10 Things You Didnt Know About CandyMan

[@danelamoreaux4166]

Tony Todd is an underrated actor,he's awesome in every role.

[@jfefan97]

Bulletproof 2 - his comedy is stratospheric

[@BuckarooBanzai84]

I wish he'd do more voice-acting! =)

[@kanedaku]

Both he and Kurg from Highlander (I forget his name but you'll know who I mean) have such mellifluously deep voices. Excellent in whatever role they do, even if its as a good person the bass just works with them. They're both tall too. Us tall people just have great voices then!

[@BuckarooBanzai84]

@@kanedaku Ha! no kidding! =)

[@TitularHeroine]

@@kanedaku Clancy Brown?

[@geardog24]

Candyman (Tony Todd) is the perfect example of how a horror slasher should act, being both romantic and terrifying.

[@fynnthefox9078]

Well, it's one way to do it. Michael Myers isn't like that, and he's still a great and terrifying slasher.

[@the13throse]

I think that's rather what makes him stand out among other slashers like Jason, Freddy, Michael, etc; the fact that he's neither silent nor constantly dropping silly quips, as it seems like those are the only two ways a slasher can act. the film itself being much more psychological and making you think a lot more than most other slasher flicks would also helps it stand out and gives it a unique identity. Candyman is a slasher in a league all his own. I enjoy plenty of other slasher villains, but none of them could ever pull off what Candyman was able to do.

[@gillianday4804]

like Count Dracula

[@homelesshannah50]

@@the13throse Or maybe he's more sympathetic because of his past unlike the others who are evil and did bad things

[@codyt821]

Idk man, it's a great take on a slasher, but it doesn't mean it's the only way to do it. There have been other slashers that were truly great and didn't act like this. Freddy and Myers being the top two examples I would pick. There is no one right way to do it. Variety is the spice of life my man

[@jamesmoss3424]

Tony Todd is brilliant as the candyman. 😀👍

[@TheNotbadphonedaddy]

Really the story is quite lacking but what makes the film memorable is his phenomenal performance

[@jamesmoss3424]

@@TheNotbadphonedaddy I agree on Tony Todd performance is brilliant. 😀👍

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Underappreciated actor for sure

[@Eyefinitus]

Don't forget the Final Destination movies too.

[@jamesmoss3424]

@@Eyefinitus I have not forgot that Tony Todd in the final destinations movies. 😀👍

[@joemax4]

I’ve lived in the Suburbs of Chicago for 30 years. My parents grew up in the city for 30 years before that. Calling Cabrini Green anything but a war zone is an understatement. The cast and crew were lucky to get in and out unharmed.

[@DarkFr3ak101]

@Sydney12 that is true not making anything political but we need a completely new system here, I am worried for my family and friends. I even miss going to Michigan Ave and looking at the stores just to walk around

[@naterra5707]

But it is all political and disgusting how government officials, senator, representatives all the way up to the Supreme Court, since they make the final decision about how certain areas get the best while another gets the worst. This is why I laugh when people cry equality because there will never be equality as long and the world is given into the hands of the wicked. ….and their time is up!! HALLELUYAH

[@critterfestsanctuary2446]

Here's one for you. I was shot in the head on the 10th floor of Cabrini Green. It was a business situation gone bad. Luckily the Gansta used a homemade zip guy that exploded in pieces when he fired it I still got hit with something but his hand got the worst of it. I was able to and did run like hell.

[@aaronivins88]

Todd has that theater background so he kills it ... literally .but 90s version of Night of the living dead will always be his best to me.

[@rosemaryfarell5264]

Hes such a Brilliant but underrated actor. His Voice is AWESOME. The First Black Horror Monster Icon.

[@guycampbell733]

YES.

[@SuperMrXYZ123]

I still think that 90s remake of Night Of The Living Dead inspired Candyman. Tony Todd's first scene in Night Of... reeked of Candyman. The shot of his legs followed by hook end of the crowbar, watch that scene to see what I mean

[@Jman417]

A career defining proformance.

[@judithann7193]

Nope. Candyman is best.

[@michaelflammer3622]

Whenever I'm in a parking lot like that I always say "Helen!". Tony Todd did such an amazing job. Had no clue he was so involved creatively too. Great video, Minty!

[@josephacevedo2937]

That part always scares me.

[@softbatch1]

Reading the first sentence in your comment gave me chills!!!!

[@najwaflowers8038]

I just died

[@poindextertunes]

“Beeee my victim..”

[@edwardlimoges5709]

Cabrini Green was even more tragically violent than discussed.

[@katmckay8191]

Whenever you think of the projects of Chicago you think of Cabrini green.

[@PirataMundoTV]

@@katmckay8191 And the opening credits to Good Times

[@jrussellcase]

Yep, this place was nationally famous. And not because of this movie. I'm from Texas and even I know about Cabrini Green.

