Candyman (2021)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9347730/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

If you loved the '92 classic "Confectioner," mark your calendars—the direct sequel drops August 27th...

It's based on a book by Clive Barker (Hellraiser)

Basically, it’s a "spiritual sequel" to the 1992 horror hit Candyman, heading back to that same gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the whole legend kicked off.

I feel like there were way too many Candyman movies—honestly, I haven't sat through a single one. That YouTube trailer caught my eye, though. Seeing that Jordan Peele (Get Out) had a hand in this makes it worth a look. I'll check it out.

The trailer just dropped

Kyle Flores32 said:I feel like there have been far too many Candyman installments. I haven't sat down to watch any of them. That trailer on YouTube caught my eye, though. I see Jordan Peele (Get Out) had a hand in this one. It’ll be worth a look, I suppose.

How can you judge if there are too many movies when you haven't even seen one? 🤷

I only saw the original back when I was a kid, maybe 11 or 12, and I actually liked it.

We'll just have to wait and see if Mr. Peele brings something fresh to the table or if he's just going to rip off the original.

goldenhound32 said:How can the court claim too many movies were made if you haven't even seen one? 🤷

I only saw the original when I was a kid—maybe 11 or 12—and I liked it.

We'll just have to see if Jordan Peele brings something fresh to the table, or if he's just going to rip off the original.

There aren't actually that many—only three in total. I watched them all ages ago; the first one is a classic, and the sequels are alright (the second is better than the third, which was pretty mediocre to me).

Is this a remake or a sequel? On IMDb, they don't even mention the original under connections 🤷

Call it a remake or a reboot, honestly, who cares? ☕

The only thing that actually matters is whether we’re in for a decent movie or just more total garbage.

People in the comments are claiming the movie is too political—something about the BLM movement—and that it loses its edge as a horror film. It feels like those woke remakes are already hitting hard, but this one just dropped and it's sitting at a 6.1 on IMDb.

Is it actually worth watching CAM?

neonfox65 said:Is it actually worth watching CAM?

Nah, not really...🙂

Man, what a snooze fest. This was actually the first movie I’ve sat through in ages that put me straight to sleep. Kudos to them for that.

They should honestly strip the 'Horror' label off this thing and just call it a 'Drama.'

About 90% of the runtime is just rehashing the old Candyman legend. The few kill scenes they do include aren't scary at all, and the new version of Candyman is just lame—he lacks any sense of menace. Seeing Candyman with Alija... honestly, after watching this, the original from the 90s feels like a true horror masterpiece.

I don't want to sound like a chauvinist, but the second I saw a woman was directing, my expectations tanked. I figured there wouldn't be any genuine horror or grit here, just the usual predictable flop of another one of those woke, politically correct movies we see everywhere lately.

Honestly, I’m actually starting to appreciate Malignant way more now that I’ve sat through this total disaster 👎

Grace Sanchez50 said:Honestly, I have a newfound appreciation for Malignant after sitting through that absolute train wreck of a movie. 👎

I’m struggling to decide which of these two was the bigger disaster. Malignant isn't even a "bad" movie in its own right—it's just a painfully mediocre, bottom-of-the-barrel rip-off of that Japanese film, Evil Dead Trap.

What an absolute disaster of a movie! I really should have seen this coming the second I saw Peele was one of the writers. It’s just another blatant "Black Lives Matter" propaganda piece where every Black character is portrayed as perfect and saintly, while all the white characters are nothing but pure, irredeemable trash. Honestly, these kinds of movies just make me sick. The only white character who isn't written as a total villain is the gay guy—but of course, that's just Hollywood being incapable of showing a gay character as anything other than "good." Save your money and don't watch this under any circumstances!

Just watched it. Total garbage. Honestly, the 1992 original blows this one out of the water by a mile...

I didn't have high hopes, so I wasn't exactly crushed when it fell flat. Honestly? A total flop as a Horror flick. It felt more like some weird stylistic experiment with violence than an actual movie.

Jack Morgan2 said:Terrible movie! I should have known once I saw Peele was on the screenwriting team. It’s just another Black Lives Matter film where the Black characters are portrayed as perfect while the white characters are pure evil. I can't stand movies like this. The only white character who isn't a villain is the gay guy, because Hollywood refuses to show a gay person as anything other than good. Don't bother watching it!

It feels like an unwritten rule now: if a movie isn't politically correct, they shut it down immediately. They keep swapping out classic characters for diversity hires—like a Black woman being the new Iron Man or the new James Bond, or making the ruler of Asgard openly bisexual, or having Loki be genderfluid. Even men aren't allowed to be "macho" anymore without getting slapped with the "toxic masculinity" label.

I don't have a problem with these ideologies personally—I'm actually fine with most of them—but a movie shouldn't be used as a testing ground for social agendas. That's why so many of these films end up being total garbage.

Has anyone actually tried saying "Kendimen" five times in front of a mirror? 😁

neonfox65 said:Has anyone actually tried saying "Kendimen" five times into a mirror? 😁

Man, when I was just a kid, I used to try this stuff all the time. Tried the whole Bloody Mary thing too. Nothing. Just me staring at my own face in the dark. 👎

The original was just your run-of-the-mill folk horror cliché—an outsider rolls into town to lecture some superstitious locals on how the world works, only to get served a heavy dose of local justice. It just happened to be wrapped in a layer of commentary about racial dynamics and the ghettoization of Black communities in the USA.

Honestly? They should’ve just kept that same gritty tone and told the exact same story thirty years later. Only this time, instead of superstitious villagers, the villains would be those predatory developers trying to push the poor out to build luxury condos with cardboard walls. In that version, Candyman would actually be defending the neighborhood against a wave of evil capitalists.

But let's be real, Peele isn't even part of that scene. How do I put this? He probably lives in some massive estate with a pool, just a couple of blocks away from the very people his race used to be oppressed by. He’s not part of the Black working class anymore; he’s more like a buddy hanging out with the urban hipster crowd, where "horror" is when the curtains don't match the rug. Naturally, that means he's lost the ability to craft a genuine critique of those social tensions.

Jacob Alvarez said:But let's be real—Peele isn't exactly part of that... how should I put this... specific cultural milieu. He probably lives in some massive estate with a pool, maybe just two blocks away from the very people his community was historically marginalized by. He’s moved past being part of the working class; now he’s just hanging out with the urban, hipster crowd where the biggest tragedy is when the curtains don't match the rug. Naturally, he lacks the perspective to offer a genuine critique of those systemic struggles.

Look, Peele is biracial—his mother is white—and he grew up in Manhattan in a pretty wealthy household with a top-tier education. It’s obvious he isn't the right person to be dissecting the realities of the Black working class. To a certain segment of "progressive" America, he’s viewed as the definitive voice for Black Americans, but honestly? Most folks actually living that reality probably don't see him that way at all.