Strengths:

Provided a more detailed history of Candyman that was sorely lacking in the original!

The New Orleans flavor is a much improved setting for the story to unfold!

Gory graphics done justice to the film!

Weaknesses:

Virginia Madsen was a better choice for female lead than Kelly Rowan!

The special effects involving the mirror and Candyman near the end was beyond bad!

While the plot seemed to have more meat on its bones the potency of Candyman's charismatic allure and darn right evilness had declined!

Overall:

Can't help thinking if we took the best from both films and created one film that it could have been one heck of a 1st entry in the Candyman franchise!

Currently Streaming on Netflix!

“Do I believe in Candyman?”

Imagine being Nia DaCosta and having to watch this film for research.

Vegan alert:
Salmon bones are shoved down the drain

“Tim "the Tool Man" Taylor's brother from Home Improvement is the glue that holds this thing together”

-Me, after drinking a bottle of wine

The hangover is real.

Some cool moments, an astounding score, and a great setting isn’t enough to jettison this gothic tale into the hallowed grounds of its predecessor, but it’s a solid followup despite almost tiptoeing into the ‘missed opportunity’ forrest a few times. Everytime I watch the blu I like it a little bit more.

Like its predecessor, "Candyman," "Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh" is a serious-toned horror film that dresses up a typical slasher story with interestingly gruesome imagery and mythology. Moving the action to New Orleans from Chicago, the sequel sheds the original film's psychological thriller pretensions to focus on Candyman's infamous backstory.

The story begins and ends compellingly but sags in the middle. Focusing on a woman whose family is connected to the hooked-handed killer, this premise gives way to a narrative that limply forgets its purpose until the real history of Candyman kicks in toward film's end. On its way there, the plot supplies a few jolts but little memorable horror.

Bill Condon's film is solidly put together and exudes an aura of melancholy and menace. Some dubious performances undercut the sturdiness of the film, but, aside from those and the frayed narrative, "Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh" makes for a watchable, though limited, genre outing.

be my witness

it strives to carry on the legend set by the first film but it can’t help itself to become a mindless slasher the more it goes on. we do get some good kills and a built up strong performance from tony todd. but everything else is so mediocre with the acting being the worst. it tries to be a cut above but with no more ground for its lore it seemingly becomes like every other sequel where the body count matters more than the story sadly.

This is a decent sequel. I love Veronica Cartwright in this and I like the radio guys voice popping up all through it. It doesn't pack the emotional (apart from the flashback scene that makes me cry) and creeptacular punch of the first film. But it's enjoyable enough. Annie is a bit of a drip though.

I mean it was alright it’s a pretty average sequel for a horror movie.
All this adds is a bit of lore to the franchise it doesn’t really add anything else it’s got the same kinda premise as the first one not 100 percent the same but still close I’d say at least 60-75 percent the same thing of trying to stop candyman. 
I enjoyed it but absolutely nothing stands out at all its very lazy in places but decent.
5/10

Why doesn't Candyman have any candy-based attacks? Like he shoots Skittles from his fingers or traps people inside giant peanut butter cups? This franchise really didn't maximize its potential.

It ain’t got shit on the original but it’s still a decent follow-up. Much the way Cabrini-Green played a role in the original, New Orleans plays a big role in this entry. It’s lost that urban feel which is a shame but there’s still something about it that I like. Kelly Rowan is good, probably her most prominent role outside of The OC, and Tony Todd is as menacing and as chilling as he was in the first.

Better than it should be, not as good as it could be.

“Sweets to the sweet ” - A major step down from the first film but I did like how we got to see the actual kills being done by Candyman this time instead of just seeing the aftermath. Also it was nice to finally to see the backstory of Candyman & how / why he even became that in the first place.

KIKI COHEN!!!!!!

موضوع الخمس مرات ده ممل جدا الله يمسيكي بالخير يا bloody mary كنت تقول اسمها ٣ مرات بس وتجيلك تموتك في الإنجاز

Not as memorable as the first, this one focuses on the backstory of Candyman, with a painful but powerful love story as its focus. Even though the twist is dulled by its obviousness, the backstory paired with its epic conclusion is enough to make it an enjoyable horror sequel

Fundamentally misunderstands why the first one is great. Another reason why Bill Condon is a bad director

Come with me and sing the song of misery. Share my world!

Ao meu ver tudo o que havia acontecido no primeiro filme aparentava se repetir novamente. No final foram apresentadas inúmeras situações ao mesmo tempo em uma cena super agitada, provando que o excesso pode acabar estragando.

eh

Probably the worst way to follow up one of modern horror’s great gems.

The script and acting compliment each other like salt in a wound. Kelly Rowan is one of my fave TV moms but this performance was extremely not it, just.... thank god she worked with someone as lively as Peter Gallagher on The OC cause her romantic counterpart in this has as much charisma as an amateur porn star.

David Gianopolous gives.... what might be... the worst Southern accent ever attempted by an actor.

Plagued with the most annoying and cheapest of fake jump scares is offensive enough but dumbing down the racial and urban undertones in the original, turning it all into some odyssey for a white woman to feel ready for motherhood..... why??????? No!!!!!!

Visuelement incroyable et bourré de trouvailles visuelle. Le scénario est très bon mais reste terre a terre et oublie le coté introspectif du premier.