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Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

Play trailer Poster for Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh R Released Mar 17, 1995 1h 34m Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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As her brother stands trial for the killing of an outspoken New Orleans professor, inner-city schoolteacher Annie Tarrant (Kelly Rowan) begins hearing rumors of the Candyman (Tony Todd), a murderous, knife-handed figure of urban legend. Skeptical of the Candyman's existence, Annie follows the procedure for summoning him and suddenly finds herself celebrating the most horrifying Mardi Gras of her life. Meanwhile, Annie's mother (Veronica Cartwright) harbors a dark family secret.
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Doubling down on gore while largely abandoning the subtext and wit that made the original worthwhile, Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh disappoints.

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Keith Phipps The Dissolve Candyman: Farewell To The Flesh is content to rely on easy jolts and an overabundance of fake-out scares, rather than hard-earned suspense. Rated: 2/5 Jan 5, 2015 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly This cloddish sequel undermines its revenge-of-the-repressed premise with racist scare tactics: Whenever it wants to fake the audience into thinking the kill-er's around, it simply cuts to a shot of...another black man. Rated: D Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Leonard Klady Variety Delivers a requisite number of shocks to satisfy the core cult group that propelled the original to hitdom. Mar 26, 2009 Full Review Sarah Vincent Sarah G Vincent Views They still want a Dracula type seducer and for audiences to lust after the protagonist, but the filmmakers refuse to put in the work to depict a paternal supernatural bond. Incest is not sexy. Jun 10, 2024 Full Review Justin Brown Medium Popcorn I wouldn't recommend watching this sequel. It is not worthy of following the original. Rated: 1/5 May 13, 2022 Full Review Tatiana Albandos Medium Popcorn This wasn't enjoyable and made Candyman more absurd than terrifying... Rated: 1/5 May 13, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Julian S A sloppy sequel that disrespects the original and insults its audience’s intelligence. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/15/24 Full Review Regina P With each Candyman movie, the quality goes down. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/14/24 Full Review Christian K Throws away the solid foundation and ominous lore of the original for cheap jump scares with ear shredding musical cues in this awful origin story for the titular killer. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/23/24 Full Review Me D Farewell to the Flesh is simply a predictable remake of the first one. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/11/24 Full Review Ron T better than i thought it would be Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/15/23 Full Review David W Tony Todd is of course excellent as Candyman and there's a healthy dose of gore but the wit and tension of the first movie has largely been given the hook. It takes too long to get going and largely the direction opts for a faux artsy approach which lacks the required propulsion of a well crafted horror. There's a resultant feeling of detachment due to the direction, the so-so acting from some of the supporting cast, intrusively loud often inappropriate musical score and mixed quality dialogue. It does expand upon the Candyman lore though which is it's main saving grace. It's far from the worst horror movie ever made, it just leaves you feeling a bit let down after the cult classic original which was so ripe for an unforgettable sequel. Despite its flaws it's still worth watching for the last third though. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis As her brother stands trial for the killing of an outspoken New Orleans professor, inner-city schoolteacher Annie Tarrant (Kelly Rowan) begins hearing rumors of the Candyman (Tony Todd), a murderous, knife-handed figure of urban legend. Skeptical of the Candyman's existence, Annie follows the procedure for summoning him and suddenly finds herself celebrating the most horrifying Mardi Gras of her life. Meanwhile, Annie's mother (Veronica Cartwright) harbors a dark family secret.
Director
Bill Condon
Producer
Gregg Fienberg, Sigurjon Sighvatsson
Screenwriter
Clive Barker, Rand Ravich, Mark H. Kruger
Distributor
Gordon's Films, Polygram, Gramercy Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Propaganda Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 17, 1995, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA)
$13.4M
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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