[@drphot6050]

Infamous*

[@jrussellcase]

@@drphot6050 Touché. 👍

[@RazorChrist]

Back in High School, the band I was in at the time sampled a few lines from this movie for a song, most notably the "I came for you" line that Todd delivers in the parking garage. Still one of the most perfectly delivered threatening lines I've ever heard.

[@danspitz5492]

Cabrini Green was a warzone in the 80's and 90's. The actors and crew we're very lucky that nothing happened.

[@talesfromthehoodtv503]

Last day of shooting thier vans were shot at,and all the thugs you see in the projects aren't actors,they forced film crew to include them

[@kryptism]

Let's try 70s thru 2000s!

[@homelesshannah50]

@@talesfromthehoodtv503 I'm surprised the cops didn't come and bust heads

[@ledflaplin2001]

@@homelesshannah50 Cabrini Green was a sophisticated shithole. They had people watching out for cops on roofs. So when they came, the offenders would be gone. They also had holes in walls of the buildings and knew how to get in and out where the cops didn’t. they’d shoot at cops from the high rises with rifles too. The thugs knew those areas like the backs of their hands.

[@tynao2029]

Candyman's primary inspiration is not the short story but the real life murder of Ruthie Mae McCoy in 1987, a black elderly lady who lived in the Cabrini-Green housing projects and was murdered there when a robber in the adjacent unit forced their way through her bathroom medicine cabinet/mirror (the apartments in Cabrini-Green were linked together with an opening behind the large bathroom medicine cabinet/mirror, which the robbers pushed through to rob many apartments that way in the 80s). When she called police to tell them somebody was forcing their way through her Bathroom mirror, the 911 operators, not exactly understanding her, thought she was crazy and "hallucinating". This factoid also inspired the hallucinatory, almost surreal nature of Candyman in the movie, and of course his originating through the mirror. Virginia Madsen's main character also meets someone in the Cabrini-Green projects named Anne Marie McCoy, clearly another nod. A recent viral Tik-Tok video also showed openings and secret passages behind bathroom mirrors in many city buildings in NYC (unrelated to the film and murder of course). Basically, they took the hook from the short story, and the aesthetic, location, and general tone from the McCoy murder. McCoy wasn't killed with a hook, she was shot to death. The hook makes better Hollywood movies.

[@murraysaucedo897]

I once had a dream where Freddy Krueger, Jason and the Candyman were all seating at what appeared to be a doctor’s office wait room. Freddy and Candyman were seating next to each other while Jason sat across from them. What made it funny is that Freddy and Candyman were being cordial to one another and engaging in conversation and then they both began scorning Jason saying he was an antisocial outcast who like didn’t like to socialize and interact with other people. Jason would just stare at them from across the room.

[@abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192]

Interesting.

[@jonathonbarkley9895]

Fuckin weird

[@frankmartin3006]

Awww. Poor Jason. Aaawwww.

[@tobysgamingworld1550]

Weird the things we dream. That’s why NOS scares me to death and I can’t watch anything to do with it. Been that way since I was like 6 and ran heads up into a life sized cardboard cut out of the big bad himself promoting the second or third sequel in the middle of the local video rental place. I legit have a phobia. Have ever sense.

[@EvonneLindiwe]

🤣 made my day..

[@darrylhamlin7475]

Fun Fact: The Evans family in the show Good Times lives in Cabrini Green.

[@DaveFu]

Strugglin and survivin! Don't talk to the mirror or you get a knifin! I'm glad they left there, changed their names, and opened McDowell's in Queens, NYC!

[@aoinatafanboy84]

@@DaveFu or was their dad secretly working with a South American Dictator and was killed by John McClane?

[@Jman417]

Thanks for your reply. I love Candyman and Good Times too

[@TheCharlesJackson]

This entire thread is everything. Candyman, Good Times, and Die Hard all in the same verse: confirmed. Gotta add Family Matters too b/c of Officer Carl Winslow. Maybe Harry Potter too b/c of Alan Rickman. This could go on forever.

[@nathanxxvii]

Lived*

[@esclad]

Tony Todd's voice is priceless. I could listen to him all day. We need to see more of him.

[@deecee9548]

Fully agree, his voice and delivery just makes you take notice. I have always wondered why we don't see more of him on screen?

[@sabrinaloizides-merideth9874]

The scene where the residents of Cabrini Green come to Helen's funeral still gives me chills to this day and always makes me tear up. Tears, in a horror movie...what a shock!

[@asantejsaymyname3537]

Same with jacobs ladder

[@TellItAnimated]

It really is a classic film, I hope you do videos on number 2 and 3 too! 2 is okay, but 3 is a big miss, would love to know more about its production.

[@drphot6050]

I agree and one day get the remake info as well

[@BeeKool__113]

YESSS!! Farewell to the Flesh with a more in depth look at the lore of Candyman. It's fav of the film series.

