Candyman

Candyman (1992)

The Plot: A graduate student working on her thesis on folklore legends finds more than what she bargained for!

  Despite the title, there is no candy in Candyman. Instead we get bees. Many, many bees. The worst of which are the bees filling a toilet. Toilet bees should not be a thing. It's probably the most disturbing thing in this movie. We should thank our lucky stars that we don;t have to check our toilets for bees on a regular basis. 
My God! Toilet bees!
  Candyman tells the story of a boogyman with a hook for a hand that appears when his name is said 5 times while gazing into a mirror. Go ahead, try doing that. I dare you. BWAHAHAHA! Virginia Madsen  doesn't believe this so she does that...and hilarity ensues! OK maybe not, death ensues. But not before she gets kissed by Candyman who has a mouthful of bees! Bee kissing! first bee toilets, now bee kissing. Don't watch this movie if you are scared of bees. 
Check out these mouth bees
  Since this movie takes place in the hard scrabble streets of Chicago, a lot of graffiti is shown. This movie does an OK job with the graffiti. But it usually cracks me up seeing graffiti it movies which looks like it was obviously done by first year production assistant. Same thing when movies have to show a drawing done by a small child. It always looks like the drawing is done by an adult trying to draw like a child instead of an actual child's drawing. Usually, it will have one backwards letter if there is some writing on the drawing. So cliche!
Attention! Fake graffiti!

  Overall, Candyman is an effective horror movie with a nice twist at the end. I give it 7 toilets full of bees!




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