Satanists on Cinema - Candyman

Candyman

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Welcome to Satanists on Cinema. We are your hosts Satanist Cameron John and Reverend Campbell. Satanists on Cinema is a film review and commentary series that moves into your gentrified neighborhood, lays down roots, gets shot over racially motivated crimes we never committed then came back from the dead to terrorize our killers when a few teenagers thought it would be funny to say our names five times in a mirror. Welcome to our review of Candyman.

Discussion

  • In response to the success of Freddy vs. Jason, a crossover film with Leprechaun, titled Candyman vs. Leprechaun, entered development. Tony Todd rejected the idea after being presented the script, saying “I will never be involved in something like that.”
  • In 2004, Todd confirmed to Fangoria that a fourth film was moving forward with Clive Barker’s involvement and a $25 million budget.
    • By 2009, Deon Taylor was attached to direct the film, which would have been set in New England during the winter at an all-women’s college, and would ignore the events of Candyman: Day of the Dead.
    • The film eventually fell apart due to disputes amongst the rights owners.
  • In September 2018, it was announced that Jordan Peele was in talks to produce a sequel of the 1992 film through his Monkeypaw Productions.
  • In November 2018, it was confirmed that Peele and Win Rosenfeld would produce the film with Universal and MGM, while Nia DaCosta signed on as director.
  • Directed by Nia DaCosta
  • Screenplay by Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, and Nia DaCosta
  • The film is a direct sequel to the 1992 film of the same name and the fourth film in the Candyman film series, based on the short story “The Forbidden” by Clive Barker.
  • puppetry animation sequences which were created by Chicago-based puppet theater company Manual Cinema.
    • hate to do a traditional flashback scene (laughs) or to use footage from the original film
    • it became less about flashbacks and more about how we depict these stories, these legends.
  • Burke plans to have the police gun Anthony down to create a new legend with the Candyman as an instrument of vengeance rather than a symbol of Black pain and suffering.

Cast

  • Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Anthony McCoy / Candyman, a visual artist who becomes obsessed with the Candyman’s legend.
  • Teyonah Parris as Brianna Cartwright, Anthony’s girlfriend and an art gallery director.
  • Nathan Stewart-Jarrett as Troy Cartwright, Brianna’s brother.
  • Colman Domingo as William Burke, a Cabrini-Green resident who tells Anthony about the Candyman’s legend.
  • Kyle Kaminsky as Grady Greenberg, Troy’s boyfriend.
  • Vanessa Williams as Anne-Marie McCoy, Anthony’s estranged mother who believed in the Candyman legend while living in Cabrini-Green. Years ago, she shared her experience of fearing him to Helen Lyle.
  • Rebecca Spence as Finley Stephens, an art critic.
  • Michael Hargrove as Sherman Fields / Candyman, a hook-handed man who was killed by racist police officers in the 1970s after being falsely accused of planting razorblades in candy.

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Rating

Satanist Cameron John

3 1/2 Banana Stickers Rating
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Reverend Campbell

3 Banana Stickers Rating
3 Banana Stickers Rating
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