Episode 82: Candyman (2021)

And as I hinted before, Michael and I are reviewing the 2021 version of The Candyman as we continue to venture into the films of Nia DaCosta.

We just reviewed her first film, Little Woods, and...

Now she decided to make a direct sequel to the early 90s Candyman movies, which it's what it's a real sequel to that original Candyman.

It's ignoring all the other movies that came before, similar to the 2018 Halloween movie or how the guys, the movie makeover podcasts like to call out H4O.

And basically...

Candyman is about an artist looking into the mysteries of the story.

And just so you guys may not be familiar with what Candyman is, he's somebody who comes out and kills after you say his name five times.

And this artist is trying to look into this movie, this question, if he even exists.

And I'm going to go ahead and say Candyman.

Since I sometimes don't know if I'd say it ahead of time, I really enjoyed this movie for both how scary it is and how thoughtful I thought its social commentary was.

And now I'll jump into my co-host who didn't think it was as challenging as other movies have been as we reviewed.