Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)

the audience applauded

hyped garbage

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Set in New Orleans this sequel opens with a lecture on the Candyman myth, presented by Professor Philip Purcell, who doesn't believe that he is real. Afterwards he is confronted by Ethan Tarrant, a young man who blames Purcell for the death of his father. He was obsessed with the Candyman and a series of murders some believed were committed by him before being killed in a similar fashion himself. Soon afterwards Purcell is killed by the Candyman and Ethan is arrested. Ethan's sister Annie, a school teacher is called and soon finds herself dragged into the Candyman story. To prove to her pupils that he is just a myth she says 'Candyman' five times while looking into a mirror. Nothing happens at first but after a visit to her old home, an abandoned plantation house, she is faced by the hook-handed man. He kills her husband and tells her that she will be with him. Trying to find a way to stop him she starts to look into the history of the Candyman and discovers a shocking link to her own family.This isn't as good as the original film but to my mind it is still pretty good. I liked how it further explored the origins of the Candyman and his link to Annie. Tony Todd does a great job bringing the character to life; he has a real presence and manages to be menacing and sympathetic at the same time… the more we learn about Candyman's origin the more sympathetic the character becomes. That doesn't mean he doesn't do some very unpleasant things; when he kills with his hook it is brutal and bloody. The way bees come from his body is also rather disturbing. Kelly Rowan does a fine job as Annie and the rest of the cast are pretty good too. As with the first film the music of Phillip Glass adds to the atmosphere. The tension mounts nicely towards the end but the final way Candyman is defeated is a little disappointing and requires us to accept that a certain item has been hanging on the wall of an abandoned building for well over a hundred years! Overall though I'd say that this is a solid enough horror sequel with some good scares.

Pretty standard sequel, with the story being originated by Clive Barker. The urban myth of the "Candyman" is re-awakened when descendants from the tortured slaves bloodline attempt to find out the truth and ultimately destroy the legend forever. Some pretty nifty effects are all that are really here, as the weak succession of false shocks and the slow beginning only detract from the picture. The script too is weak, with its complexities of Candymans origins not solidly explained. It tries to achieve the epic and urban mythic qualities of the original but ends up as a formula horror pic, although Tony Todd has prescence as Candyman, and Kelly Rowan is a likable protagonist.The special effects are ghastily realistic, the production design and production values flawless, vivid characterization, and the acting again award-caliber, with special mention going to Kelly Rowan and Timothy Carhight as the main 'protagonist' couple, the little girl who brilliantly plays their lovable young daughter, and of course the always excellent Tony Todd, who turns in great performances even in weak movies and absolutely shines in something like this. "Farewell To The Flesh" also features some of the most memorable visual imagery around, including the unsettlingly surreal sight of the Candyman in the middle of a vast Mardi Gras celebration, slowly stalking down center street amongst the costumed festivities unnoticed (or possibly Unseen?)Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

After her brother's involvement in a savage death, a woman's search for the truth leads to a family curse involving the local legend of the Candyman and tries to stop his reign of terror in New Orleans.This turned out to have a lot of good things going for it. One of the better examples here is the continuing nature of the film's expanding story of how the Candyman came into being, furthering the connection even more than it already did. Bolstering the legend quite well with the flashbacks to his torture and paring that against his legend between the family really makes for an entertaining horror effort. The main attack here concerns the appearance at the curio shop which turns into a thrilling chase through a carnival parade as he continually appears among the patrons, though other attacks are bound throughout here. The penthouse attack where he first appears to her, his attack on the detective in the holding cell and the cemetery attack that leads into the final confrontation are all filled with incredibly chilling and fun action. Likewise, the finale gets a lot right here by managing to come full-circle and fully discloses the back-story from earlier but also mixes in some action and spectacle along the way by using the raging thunderstorm to wash away not only the characters but also the landscape in the water torrent and also forcing into it the escape from the collapsing monument. It's a really fun finish and helps to stave off the few flaws in here. One of the biggest issues here is the irritating and useless voice-over narration from the radio show host that permeates this one as none of what's said is in any way, shape or form original, imperative to the story or gets to the point of the scene by just being utterly irritating quite quickly. This also manages to continue the series long flaw of having no real point for his actions against her since he spends so much of the film time simply appearing behind her without actively making threats. That comes off here as a tired act of something that was utilized in the first one and continues in this one. These here drop this down but not enough to really hurt it.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Language and Brief Nudity.

I was not a big fan of Candyman (1992), as I did not find the movie scary or creepy at all and Candyman did not scare me at all.I saw this movie last weekends, I Can not think of a single think that really stood out in the movie, i can't remember much about the movie at all.I found this movie really boring at times but I did find less boring then first movie, i don't know why, i the felt candyman was just little bit more creepy this time around.The acting was good from the whole cast but the ending was little rushed, I think however it fitted in with rest of the movie. I gave first Candyman 5 out of 10 and the same goes for this movie.