{"id":16898,"date":"2013-06-20T11:42:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T16:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/?p=16898"},"modified":"2013-06-20T11:42:43","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T16:42:43","slug":"razs-midnight-macabre-horror-review-candyman-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/razs-midnight-macabre-horror-review-candyman-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Raz\u2019s Midnight Macabre Horror Review: Candyman Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/razs-midnight-macabre-horror-review-candyman-overview\/candyman_1_poster_03\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16899\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16899\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/candyman_1_poster_03-e1371489722159.jpg?resize=500%2C644\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/candyman_1_poster_03.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/candyman_1_poster_03.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Well folks, there you have it. The entire \u201cCandyman\u201d series review.<\/h3>\n<h3>It&#8217;s been a-lot of fun looking over this franchise.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/razs-midnight-macabre-horror-review-candyman-overview\/still-of-virginia-madsen-and-tony-todd-in-candyman-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16901\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16901\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/still-of-virginia-madsen-and-tony-todd-in-candyman1-e1371490466765.jpg?resize=500%2C329\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/still-of-virginia-madsen-and-tony-todd-in-candyman1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/still-of-virginia-madsen-and-tony-todd-in-candyman1.jpg?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/still-of-virginia-madsen-and-tony-todd-in-candyman1.jpg?resize=207%2C136&amp;ssl=1 207w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/still-of-virginia-madsen-and-tony-todd-in-candyman1.jpg?resize=260%2C170&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/still-of-virginia-madsen-and-tony-todd-in-candyman1.jpg?resize=430%2C283&amp;ssl=1 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Looking back over it it&#8217;s easy to see why &#8220;Candyman&#8221; became a firm favourite amongst Horror fans, he&#8217;s such a fantastic villain and Tony Todd is the perfect actor to play him. It&#8217;s no coincidence that over 20 years later it&#8217;s a film that&#8217;s still loved and favourably talked about by Horror fans.<\/h3>\n<h3>Also we can&#8217;t not talk about Clive Barker, \u00a0the first two films are based around stories he wrote (&#8220;Candyman&#8221; was based on\u00a0The Forbidden&#8221;). Apart from &#8220;Hellraiser&#8221; I consider this one of his best adaptations.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/razs-midnight-macabre-horror-review-candyman-overview\/clive-barker-clive-barker-7951141-337-449\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16939\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16939\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Clive-Barker-clive-barker-7951141-337-449-e1371568713625.jpg?resize=500%2C666\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Clive-Barker-clive-barker-7951141-337-449.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Clive-Barker-clive-barker-7951141-337-449.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>If we&#8217;re honest though it&#8217;s not the greatest of series, the first film was amazing but it was all downhill from there, the second film wasn&#8217;t awful but it was nowhere near as good as it&#8217;s predecessor. Plus the fact that all 3 lead females were blondes just gives you a big sense of\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu, I know it&#8217;s only hair colour but things like that are highly noticeable and a little irritating.<\/h3>\n<h3>There has been rumours of a &#8220;Candyman 4&#8221; or a &#8220;Candyman&#8221; remake, honestly I don&#8217;t want either. The big rumour of the remake was that the &#8220;Candyman&#8221; character would be white, now I know in the story &#8220;The Forbidden&#8221; he&#8217;s white and it&#8217;s also set in England but Tony Todd played the role so well it&#8217;s hard to think of anyone else playing that role (remember when Jackie Earle Haley\u00a0replaced Robert Englund as &#8216;Freddy&#8217;).<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/razs-midnight-macabre-horror-review-candyman-overview\/garage\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16904\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16904\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Garage-e1371491128852.jpg?resize=500%2C273\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Garage.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Garage.jpg?resize=300%2C163&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;Candyman&#8221;, as I said not the greates franchise but the first film more than makes up for it, if you skip the other 2 you&#8217;re not missing out on much.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>If you enjoy all the Horror stuff I do for SomeWhatNerdy then make sure that you like \u2018Raz\u2019s Midnight Macabre\u2019\u00a0\u00a0or even better head to my blog page itself and sign up:<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Raz\u2019s Midnight Macabre\u00a0Facebook page (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RazsMidnightMacabre\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>)<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Raz\u2019s Midnight Macabre\u00a0Blog page (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/razsmidnightmacabre.blogspot.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well folks, there you have it. The entire \u201cCandyman\u201d series review. It&#8217;s been a-lot of fun looking over this franchise. 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