Keith's Horror Show Episode 9: Candyman Franchise Ranking

Let's get this show on the road 4th: Candyman 3: Day of the Dead - It's awful, like truly awful, they turned Candyman into a slasher film instead of a psychological horror movie. 3rd: Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh - It's not as bad as Candyman 3, but it's not very good, it lacks any nuance from the original and is basically a slasher version of the original film that isn't anywhere as good. 2nd: Candyman (2021) - I actually really liked the remake, it did a good job at understanding the nuance and brutality of the original film while also doing a good job of tying it into current events, making for a very poignant story about racial discrimination, racial violence and gentrification. It's not quite as good as the original in my mind, but when people make the argument that this movie is woke and the original isn't, did we watch the same fuckin movie? And beyond that the end credits sequence is genuinely haunting. 1st: Candyman (1992) - This movie is not that subtle, as many people would claim as a point over the remake, I've seen it enough times to know this movie isn't that subtle, but I adore it because it's a good horror movie and a FANTASTIC social commentary on poverty, exploitation of African American communities, the gentrification and destruction of their lives in the process, mob mentality, racial violence, etc. and it explores all of these topics very well. I love this film, it's genuinely fantastic. REST IN PEACE TONY TODD. You gave me one of my favorite horror characters of all time, and I will never forget first seeing this movie and your excellent performance. And with Candyman down we now have 2 franchises left to go, we are so close. Franchises Done: Halloween, Cube, Hellraiser, Children of the Corn, Friday the 13th, Scream, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Nightmare on Elm Street, Candyman Franchises to go: Psycho and Silence of the Lambs