In present day, a decade after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down, Anthony and his partner move into a loft in the now gentrified Cabrini. A chance encounter with an old-timer exposes Anthony to the true story behind Candyman. Anxious to use these macabre details in his studio as fresh grist for paintings, he unknowingly opens a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifying wave of violence.
I am not sure how to feel about this movie yet. Like it wasn't bad. It wasn't trash like a lot of recent horror movies have been. But it was alot more talking and psychological than the original was. I'm not saying that I am all for gore and stuff but sometimes movies are better with more style and less substance if that makes sense. And I definitely feel like Candyman falls into that. Like comparing the two I definitely enjoyed the original alot more because it was less talking and more scares even if it was more of slasher movie. It doesn't translate as well in this psychological context even though there were some creepy visuals.
I would kind of recommend people checking this out. It's not a must see and if you do see just be expected a very different version of Candyman with more talking and psychological thrills as opposed to the slasher gore that made the first one so good.
