Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

Candyman Farewell to the Flesh also known as CandymanFarewell to the Flesh is the 1995 sequel to the horror film Candyman, an adaptation of the Clive Barker short story The Forbidden. It stars Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan, William OLeary, Bill Nunn, Matt Clark and Veronica Cartwright. It was directed by Bill Condon and written by Rand Ravich and Mark Kruger from a story by Barker. Barker executive produced. The sequel, CandymanDay of the Dead, was released in 1999.

The Candyman is revealed to be Daniel Robitaille Todd, son of a slave on the Esplanade Plantation in Cabrini Green Chicago. Chosen by a wealthy landowner to paint a portrait of his daughter Caroline, the intimacy of the setting causes a torrid affair between Daniel and Caroline. The relationship results in Caroline becoming pregnant, and Daniel being reviled.After being tortured by the bigoted lynch mob, Daniel is chased out of the town and hunted across the fields by Carolines father and an angry mob, and tortured by having his right hand sawed off with a rusty arborist saw blade and being coated in fresh honey from a nearby beehive. A small boy tastes the honey, and proclaims Candy Man whereupon, the crowd seizes the name and shouts it with gusto. The bees then swarm over Daniels body, mortally wounding him. Caroline enters the scene, and is restrained, as her father taunts Daniel over how he now looks with her mirror, to which Daniel gasps the words Candy Man before dying. Caroline seizes upon the mirror, and cradles it. It is this mirror that holds the tortured, hateful soul of the Candyman the only remnant of her lover. Caroline flees to New Orleans and hides the mirror in Daniels birthplace. After this, she gives birth to Daniels daughter named Isabel. Isabel is born Creole, but she is raised by her mother as white. ........

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