thus confirming the confidence of Kevin Feige, the Marvel Cinematic Universe engineer, in choosing her to present the marvels project within the fourth and current phase of the MCU.
It is good for Hollywood to believe in the talent of the young actor, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, the star who has achieved many successes in a short period of four or five years and has the ability to lead any cinematic work on his own, as he was able to embody the psychological and mental state of the character “Anthony”, which It opened the way for the return of the devil again, which reflected on him in a harmful way, physically and morally, and he improvised the character’s emotions in a sincere manner that makes it easy to fully sense what “Anthony” lives with him and faces him from the danger threatening him and those around him.
In conclusion, it is still not announced if there will be new parts of the candyman movie yet, but if that opportunity exists, then the mistakes of that experience must be rectified and compensated with what carries the core of the idea and with more expertise in the details that make Candyman in The vanguard of the most important and best-loved horror movies to watch whenever they are presented.