[@TheCosmicStarmen]

Tony Todd is my Twitter friend and he’s so damn nice. Thanks for doing this!

[@normanmccultureboy6492]

FOR REAL??!!

[@grimm_cypher13]

I met Tony Todd at a con around 2019 such a kind gentle soul sweetest man you’ll ever meet especially when you see that man smile i swear. His smile is just as sweet as that voice ngl.

[@halloweenfreak4660]

We met him at a convention a few years back as well. I was so mesmerized by his voice, I couldn't think of anything to say. He probably thought I was some weirdo because all I could do was stare and smile.

[@tonyacosta4574]

He was totally awesome

[@MrJRD827]

@Grim_Cypher13 Sweets for the sweet

[@melaninycee672]

The soundtrack is so beautifully haunting. It’s unsettling but has a romantic quality. Unforgettable 🙌🏾

[@4G63Tx]

Absolutely. That piano track is both incredibly creepy but beautiful at the same time. Same for the operatic vocals

[@beezer1225]

Sammy Davis Jr was the true Candyman. He mixes it with love and makes the world taste good.

[@larrymcmillan5611]

.....that would be Willy Wonka my guy!!!

[@feliciajenkins5041]

🤣😂😅

[@beezer1225]

@@larrymcmillan5611 Sammy Davis Jr is the candyman. And we all know what the "candyman" is. 😉😉😉😉

[@larrymcmillan5611]

@@beezer1225 I agree. But being how ''out there'' Willy was, you'd think he was the Prototype!!

[@beezer1225]

@@larrymcmillan5611 😂😂😂

[@joshshin6819]

Just to let you know. While filming in The Greens the director had to pay local gang members for protection to even film. The local gang in the filming area werent going to let them film without paying and also ended up stealing some equipment on the last day of filming in the area. The extras in the film are some of the actual gang members that did this. They only had police escorts in The Greens for a short time.

[@beezer1225]

The gangs in Cabrini Green would only allow them to film there if they were extras the movie.

[@AndrewJShirley]

They had to dub them though, but yes, they were the real gangs there.

[@beezer1225]

@@AndrewJShirley They were real gangs and some even had lines. Not the awesome line of "I hear you're looking for Candyman, bitch." But still, they had actual lines.

[@homelesshannah50]

@@AndrewJShirley I'm glad that place is gone

[@kenlompart9905]

A Cabrini Green resident who lived there at the time and watched them film told me the gang members you see at 10:10 were called the Mickey Cobras.

[@tricivenola8164]

Same thing in American History X, in Venice. Gangbangers watching movie stars acting like gangbangers-- Surreal.

[@aarons1811]

The mix of a dream-like atmosphere combined with real life threat, gives 'Candyman' a unique feel amongst horror movies. Todd and Madsen are both amazing in this and I would have loved for them to reprise their roles in a sequel. However, the fact that we never got that, makes this film even more special. Excellent work as ever Minty!

[@grapeshot]

One of the most beautiful and haunting scores I've ever heard in a movie. Plus him going backwards out of that window. CLASSIC ❗❗❗

[@horysmokes3339]

The score makes the film.

[@beezer1225]

@@horysmokes3339 Most definitely.

[@codyt821]

That's my favorite shot, such a cool effect of him flying backwards and up out of the window

[@Peterski]

The movie was scored by Philip Glass, which may be a good fact to add to the list, as some people might have missed it. He's a famous composer known for his somewhat ethereal / haunting / anxiety inducing music.

[@kirbyculp3449]

@@Peterski And boring, often. I do enjoy Glassworks, and Passages

[@Djarra]

This is one of my favourite films, really great episode as well. One fun little fact is that the chest piece Todd wears was recycled into a chest piece for him to wear as Kurn, Worf's brother, in Star Trek DS9 to show Klingons have ridged chests as well as foreheads, and spines as previously seen. He is also the only TNG era Klingon to be shown topless for this reason. As they couldn't afford to make something from scratch for any of the others.

[@wstine79]

Who else is looking at the mirror and chanting "Minty" 5 times hoping that he shows up?

[@Nihlstorp]

No one. Dumb joke

[@SabretoothBarnacle]

I did it but accidentally summoned Sharky 🦈

[@seanharris6427]

Now that would be terrifying!ha ha

[@benturner3369]

I chant “bag of weed”

[@chestercopperpot4455]

I can just look at Wikipedia myself. No need for him to read it to me again in person.

[@revview5594]

Every character is so tragic that seeing it one time is enough: and the acting, music, filmography, and direction conspired to terrify me.

