Bernard Rose's 1992 supernatural Clive Barker adaptation Candyman was not a huge commercial success, and while it inspired two sequels that decade, they were mediocre low-budget films that felt more like quick cash-ins than any meaningful attempt to extend its legacy. But in the 30 years since Rose's film hit theaters, the masterful, haunting mix of social criticism and gory scares has helped the film retain its power in a way that many other horror movies of the '90s have not. Director Nia DaCosta and producer/co-writer Jordan Peele have now gone back to the source to make a sequel that attempts to both honor the original and apply the mythology of Candyman to modern America.
The movie's setting is Calibri, the Chicago community that stands in the same location as the original film's Calibri Green. Back in the '90s, this notorious housing project provided a compelling backdrop for the movie's dissection of class and race, as white student Helen Lyle ventured into the poor Black neighborhood to investigate the legend of Candyman, a former slave turned vengeful hook-handed, bee-conjuring spirit. Today, Calibri is a wealthy and gentrified area, with expensive townhouses in place of the dilapidated apartments. It's here that the movie's main character, artist Anthony (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), now lives with his girlfriend, art curator Brianna (Teyonah Parris).
Anthony is struggling to find a subject for an upcoming show, but when he starts investigating the history of Calibri, and in particular the legend of Candyman, he finds new inspiration. Unfortunately, that also means doing the one thing any horror fan will tell you never to do--say Candyman's name five times into a mirror--and soon people around him are dropping dead in gruesome ways.
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