YMMV / Candyman: Day of the Dead

• Awesome Art: The cover for the Vestron Video Blu-ray, which depicts Candyman descending on punks in an apocalyptic fashion. Many have joked that the cover art is better than the film itself.
• Sequelitis: Widely viewed as the worst Candyman film due to its lack of good thrills and sleazy, exploitation feel that make its dip in quality especially apparent. In particular, the film's abandoning the first film's theme of the power of urban legend and myth is seen as a particularly bad move.
• Squick: Candyman's sexually charged advances on his descendant, Caroline, which is even worse since she's also supposed to be the reincarnation of his daughter.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: The plot point about the cultists who are dedicated to Candyman could have been the main focus of the movie in order to make it less of a rehash of the other two entries. However, they are only there to be a minor obstacle and are easily killed off by Candyman.
• Took the Bad Film Seriously: Many viewers felt Tony Todd gave the Candyman a far more dignified portrayal than the film really deserves.
• Values Resonance: When released, the film was dismissed as overdoing it as this film eliminates all of the previous films' subtext about racism in America. However, the persistent themes of police brutality and profiling have caused some to reevaluate it as a slightly better, if still not good film, ala Scream 3. For example, when David bitterly confronts Caroline about her statements to the cops. She remarks "if he is innocent he has nothing to worry about." David viciously calls her out that Det. Kraft has already been investigated five times for police brutality and doesn't care about solving the case only closing it. "To him I'm just another wetback he can pin it on. Then the case is closed and he goes home to Simi Hills while I do life in San Quentin." Caroline, taken aback by this, becomes more proactive in solving the murders. David is all too right, especially once Kraft thinks they are together and starts deliberately framing David out of spite. The fact that the real 2020 proved to be a landmark year for public recognition of police brutality only helped in this regard.