[@shaneodwyer6132]

I wonder if the original Dracula novel was an influence on Barker

[@Black0bsidian]

Yes I was literally thing ALL of this as soon as the opening came on! I also thought about the scary movies I’m willing to watch with my stepson (13) this is NOT one of them. I would never do that to him😆😅 I was about 9yo when I first saw this movie and tbh I don’t believe I’ve watched it again in it entirety to this day. It TRAUMATIZED me. I was literally scared stiff by the end, frozen in fear. This movie was done so well.

[@treceh]

Candyman and The Shining are my top 2 favorite horror movies because they genuinely creep me out every time I watch them.

[@isabeauwolf562]

I still would like to see a Candyman prequel for him and Helen in there previous life together. Or is that just me? I remember first watching Candyman when I was 16 after getting the dvd for my birthday from my mom and watching it together since we both love horror movies.

[@ArtemisUnderscoreJ]

I agree. It was a good movie but not the best installment. I’m looking forward to more work from dir. Nia DaCosta.

[@Jman417]

The exterior shots of the Chicago projects was the opening and closing of the tv show "Good Time".Sorry to repeat what someone else say yet I am a big fan of Good Times and Candyman. I just wanted to share my insight also.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Yeah good times

[@watsomd]

Saw this movie when I was 12. This movie is so memorable and haunting due to the real buildings and sets. It has a gritty realism. The core was fantastic and eerie. Coupled with Todd's voice summing you that gave me chills. A great horror movie. The atmosphere still gives me the creeps.

[@AnnieBoBannie421]

The score of this movie by Philip Glass was the first I noticed!! 'It was always you, Helen' is world's above any other horror movie!! (Hell-its better than any genre )It's still my favorite score ❤

[@rolling-roadkill]

I remember watching this for the first time with some friends. We sat on a bed in a small dark room and watched this on Laserdisc. My friend had quite a good stereosystem so the soundscape really blew me away. It was one of the most unsettling but beautiful horror movies I had seen. I watched it a couple of years ago and it is still an awesome movie with an almost opera-esqe feel to it. It is definitely one of my absolute favourite horror movies. ❤

[@4G63Tx]

Gah I forgot all about Laserdisc lol

[@JamesNGames]

My 9th grade teacher Mel Greenleaf provided the bees for this movie.

[@prehistoricgentlemanbird9131]

That’s pretty cool.

[@brightgreenfuzzyball3000]

How cool , love this film

[@jaimeedianna2005]

That's super cool!🤗🥰✊🏾😇💕

[@terranceumbut6906]

What’s his home address?

[@Ebolacrash]

Go look in to a mirror and say "I'm a liar " 5 times .

[@willgraham2651]

Til this day the one scene when Helen's friend died still haunts me , the music , the fear in her eyes , how Candyman looked at her , and then the sound effects..yea ..my childhood was kinda ruined lol

[@distinguishedallureproduct879]

That scene made me run out of my mom's room and hide in my bed...I remember so many nightmares from Candyman and I don't think I fully watched Candyman 1992 until I was like 15 and this shit is still creepy lol

[@willgraham2651]

@@distinguishedallureproduct879 fam I slept with my room and bathroom lights on lol

[@kavjay]

Hey Minty, check out the documentary "Sweets to the Sweet: The Candyman Mythos", it's on KZbin. There, the cast and the crew talks about how dangerous Cabrini Green was, at one point, they were even shot at

[@Charlie-pu9bx]

Ooh, I've never heard of this documentary. Definitely checking it out now!

[@kavjay]

@@Charlie-pu9bx , it is fascinating. Especially, finding out that Clive Barker got the idea from an image on a British golden syrup tin (image of a rotting carcass of a lion that is covered in bees)

[@homelesshannah50]

@@kavjay They made it seem as if it wasn't that bad, Clive even used gangbangers as extras. I wonder where they made it now since Cabrini is gone.

[@hetaera3418]

@@kavjay - Tate & Lyle. They still use the same design on their products. It's something to do with the Biblical tale of Samson. I think.

[@kavjay]

@@hetaera3418 , "out of the strong come forth sweetness". That image creeped me out as a kid

[@AubreyTheKing]

I haven't seen the remake, but I can already tell ya, the remake CAN'T touch this! Long live the original!

[@bobbit3100]

It's not a remake..

[@doodoobaxter76]

It's a sequel to the first one. Not a remake. And it's awesome.

[@AubreyTheKing]

Remake, prequel, sequel whatever lol point being, the original is still superior!

[@thefrecklepuny]

Candyman. Now known as sugar-free confectionary man.

[@mondenkindqueen]

Shouldn’t he be called the Honeyman? His backstory is completely devoid of any candy.

[@The00Lisa00]

Sugar free confectionary PERSON😉

[@rogeriomiranda779]

helen's theme give me the chills, such a warming yet eerie song.

[@mr.cringe2.059]

Id love to see a "o brother where art thou" episode

[@bruh_hahaha]

Tony Todd is brilliant. Madsen is magnetic. This movie is one of the few that really scared me. YES, it is definitely a classic.

