History WMG / Candyman

All the deaths that occur in the film that aren't explicable by the gang member who appropriated Candyman's legend occur with Helen physically present and nearby, with the exception of her partner's death at the end (which also had a potential human culprit on site). The graffiti phrase near the end, "It was always you, Helen," is an overt acknowledgment of her culpability in the murders. Her experiences with witnessing the Candyman committing the murders are muddled, delusional recollections through the lens of her obsession. The bonfire at the climax of the film is harder to explain in this interpretation, however, since she rescues the endangered baby (which is acknowledged in the 2021 sequel as what actually happened, rather than her attempting to immolate him).

* Their different powers come from the different legends surrounding them - whatever people believe becomes true. This could also explain both of their increasingly-terrible sequels.

* I hope this is the direction the new one is going in and not just a case of Hollywood derailing chances for sequels with willing returning actors. I'm hoping the term "spiritual sequel" also leads us down this direction. Between the original short story and the original sequel we have total in-story reason for the Chicago Candyman to now look different. People can now have easily learned with the internet that the real Daniel wasn't even from Chicago. But the entity they created with their belief is still out there and now is sporting a totally new face as his mythology has been altered. This is one example where we actually can have our cake and eat it too, you know as long as some producer doesn't do something stupid.
* Candyman is probably one of the few characters in fiction this is relatively easy to work with. You could have the book version, Chicago version and Louisiana version be the same entity that changed based on the mythology he's is based on, or you make all three different entities brought to exist by the same principles.

* They are both beings of belief, liike tulpas, and the stronger the belief gets, the stronger they get.

* This troper hopes this is the direction the new one is going in and not just a case of Hollywood derailing chances for sequels with willing returning actors. I'm hoping the term "spiritual sequel" also leads us down this direction. Between the original short story and the original sequel we have total in-story reason for the Chicago Candyman to now look different. People can now have easily learned with the internet that the real Daniel wasn't even from Chicago. But the entity they created with their belief is still out there and now is sporting a totally new face as his mythology has been altered. This is one example where we actually can have our cake and eat it too, you know as long as some producer doesn't do something stupid.

* Candyman is probably one of the few characters in fiction this is relatively easy to work with. You could have the book version, Chicago version and Louisiana version be the same entity that changed based on the mythology he's is based on, or you make all three different entities brought to exist by the same principles.

* This troper hopes this is the direction the new one is going in and not just a case of Hollywood derailing chances for sequels with willing returning actors. I'm hoping the term "spiritual sequel" also leads us down this direction. Between the original short story and the original sequel we have total in-story reason for the Chicago Candyman to now look different. People can now have easily learned with the internet that the real Daniel wasn't even from Chicago. But the entity they created with their belief is still out there and now is sporting a totally new face as his mythology has been altered. This is one example where we actually can have our cake and eat it too, you know as long as some producer doesn't do something stupid.

The movie isnt an adaptation of the original story at all, it's a ''sequel''. The American Candyman was brought into being after someone who had been to England and heard the original myth in Liverpool brought it back and changed some of it to reflect an American background, hence the RaceLift (the original Candyman was described as white) and the backstory including racial violence and lynching. Since the Candyman is an avatar of myth and belief, this new version created an entirerly new entity.

Hence his determination to get her to agree to give up her life and be with him.

[[WMG: Candyman killed [[RatPack Sammy Davis Jnr.]]]]

It was a long hunt, but the outcome was never in doubt. ''The Candyman can'' after all...

Both stories which Hellraiser and Candyman are based off of are by Clive Barker. Each character only causes mayhem when they are summoned. To top it off all they know after their deaths are pain and pleasure.