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Summary: Superb; Outdoes Even The Original
Review: A perfect sequel to the original "Candyman", the second - and best - of the series involves the Candyman's modern-day descendants and also delves much further - and more graphically - into the origins of the character. The special effects are ghastily realistic, the production design and production values flawless, vivid characterization, and the acting again award-caliber, with special mention going to Kelly Rowan and Timothy Carhight as the main 'protagonist' couple, the little girl who brilliantly plays their lovable young daughter (sorry, I can't remember her name), and of course the always excellent Tony Todd, who turns in great performances even in weak movies and absolutely shines in something like this. "Farewell To The Flesh" also features some of the most memorable visual imagery around, including the unsettlingly surreal sight of the Candyman in the middle of a vast Mardi Gras celebration, slowly stalking down center street amongst the costumed festivities unnoticed (or possibly Unseen?)
Masterful, probably among the top 5 Clive Barker-related movies ever made, which I feel just about says it all.
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Summary: No Candies Tonight!
Review: Are you sick of "supposed to be scary" low budget films, then this one`s for you. The film includes great, horrifying scenes, completed with great actors and a good concept. I have seen a lot of horror films over the years, so I don`t get easily scared, but this one scared my ass off. Tony Todd is excellent for the part as "Candyman", and he shows no mercy for the people who stand in his way.
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Summary: A sequel...need I say more?
Review: As if the first was'nt bad enough and even now a 3rd candyman film is out with yet the same kind of plot. Tony Todd is good as the baddie, but these films lack originality, sure you may say I'm just a reviewer what would I know, I could'nt do better, but in fact I can, I've come up with better ideas.Sequels can be good and in some cases better ie; TERMINATOR 2, ALIENS but this candyman 2 is just very weak and the best bit in the whole film was the end scene where he breaks like a mirror into a thousand pieces.
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Summary: a insult to clive barker
Review: candy man 2 is a lifeless rehash of the classic barker fstory the forbidden ,,,i
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Summary: CANDYMAN 2: Farewell to the Flesh
Review: CANDYMAN 2: FAREWELL TO THE FLESH is the sequel to the scary horror film CANDYMAN. This time, a school teacher in New Orleans named Annie calls Candyman's name three times while looking in a mirror in front of her class in order to assure her students that Candyman is just a legend. Soon after that, Annie discovers that the Candyman is more than just a legend, and soon everyone she knows - from her family to her students - will find themselves in danger from the wrath of the hook handed killer. Annie finds out that her family shares a connection with Candyman and we also get to see what made the Candyman the way he is. This sequel is very good and it's almost better than the first film.
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Summary: Mirrior, Mirrior, whos the scariest of them all??
Review: Candyman Farwell To The Flesh is very dissapoint- ing and unsurpsing. It is dissapointing and it was no where near as good as the first one. The only reason why it got 2 stars was because it had the same music from the first one, and the begining was good, only because it has characters from the first one. Expect better?? Candyman 3 Day Of The Dead is very good, and the best Candyman sequel.
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Summary: Ok, but not really worth looking at
Review: Candyman isn't as creative with his hook murders as he was with the first. Lots more gore and people getting gutted, but not nearly as entertaining as the first. The same as most of Clive Barker's sequels, lacks imagination.
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Summary: You'll be hooked!!!
Review: Candyman RULES! The original was scary enough, but after seeing Part Two, I couldn't seep for a week! Not only is Candyman more ruthless, but you also learn his awesome origin. You won't bee-lieve it! The basic idea of Candyman's legend is so freaky, that I'm almost afraid to say his name five times--he might actually come get me! Candyman! Candyman! Candyman! Candyman! Ca-aARrGGHhHLE;;;;;;;;
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Summary: Come . . . Be Candyman's victim
Review: Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh takes up the story of the Candyman legend and runs with it, giving us a much greater understanding of the man who would become the hook-gutting avenger of wronged souls; it offers a short and respectable summary of the first movie and then proceeds not to redo what has happened before but to carve its own name indelibly in the flesh of cinematic horror. I think this movie stands as a testament to proper sequel-making in the horror movie genre. I love the opening sequence of this film. The smarmy academic professor who is an expert on the Candyman but does not believe in him (the same man who needled Helen as she worked on her project in the original movie) is speaking about his new book in a New Orleans bookstore. Naturally, he proves his disbelief by theatrically calling out Candyman's name five times in front of his own reflection. Let's just say he ends up a convert to the Candyman religion. Then we meet Annie Tarrant (Kelly Rowan), a devoted schoolteacher in a poor neighborhood of town. Her brother is accused of killing the lecturing professor, but Annie does not believe his own statements of guilt. She believes something about her father's death is responsible for her brother's unexplainable behavior. That death, we learn, precipitated an enduring tragedy in the Tarrant family. Annie's mother is dying of cancer and seems to be holding something back from her questioning daughter. Annie herself, foolishly trying to prove to her frightened students that Candyman isn't real, calls him, and then things really get ugly. People die, many of them Tarrants, and the Candyman seems to engage in some sort of romantic courtship of Annie. Tarrant family secrets are eventually revealed, and in the process we get a bird's-eye view of the suffering inflicted upon Daniel Robitaille a century earlier - for those who don't know, he was lynched for having loved a white woman; his right hand was cut off with a rusty blade, and then he was smeared with honey and left at the mercy (or lack of it) of a whole colony of angry bees. By the end of the movie, Candyman is not some horrible monster bent on destruction just because he enjoys gutting people; he is quite real, and his humanity shines through the robes of gore he has wrapped himself in over the decades. If you saw off his hand, will he not jam a hook in the stub of his arm and start gutting people? If you scratch his face, will not hordes of bees pour forth from his body? I love Candyman; he really is one of the most complex, sympathetic yet disturbing "monsters" wandering the horror universe today. Much of the credit for his power must go to Tony Todd, who portrays him brilliantly. Maybe the ending of this movie leaves a little bit to be desired, but the journey features some pretty decent gore and a lot of almost philosophical horror ruminations. If you want to call Candyman, go ahead; he's real enough to me that I'm not going to do it.
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Summary: The Corney Candyman seequel
Review: Candyman: Farwell To The Flesh is a dissapointing and chessey sequel. The cast is good, the story isn't, and the setting isn't orignal. The film could of been better and it was no where near as good as the first one, but the third Candyman movie is better. This film isn't all that great but I recommend it, and I only gave it two stars because the beginging was good because it had details from the first one.
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