[@shelf9876]

Cult classic. Scared the shit out of me when it came out. Good Times

[@Swoop187OG187]

I'm from Chicago, been through Cabrini quite a bit of times, lol and Cabrini Green was worse than it's portrayed in the movie and by the actors/production crew themselves... It was a bad-bad-bad place, and if you're not from The Greenz then there's no way you're getting into the actual complex and certainly NOT the buildings without getting robbed and beat at the very least.. Look, it has it had a bad reputation for a reason, and IMO "bad" is an understatement - "bad" doesn't do it justice.. And yes, dozens and dozens of people were murdered there every year.. Also, it's not just "one building" the "Greenz" were an entire housing project so it's much bigger than portrayed in the movie, I mean the Greenz were the size of a large urban neighborhood which is exactly what it was - just an extremely dangerous one with their own police force (Chicago Housing Police/Authority) and post office.

[@asifkhan4822]

Eddie Murphy as Candyman you cannot be serious. I think they made the correct decision there. Tony Todd fits in the iconic Candyman. Must have been quite horrific having all those bees on his body.

[@bluelivesmatter719]

Kudos for Todd being smart enough to negotiate $1k per sting

[@Runforestrun]

Todd is an intimidating looking guy. He's 6'6 so very tall and of course that amazing voice. Murphy playing the role would not have worked at all imo.

[@the13throse]

@@Runforestrun yeah, no disrespect to Murphy, but I just don't see him playing a serious role, at least not one where he has to be intimidating

[@RaikenXion]

He would have been too short and just not scary or imposing in any real way.

[@homelesshannah50]

Maybe not Robin Williams did great in One Hour Photo so you never know

[@mermaid_at_heart213]

I was going to comment that this film is a haunting masterpiece, but you beat me to it, Minty. (Also, I appreciate your little pun there at the end.) I saw this in a theater when it first came out and was mesmerized throughout the entire film. The acting is superb, the set and directing excellent, and the musical score is one of the most haunting of any film that I have ever watched. Candyman holds a special place in my heart. It is so much more than a horror film.

[@trip2sick]

I love this movie so much, great lore and a thriller

[@wsmith5025]

Tony Todd is a great actor and severely underrated.

[@JurassicJordan808]

I swear minty always finds a way to make me interested in films I would never watch or even care about. Then learning things from his videos leads me to watch the films and appreciate them.

[@JurassicJordan808]

@Sydney12 honestly no lol im not really a spooky kinda film guy haha I like trick or treat and that is really it when it comes to those types of films haha

[@darth_batman8190]

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and this movies literally scared me to the point I couldn't sleep when I saw it as a kid. And yes, Cabrini-Green was a dangerous neighborhood. Which just added to scare factor for me.

[@wstine79]

I met Tony Todd at Mad Monster Party 2012 in Charlotte, NC. His voice is just as intimidating in person.

[@jamesbaggett7223]

Apparently like most actors who typically play villains I hear he's quite friendly

[@homelesshannah50]

He was also the undertaker in Final Destination

[@kenspeedbicycle]

my brother and I met Tony Todd last year and he autographed a toy bee for us. He's a great, humble person.

[@TEKKENKING23]

Dean Corll was the real life Candyman that killed 28+ people.

[@jdogjohnson9038]

Literally had nothing to do with this I don't believe I heard something about a real life candyman who took kids or something to I think a candy factory and killed them maybe that's who you mean not sure.

[@TEKKENKING23]

@@jdogjohnson9038 the reason why I kind of bring it up it's because a lot of people didn't know that there was a real Candyman.

[@TheAlienwarewolf]

From an American Patriot to an Aussie, Thank you for lifting me up when I feel so down. I love your commentary and studious work on all your video's. Keep up the great work mate.

[@monicawism]

I've been patiently waiting on this one! It's one of my favorites from the 90's. Thanks Minty!👍😍

[@tubefreakmuva]

It was a master piece. Cast, story, location, music and filming style. When the filming trucks were leaving Cabrini, there were bullets shot in the roofs of the big vehicles.

[@rufioquin2406]

I always really enjoyed Tony Todd’s performance in the remake of Night of the Living Dead.. one of the few remakes that lives up to its classic original. Would be awesome if you did that one, Minty!

[@ed-roc2054]

Yup i agree! He was the best part of that movie for me.

[@celebro469]

On my theater, when Candyman says "Helen", I think the bass was pushed to the limit because the chairs vibrated. Made it that much horrifying.

[@johncena2336]

I think you missed some research on this one minty. 1. The actress who played Helen was SEVERELY allergic to bees, however she was never stung. 2. The building they filmed in was way more dangerous than how you described, and when the crew went to check one of their vans, a bullet had been shot into the vehicle.

