The Candyman is an urban legend about the ghost of a slave who returns from the dead in search of revenge if you say his name 5 times.
A horror movie was made in 1992 about the legend, followed by two sequels, starring Tony Todd as Candyman.
According to the legend, if you look into a mirror and chant the name “Candyman” 5 times he will appear behind you and kill you with his hook.
For you see, the Candyman is a vicious killer with a bloody hook for a hand.
He appears from the mirror, covered in blood and bees and he has nothing but murder on his mind.
They say that many years ago, the Candyman was a real man, back in the days of slavery, Candyman was a black slave named Daniel Robtaille, who worked on a plantation in New Orleans.
He was a talented painter and was chosen by the plantation owner to paint a portrait of his daughter.
But Daniel fell in love with the daughter of the white plantation owner.
When he found out that his daughter and the slave were in love, he raised an angry mob and chased Daniel out of town.
Armed with pitchforks and a pack of dogs, they chased the slave across the fields and streams.
Finally, they caught up with the exhausted slave near an old barn.
The men seized Daniel and cut off his right hand with a rusty saw, then they covered him in honey and threw him into a beehive.
Daniel was in a terrible pain and died from his injuries, but not before he cursed the men who killed him and vowed to return and exact his revenge.
They say his spirit would never rest and now his ghost walks the world for all eternity, appearing when his name is called 5 times.
Source: Scaryforkids.com.
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I got this movie yesterday, it took a lot for me to download but I finally downloaded!
I don’t remember when I watched it for the first time, but there was a scene that really made me scream when I watched for the first time, and that still makes my blood freezes, and here it is… well.. it’s not this exact scene, but it’s the sudden close-up of this drawing:
When I watched for the first time I screamed with the scene and nowadays, even though used, I still see myself feeling my blood cold when this scene comes because it’s really suddenly.
Candyman may not be the scariest movie… no, of course it’s not, there are many movies out there able to make you pee yourself, like Rose Red (some scenes are really freak), but I love this movie and I feel the wish of watching all the time.
Maybe the next movie I will get will be Rose Red, not sure yet, but it’s an idea that keeps coming in my mind.
