Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
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| Directed by | Bill Condon |
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| Story by | Clive Barker |
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| Music by | Philip Glass |
| Cinematography | Tobias A. Schliessler |
| Edited by | Virginia Katz |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $13.9 million (US) |
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh is the 1995 horror film and a sequel to the 1992 film Candyman, an adaptation of the Clive Barker short story "The Forbidden". It stars Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan, William O'Leary, Bill Nunn, Matt Clark and Veronica Cartwright. It was directed by Bill Condon and written by Rand Ravich and Mark Kruger from a story by Barker. Barker executive produced. The sequel, Candyman: Day of the Dead, was released in 1999.
Three years after the events of Candyman Coleman Tarrant, the father of New Orleans schoolteacher Annie Tarrant (Rowan), was murdered in a Candyman-like fashion after trying to solve the murders of three men, who were murdered like the victims of Candyman. One year after the murder of Coleman, and three years after the Candyman murders in Chicago, Professor Philip Purcell is murdered in a bathroom by Candyman, after presenting the legend at a book signing of his book based on the myth, and Helen Lyle's involvement with the murders in Chicago, and calling him forth. Annie's brother, Ethan, is accused of the murder (since his furious public confrontation of Purcell over the subject), and one of her students starts to see the Candyman. In order to disprove to herself that the Candyman exists, she says his name five times in front of a mirror, summoning him to New Orleans on the eve of Mardi Gras, where the killings begin in earnest. Her husband, Paul Mckeever, becoming one of Candyman's new victims. One of her students, Mathew, disappears with his classmates believing that Candyman is responsible. The film's climax reveals more details of the Candyman's genesis, and his reason for stalking Annie.
The Candyman is revealed to be Daniel Robitaille (Todd), son of a slave on the Esplanade Plantation in Cabrini Green Chicago. Chosen by a wealthy landowner to paint a portrait of his daughter Caroline, the intimacy of the setting causes a torrid affair between Daniel and Caroline. The relationship results in Caroline becoming pregnant, and Daniel being reviled.
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