[@tristramcox4615]

Came here to say this.. Definitely had issues at Cabrini

[@tynao2029]

also, here's the main one he missed. It was inspired by the short story partly, but Candyman was mainly based on the real life murder of Ruthie Mae McCoy in 1987, a black elderly lady who lived in the Cabrini-Green housing projects and was murdered there when a robber in the adjacent unit forced their way through her bathroom medicine cabinet/mirror (the apartments in Cabrini-Green were linked together with an opening behind the large bathroom medicine cabinet/mirror, which the robbers pushed through to rob many apartments that way in the 80s). When she called police to tell them somebody was forcing their way through her Bathroom mirror, the 911 operators, not exactly understanding her, thought she was crazy and "hallucinating". This factoid also inspired the hallucinatory, almost surreal nature of Candyman in the movie, and of course his originating through the mirror. Virginia Madsen's main character also meets someone in the Cabrini-Green projects named Anne Marie McCoy, clearly another nod. A recent viral Tik-Tok video also showed openings and secret passages behind bathroom mirrors in many city buildings in NYC (unrelated to the film and murder of course). Basically, they took the hook from the short story, and the aesthetic, location, and general tone from the McCoy murder. McCoy wasn't killed with a hook, she was shot to death. The hook makes better Hollywood movies.

[@vintagedrugrug8637]

I love videos like this it always makes you appreciate the films more when you know some more of the intricate ins and outs of making it

[@CosplayChris]

I still remember 8 year old me shitting my pants and hiding behind the couch when the doctor gets sliced up the back…. Who am I kidding it was last week 😂 Love your work, Minty!!

[@trilly88100]

CD My no l I’m M

[@bobbyfagan7760]

I watched it yesterday & totally forgot about that bit, it’s still scary, even at 35

[@jugglaassassin]

That scene where she wakes up to a bloody room, missing baby and screaming women still haunts me as the most horrific scene on film. His voice over with that bass insured me I will never say his name in a mirror or friend anyone that jokes around with that.

[@Adam_Outdoors]

Grow up. It's a movie.

[@heikkijhautanen4576]

Glad they coudnt afford Murphy, Tony is great at the role, his voice is Just something special, those bees in his mouth, they coudnt pay me enouff money to do the same stunt!! BeJeezus!!! :/

[@homelesshannah50]

But they DID have to pay him LOL. But yeah fuck that I hate bees

[@evilokc]

I can't imagine this movie with anyone but Todd. Eddie Murphy is fine but this isn't his genre.

[@ChrisManley1994]

“Heeeeeeeeellllllleeeeennnnnnn.” “Nope, sorry. My names Hannah.” *Roll credits*

[@Booboo-bz5ew]

“My bad”

[@kazuhasgloves]

This movie sent chills down my spine.

[@RandallChase1]

I grew up near Chicago and heard all sorts of stories about Cabrini-Green. It was the place of some actual horror story type of situations like Girl X a girl who’s identity wasn’t released for a long time because what happened was so bad. Many shootings, gang violence, drugs, and more. But at the same time many of the residents loved their neighborhood and were sad to see it demolished.

[@homelesshannah50]

I wasn't! Good riddance

[@THEATTKID]

The Original Candyman was iconic. Not a fan of the 2 other sequels. As for the Leprechaun, the first was awesome, the sequels sucked donkey balls.

[@bluelivesmatter719]

I worked with the studio that put out the Leprechaun films. Their motivation was to crank them out for video release and were very low budget.

[@natsohigh5552]

Anistons nose distracts me through the whole Leprechaun film 🤣😂

[@THEATTKID]

@@bluelivesmatter719 That makes sense.

[@homelesshannah50]

Leprechaun 3 is actually pretty good, then again they have a better cast and plot than the others.

[@TroyPacelli]

My wife and I visited Cabrini-Green with our church doing some volunteer work to get children inoculated (this was decades before the current pandemic (obviously, since Cabrini-Green is no longer). While we didn't have police escorts, we were instructed to have a "diverse" mix of individuals in our groups, if you take my meaning. It was not a pleasant place to live, but we definitely saw a very wide range family situations, from the almost anachronistically "normal" to the fear-inducingly bleak.

[@mariahyohannes]

All you had to do was say black people lol it's not a slur

[@WeeNat313]

😭😭😭☠️​@@mariahyohannes

[@TheProphetJoshua]

I moved to Chicago in 2008 and was threatened not to walk past Cabrini Green despite million dollar condos next door. I still walked through the area and nothing happened but this little dude walked with me all the way to North Ave. like he was protecting me. Weird. No Candyman though.

[@homelesshannah50]

Candyman would be too damn scared to be around Cabrini

[@bardthenascarfanaticdragon]

Tony Todd was quite a trooper. He was also the titular Decepticon in Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen.

[@mercenaryknight5419]

Would love to see you revisit Candyman 2. It is an underrated gem of a sequel.

