Candyman is a slasher movie from 1992. It’s an adaption from Clive Barker’s short story ‘The Forbidden’. Interestingly the story was switched from England to the hoods of Chicago.
The movie is starring a then semi-cute Virginia Madsen who plays Helen Lyle, a graduate student conducting research on urban legends (how common is that?). A local urban legend says if you pronounce ‘Candyman’ five times in front of a mirror, the ‘ghost’ of David Robitaille aka the Candyman would appear and try to kill you.
Robitaille was a Black man living in the 19th century. The son of a slave, he became a gifted painter.One day, a wealthy man asked for his services. He wanted a portrait of a his daughter, and guess what our friend David did: he got the girl pregnant. Daddy wasn’t too happy about this and hired a group of thugs to teach him a lesson. They caught him, cut off his hand and smeared honey over his body. Bees came and a painful death ensued. Yummy, isn’t it?
Helen becomes curious about the legend after a mysterious murder that took place in the projects. As she arrives in the hood, she’s greeted by the local wankstas who try to scare her. Could Candyman be behind this?
Obviously Helen isn’t very smart because one day at home as she goes like “Candyman Candyman, Candyman “… you know the rest. Candyman comes to “life” and wows to seduce/kill her.
Yes Candyman is a perv, you never know if he means to rape or kill the girl. The missing hand (covered by a hook) and bee-filled body gives him a distinctive style. But distinctive doesn’t necessarily equate with suave.
The rest of the flick is exactly what you can expect from a slasher movie: blood,decapitated dog heads,huge fires,etc… In the end, in an heroic act Helen saves a baby from a certain death but ends up losing her own life.
What I really enjoyed about Candyman was the gritty visual aspect. The grainy picture and shady environment gives the movie a very distinct vibe.Classic 90’s horror movie.
I have a lot of fond memories of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, as I was a youngin’ at the time, and horror movies were just as big a deal to me then as they are now. Part two of the series is a bit different from the previous installment. Jesse and his family have just moved into the neighborhood, on no other than Elm Street, in the exact same house as Nancy from part one. Jesse is a typical high school ‘pretty boy’ as his friend Grady calls him in the flick. He’s got a hot girlfriend, a car, and listens to 80′s music. Sounds good so far right? Well, after some restless sleep, he starts dreaming… (Read More…)
What happens when you mix deadly hooch, transients, psychotic transients and degradation of women? You get ‘Street Trash”. Before I start, I’m just going to say that all the characters names are forgetful, and will be referred to as “him” or “her” or that “bum”. So basically, Street Trash is a story that loosely, and I mean VERY loosely revolves around a community of hobos that live in the local scrapyard, and a bottle of hooch that was uncovered by a local liquor store owner that has some deadly properties… (Read More…)
A remake from the cult classic from 1972, this new version of The Last House on the Left is actually good! Can you believe it?
It starts off with some dude that’s getting transported by the cops, probably for killing someone (because later on you see he’s a complete psycho), but he manages to escape. Now him, his woman, brother, and son are on the run.
What I liked about this movie are the hot chicks in this thing. First we have the lead role of Mari whose face is ok but has a dope body and is an athlete (swimmer) so that’s enough to get me excited. Then there’s her slutty friend Paige who doesn’t hesitate to go into a motel room with this completely useless piece of a kid that I’ve ever seen. Here’s Paige:
