Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999) (V)

User Rating:

3.5/10   

Director:

Turi Meyer

Writers (WGA):

Clive Barker (characters)
Turi Meyer (written by) ...

Release Date:

27 January 2000 (Argentina)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Blood is sharper than the blade

Plot:

The Candyman is back, trying to convince his descendent, an artist, to join him.

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | Hook | Murder | Art | Ethnic Hatred

Cast

Tony Todd	...	The Candyman / Daniel Robitaille
Donna D'Errico	...	Caroline McKeever
Alexia Robinson	...	Tamara
Jsu Garcia	...	David de La Paz (as Nick Corri)
Mark Adair-Rios	...	Miguel Velasco
Lupe Ontiveros	...	Abuela
Elizabeth Guber	...	Det. Jamie Gold
Rena Riffel	...	Lena
Ernie Hudson Jr.	...	Det. Jamal Matthews
Wade Williams	...	Lt. Det. Samuel Deacon Kraft
Mike Moroff	...	Tino
Robert O'Reilly	...	L.V. Sacco
Chris Van Dahl	...	Ornte
Elizabeth Hayes	...	Annie Tarrant
Lombardo Boyar	...	Enrique

Also Known As:

Candyman 3 (USA) (working title)
Candyman 3: Day of the Dead (USA) (poster title (video box title))

MPAA:

Rated R for bloody violence and gore, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Australia:MA | France:-12 | Germany:18 | South Korea:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Argentina:16

Trivia:

Tony Todd revealed on February 23, 2008 at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors convention in Chicago, that he did not care for this movie.

Goofs:

Factual errors: It's against police procedure for detectives with no security barricade to transport prisoners. They would radio for a standard squad car to transport her.

Quotes:

L.V. Sacco: Jeeze get yourself a sense of humor

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Sweets to the Sweet: The Candyman Mythos (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Good

Pathetic end to the Candyman series

I realized that I had never seen any of the Candyman movies, so I rented all three, and watched them one after another. The first two were really good. But this? The dark atmosphere has been thrown out the window. The awesome Phil Glass score is gone. Having a Baywatch chick as your lead?!! C'mon. This movie has no class. It was obviously thrown together by hacks. Heck, there's a shot of a building, where they obviously threw an orange filter over the sky in color correction, but it covers up the top of the building as well! This movie just looks cheap, which is a shame considering how well the first two were made. Candyman says "Be my victim" so many times it borders on self parody.