[@zuitsuit80]

Tony Todd was absolutely brilliant and chilling. I love the dignity and empathy of his monstrous characterization. Very “Phantom”. Very “Hannibal” too. He made it his own and it’s truly iconic forever. My sister and I watched Candyman in the basement because our house was being painted and (at a time when most slashers were becoming comical) Candyman was a real shocker with serious themes and fantastic music that truly terrified us.

[@christermyrberg3661]

You should do John Carpenter's ELVIS & ESCAPE FROM L.A.

[@jeremycunningham7897]

Great movie. T Todd - wonderful … real gravitas. He was brilliant in Star Trek DS9 too, maybe a year or 2 after candy man. I like the way subtitles get confused by u accent “… your Freddy’s + Jason’s” rendered as “Euphrates + Jason’s” haha! Anyway, super job as usual Minty - cheers!

[@AmazingKevinWClark]

The crew said there was a dropped scene where Candyman dances with Helen because the studio thought the audience couldn't handle the mixture of race. Of course being ironic considering the backstory of the character.

[@t99155]

💯

[@johnmarshall2439]

Bullshit. It wasn't uncommon to see mixed races at that time.

[@AmazingKevinWClark]

@@johnmarshall2439 lol I know but that just goes to show how the studios really aren't as progressive as they like to claim to be. They've always been doing stuff like this for a long time. They still tight cast based off arbitrary features. It only helps turn movies generic and unimaginative.

[@johnmarshall2439]

@@AmazingKevinWClark It's only gotten worse as well. In fact , I can't stand almost anything that comes out today.

[@AmazingKevinWClark]

@@johnmarshall2439 yeah nowadays they can't even write a cohesive story from point A to B. They keep jumping around and dropping all the character developing moments on the cutting room floor. You can barely relate to a lot of movies now.

[@TheMeJustMe75]

Tony Todd was in an episode of Psych. He played a detective and there were a couple references to him as Candyman as a nod.

[@Luvmeshannon]

Omg I loved the Candy Man!! This movie is so creepy and krazy. It’s definitely a “different type of horror” movie that ur not use to seeing. Candy Man creeped me the hell out when I was a kid lol 😂

[@jordiny3756]

I literally just watched this movie for the first time last night, crazy timing! Great content as always

[@jerichomills5162]

When I was a kid I freaked when I saw the candyman was playing Ben in the night of the living dead remake. Another role he also did so well

[@AfrodityJones]

Minty, I have been with you since the beginning. You are looking good! Fabulous weight loss and toning.

[@salacca2297]

When there's multiple rap and hip hop tracks that mention a place, good chance it's as bad as they say

[@edupbeat]

The shot at 9:47 sums up the brilliance of the 1st movie compared to the 2021 release. It shows the overhead of the cabrinis juxtaposed to were madsens character would live giving you the striking resemblance of both the project towers and her homes. Showing you how close together yet so far apart (in standards of living)the residents stayed.

[@WallKenshiro]

Mr Todd bodied that role, literally. Him and Doug Bradley are irreplaceable in the roles that made them famous. Anyone else just don't cut it. All puns intended.

[@homelesshannah50]

But Doug is like grandpa now, though it would be funny to see Pinhead coming out in a walker and having little grand kid pinheads around him.

[@WallKenshiro]

@@homelesshannah50 then the role should be retired, and especially more so because everyone who has done it since has stank even more than the movies they were in. Proving, there can be only one... Pinhead.

[@WallKenshiro]

@@homelesshannah50 lol but yeah, Grandpa Pinhead and grandkids would be epic.

[@airotiv7916]

I LOVE your channel! You not only make great movie recommendations but the facts and information you find are fascinating. So glad I found you, this is especially helpful for people like me that have yet to see so many of these films 💜

[@demonicsweaters]

damn I can't believe he really had the bees in his mouth! No wonder why that looked so real, haha.

[@Vanderring]

This movie is so good, the cinematography and Phillip Glass’s score still gives me chills. It’s haunting

[@tubefreakmuva]

Play at my funeral

[@davidsinferno7385]

Chicago best city 🙌 love candyman tony Todd is the nicest Cabrini was messed up it really was that bad minty

[@CODY_MUSIC]

When I was a little kid I had a VHS with like 3 movies on it, this was the last and I would always stop it when I'd see that freeway haha, actually it was about 20 years ago when I finally got the courage to let it keep playing and just watch the damn movie ha

[@DaveFu]

Cabrini Green and urban Chicago were worse than it appeared on the film. They classed that place up. Other than the gangsters being white guys led by Dennis Leary, Judgement Night with Emilio Estevez was pretty accurate. Awesome soundtrack for Judgement Night too.

[@homelesshannah50]

Judgement Night was filmed in the Chi? Wow I thought it was New York

[@DaveFu]

@@homelesshannah50 Driving an RV into Manhattan? No one is that crazy!

