There is no point in turning a story that already had racial components into a silly representation of BLM. Candyman killed to avoid being forgotten, but now kills for racial revenge, which simplifies the depth of the proposal. Nia Dacosta's forceful directing and Robert Aiki's extraordinary electroacoustic soundtrack elevate the quality of a film that sacrifices the horror in favor of a simplistic racial view.

One of the worst films I've ever watched. Like most things peel is involved in, he takes what is good, slaps on the 'white people bad' theme and calls it a day.

The story is weak and full of the same propaganda that's kept the black community down: convincing them that they need to blame others for all their problems. Whites are bad. Cops are bad. Everything is racist. It's boring.

Besides from story, the acting is laughable. Seriously, you get better acting in 70s blackploitation films.

This movie is horse shit! I blame jordan Peele. What, he makes one decent movie.... And now we are subjected to all the shit he has any affiliation with. Sad sad world.

How dare a movie have substance, themes and social commentary?
It’s not like that hasn’t been done before, or since the inception of art for that matter.
Some of the responses and ‘critiques’ I’ve seen to this are completely laughable, and it just goes to show how poorly thought out (and in some cases moronic) most people’s opinions are.

If you’re well informed, and pay attention to what the movie’s saying, you’ll probably like it on an intellectual level at the very least.
It’s also extremely well shot and well acted for the most part.
But it takes a while to get going, and it takes too long to get truly scary.
Some of the storytelling can be a bit muddled and clunky, but it’s definitely worth seeing.

7/10

TERRIBLE film. Moral of the story... WHITE MAN BAD. Just terrible. If this was reversed it would be called racist.

I really enjoyed Candyman. It integrates nicely with the original, and while you don’t have to see the first to understand this one, it makes the viewing experience more enjoyable. It combines the same relentless, hopeless, feeling of the original and mixes in some effective social commentary. An effective horror movie overall.

I was looking forward to this movie... Sadly enough they turned it into a "White people are bad and racist, Kill all white people! Black Lives Matter!!!" movie.
Some characters are very unlikeable and the acting is often really bad.
Horrible movie and a waste of time.

A failed adaptation. Candyman's only motive was to be remembered so that he could live. He did not targeted especially racist and bully white people. The original discussed the political and racial issues of it's area, meanwhile it's a pure sjw nonesense. And Candyman suddenyl becomes a hero? Also, the body horror part is straight out of The Fly.

Easily the worst horror movie of 2021

Even better than it needed to be. Not quite transcendent but pretty good in its own right. Overall really fun. [spoiler]Seeing Anne Marie again was delightful.[/spoiler]

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Don't say that name!

Too much social commentary, not enough horror (or suspense). Easily the least impressive Peele production.

A little overrated since I found it to be the usual Jordan Peele. Like he only used Candyman to tackle racism and racist cops. Which he actually did better in a Twilight Zone episode.
Despite some nice visuals, you can always predict when a murder will happen. So the movie never made me jump. Get Out and Us were better. Candyman was decent but not memorable. Well, this one anyway. The original is quite messed up and stuck with me.
The ending is like “of course.” I am pretty sure Candyman killed black people too in the original. In this movie he is more of a black person defender. Which just feels like Peele himself made him that way. As someone to call when there’s a racist cop around.

this is definitely the most gorgeous horror film I’ve ever seen (ignoring the somewhat interesting cgi). like other have said, I think the plot and characters should have been fleshed out a bit more, just because the ending felt like being pulled in a lot of different directions at once.

this is the first of peele’s I’ve seen so far and I’ll just go with… pretty good!

I feel like they could have built the story a little more, otherwise, I enjoyed it

This was much better than I thought! When I heard the movie was coming out I purposefully ignored all the press surrounding it. I wanted to go in with fresh eyes. That being said, I thought it was a remake. I had no idea it was a sequel. Once that was revealed early on I was able to relax and just enjoy. Overall it was predictable but still an excellent installment to the franchise.

Why cant I find the play button lol

3 Thoughts After Watching ‘Candyman’:

1. I’m so angry after leaving the theater. This could’ve been so good. It took such a turn out of nowhere and devolved into utter nonsense.

2. I originally didn’t think this was gonna be a sequel, and I was thrilled to find that it was. The throwbacks and nods to the original were exciting. The fact that [spoiler]he was the baby from the original, and that they brought Vanessa Williams back as the mom[/spoiler]… so great. But, if you’re gonna continue the same story, Tony Todd is the only Candyman. I can appreciate the message and fresh take on this “lineage” of Candymen who faced the pain of injustice…. but then start a new story. Sherman wasn’t cutting it. After bringing up Helen and reviving the story we’re familiar with, he was only a disappointment.

3. Was this movie PG-13? All the death scenes were off-screen or a mile away. They wanted us to like this, right?

Bonus Thought: [spoiler]She said his name four times at the end in the police car. The cop saying it doesn’t count.[/spoiler] Ugh.

Never accept sweets from a stranger

There was a lot of potential here but it just rushed along and forgot to flesh out the characters, so to speak.

It's like Nia DaCosta saw the mirror shot in "Contact" and said "hold my beer"

why did you rate a film, you haven't watched yet?

Another unnecessary garbage remake. What a shock.

I think people seem to forget that just because a piece of art deals with important subject matter, it doesn’t automatically make that piece good and/or important. Jordan Peele is becoming the king of this