Review – Candyman: Day of the Dead

Unless I missed something somewhere, this third episode in the Candyman series went straight to cable (HBO, to be specific). Tony Todd, no doubt lured by a chance for co-producer credit, returns to don the hook one more time. Other links to the original are few and far between, and even the second one is echoed only in some obscure plot points. As a result, this one falls back on the tried-and-true slasher film mix of tits and gore (though even then it’s tame compared to other entries in the sub-genre). Even the eerie Philip Glass soundtrack is gone. See if desperate