Candyman (2021)

[GraspingVileTerror]

Tell everyone.

[Glacier Peak]

Yeah that's catchy! 😁

 

 

[GraspingVileTerror]

No.

 

Trigger warning:  Suspense.  Body Horror.  Slasher violence.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW5CfkUh_uw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPBH3XO8YEU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlwzuZ9kOQU (spoiler-heavy)

 

Continuation of the original movie, and a really solid horror film.

If you like horror, slashers, or thoughtful storytelling and can stomach gore and violence, then I say this is worth seeing.

[Glacier Peak]

55 minutes ago, GraspingVileTerror said:

No.

 

Trigger warning:  Suspense.  Body Horror.  Slasher violence.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW5CfkUh_uw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPBH3XO8YEU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlwzuZ9kOQU (spoiler-heavy)

 

Continuation of the original movie, and a really solid horror film.

If you like horror, slashers, or thoughtful storytelling and can stomach gore and violence, then I say this is worth seeing.

I don't like scary movies 😕 

[TheOtherTed]

I never saw the original film because of the number 5.  Is that crazy?  Does that make me crazy?

[GraspingVileTerror]

While Pentaphobia may be a rare type of Numerophobia, I know what it's like to have an extreme aversion to a particular number.  So, I feel ya, @TheOtherTed.  Although I don't know the specific context that Candyman (1992) has to the number 5.

[TheOtherTed]

17 minutes ago, GraspingVileTerror said:

While Pentaphobia may be a rare type of Numerophobia, I know what it's like to have an extreme aversion to a particular number.  So, I feel ya, @TheOtherTed.  Although I don't know the specific context that Candyman (1992) has to the number 5.

In the original Candyman, saying his name five times in a mirror is supposed to make him appear and kill you.

 

At the time it struck me as a weird number to pick.  I figured the writers wanted to avoid the number 3 because it was too much of a trope, and 7 (the next "magic" number in Western superstition) was too many times to say "Candyman."  So they settled on 5, and I rolled my eyes when I was of an age where an eyeroll was sufficient for a hard pass.

 

No pentaphobia here, though.  I like 5.  It's the number 8 that must be stopped.