[@tirzeh]

I got to hang out with both Tony Todd and Noah Hathaway as their personal assistant for an entire weekend a few years ago after they had made the movie Sushi Girl. They couldn't be more pleasant to be with. They're both so genuine and down to earth, especially with their fans. They were very gracious and didn't mind spending time with anyone who had questions or wanted autographs and/or pictures, from early morning through the late evening. It was also especially fun spending close personal one on one time with them at lunch and dinner in their hotel rooms or in restaurants. They truly love their jobs and enjoy making films that they hoped their fans would like. It was also an added bonus to find out that Noah and I share a birthday, November 13th. Even though it's been a few years since I got to spend true quality time with them neither one of them have forgotten me and to this day we still correspond with each other online and Noah has never forgotten to wish me a Happy Birthday each year. Oh, and wow is Tony Todd tall! Thank you for your amazing videos, Minty. I always get excited when I receive a notification that you've posted a new one, keep them coming!! 🥰

[@LucyLioness100]

I’ve heard that Tony is such a gentleman from another KZbinr who met him and had lunch with him. He really seems like a sweetheart from how they spoke of him during this film’s production; think he’s still friends with Virginia

[@antonkovalenko364]

Many of the horror icons that I have had the pleasure of meeting have been pleasant, friendly, and humble people who are truly thankful for their fans. Mr. Todd is definitely one of them, as is Michael Berryman and Kane Hodder.

[@anthonyamnajnue3651]

I had the chance to meet Tony Todd with being a comic con goer and He is a very nice guy

[@fidelgarcia2224]

Thats pretty amazing honestly. Everyone that meets Tony always says he's a super nice guy. I hope I can get a chance to meet him one day. Also November 13th is also one of my really close friends birthday as well. Mines on November 20th so its like a week apart

[@tirzeh]

@@fidelgarcia2224 It's my wish for you to meet Tony Todd because anyone born in November has to be an exceptional person. 😉

[@KaijudoMaster11]

Cabrini Green is also the setting for the TV sitcom "Good Times" and they filmed the movie "Cooley High" on location at Cabrini Green in the 60s or 70s (before my time so I forget what decade it was), they also used locals as cast members in "Cooley High".........

[@gregorynetus5557]

One of the best movies ever made.word up son

[@tricivenola8164]

Excellent video!! I saw Candyman in 1993 as research for an illustration project on classic horror movies. I was stunned by how good it is. After several rewatchings I still am. Philip Glass's soundtrack absolutely makes it. Thanks for your intelligent take on it. And thanks for mentioning one of the more unnerving aspects of it-- Tony Todd's Candyman is damned sexy, and yes, they do act like lovers dancing.

[@ktj8074]

I love Mr. Todd I think he’s a great actor! I want to see the new movie by Jordan Peele but the fact that Mr. Todd isn’t the candy man…I don’t have high hopes. There are just some movies like nightmare on elm street or candy man where you just can’t replace the actors with anyone else. They become the character and it’s just not the same without them.

[@AndrewJShirley]

It's the sound effects that made me feel almost actually physically sick. Loved the original and the new one is really really bloody good.

[@LettersfromLou]

I was so looking forward to the new release in the cinemas-such a shame we’re stuck in lockdown here in Melbourne 😔. I loved the original! So haunting, dark and mesmerising.Tony Todd is epic! 😊❤️

[@joshuabrucemellis7933]

Yeah it sucks, was looking forward to it and was even going to go to Ballarat to see before they locked down regional too. Hope your coping ok, I'm out on land with the Kangaroos but still not good.

[@carleyfrazee9363]

Don’t bother. The new one is not worth it.

[@joemcgonagle7177]

Difference of opinion. I loved it. Viva tv if you can

[@bardthenascarfanaticdragon]

I get a little nervous when I'm close to a bee, wasp, or hornet.

[@madamb1977]

If they had to do a crossover, Candyman vs Pinhead would probably be the goriest movie ever! Just blood and hooks and chains....

[@youtubefreakyoutubefreak8071]

Pinhead would fuck candyman up

[@lilt1482]

@@youtubefreakyoutubefreak8071 yeah pretty much

[@ShaggyShaggums]

Tony Todd is and will always be CandyMan to me. I grew up watching these films. Oh, and he is and will always be Death too, perfect embodiment.

[@monkiespank]

Make an episode on the movie “ Life Stinks” by Mel Brooks

[@libra758]

The piano solo named it was always you, Helen is a beautiful masterpiece. Very haunting.

[@armandoanes9924]

Try doing the movie the last dragon or the classic the outsiders

[@beezer1225]

When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house I had only two things on my mind. Paul Newman and a ride home. Such a great book.

[@armandoanes9924]

Stay gold ponyboy

[@croxtoncrimefiles]

Glad I got to meet him at Monster Mania Con last week! Great guy!