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  • Actors: Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan, Timothy Carhart, Veronica Cartwright
  • Directors: Bill Condon
  • Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Dutch, French, Polish, Spanish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: MGM Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 21 Oct 2002
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006JY22
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,633 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A stylish sequel though inferior to its classic predecessor, Bill Condon's Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh deepens our knowledge of what made the murdered Daniel Robitaille turn into the monster that haunts dreams and mirrors. But some of it is still pretty routine: schoolteacher Annie takes a long time to connect her family's plantation-owning past and her own artistic talent with the legend, and is far too ready to say the Candyman's name five times in a mirror to debunk her pupils' fears.

The setting--New Orleans in Carnival time with a disc jockey whimsically reminding us that Carnival is the last farewell to pleasure before the rigours of Lent--and the atmospheric score by Philip Glass give the film some of its class. Tony Todd, who returns as the Candyman, gives the monstrous spectre with a hook for a hand a quiet dignity and sadness which impresses. His life was torn agonisingly from him and he is mad for vengeance, yet he has an artistic temperament and loved Annie's kinswoman Caroline. Condon captures an attractive elegiac tone in much of this, as well as moments of brutal horror.

On the DVD: Candyman 2 is presented in widescreen 1.78:1; there is an attractive crispness to the picture which does real justice to the film's impressive sense of place. The music score comes across well in Dolby Digital stereo. There is a theatrical trailer, but no other features. --Roz Kaveney

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5.0 out of 5 stars Come . . . Be Candyman's victim, 20 Feb 2003
By Daniel Jolley "darkgenius" (Shelby, North Carolina USA) - See all my reviews
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Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh takes up the story of the Candyman legend and runs with it, giving us a much greater understanding of the man who would become the hook-gutting avenger of wronged souls; it offers a short and respectable summary of the first movie and then proceeds not to redo what has happened before but to carve its own name indelibly in the flesh of cinematic horror. I think this movie stands as a testament to proper sequel-making in the horror movie genre.

I love the opening sequence of this film. The smarmy academic professor who is an expert on the Candyman but does not believe in him (the same man who needled Helen as she worked on her project in the original movie) is speaking about his new book in a New Orleans bookstore. Naturally, he proves his disbelief by theatrically calling out Candyman's name five times in front of his own reflection. Let's just say he ends up a convert to the Candyman religion. Then we meet Annie Tarrant (Kelly Rowan), a devoted schoolteacher in a poor neighborhood of town. Her brother is accused of killing the lecturing professor, but Annie does not believe his own statements of guilt. She believes something about her father's death is responsible for her brother's unexplainable behavior. That death, we learn, precipitated an enduring tragedy in the Tarrant family. Annie's mother is dying of cancer and seems to be holding something back from her questioning daughter. Annie herself, foolishly trying to prove to her frightened students that Candyman isn't real, calls him, and then things really get ugly. People die, many of them Tarrants, and the Candyman seems to engage in some sort of romantic courtship of Annie. Tarrant family secrets are eventually revealed, and in the process we get a bird's-eye view of the suffering inflicted upon Daniel Robitaille a century earlier - for those who don't know, he was lynched for having loved a white woman; his right hand was cut off with a rusty blade, and then he was smeared with honey and left at the mercy (or lack of it) of a whole colony of angry bees.

By the end of the movie, Candyman is not some horrible monster bent on destruction just because he enjoys gutting people; he is quite real, and his humanity shines through the robes of gore he has wrapped himself in over the decades. If you saw off his hand, will he not jam a hook in the stub of his arm and start gutting people? If you scratch his face, will not hordes of bees pour forth from his body? I love Candyman; he really is one of the most complex, sympathetic yet disturbing "monsters" wandering the horror universe today. Much of the credit for his power must go to Tony Todd, who portrays him brilliantly. Maybe the ending of this movie leaves a little bit to be desired, but the journey features some pretty decent gore and a lot of almost philosophical horror ruminations. If you want to call Candyman, go ahead; he's real enough to me that I'm not going to do it.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Stick to the original Candyman!, 3 Dec 2002
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Candyman 2 - Farewell To The Flesh is a typical horror sequel, there is much more blood and senseless killings. Instead of focusing on the theme of the original film we get an attempt to turn Candyman into a horror icon, like Freddy thus making him less interesting. The acting is below standard (except for Tony Todd who gives an excellent performance as Candyman), and the setting isn't orignal. The film could of been better and it was no where near as good as the first one. Worth watching only if you're a fan of Candyman.
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Praise is easily given, sweets for the sweet, 6 Feb 2006
Seems like everyone had gotten a bit over-excited!
As far as horror sequels go this is not a bad one, but seriously it's no lost gem either.
That said, it does have some things of note. It cleverly expands on the myth of the original (a far greater film!) ans, satisfyingly, gives Tony Todd loads more to do - he can actually act!! Bu the film lets itself down with ridiculous plot twists and a really, really annoying voice-over/radio D.j that grates immediately.
All in all, this is no horror show of a horror sequel (boom, boom!)and if you were a fan of the original it's worth punting a few quid on (A rental is only a pound or so more) but don't expect anything as good as the original, which i whole heartadly recommend by the way!
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