Candyman (2021)
Sure, we could’ve picked the original just for the synergy–there’s more of Daniel Robitaille’s NOLA past explored in it for sure. However, we’re gonna run with the 2021 remake, because above all else, like South of Midnight, it’s a story about stories, the ones that don’t just travel through communities, scaring them shitless into acting right, but also the ones that promise that the wrongs of this world will be avenged, and the dead have a say in that, no matter how the 21st century might try to bury them. That’s a hell of an angle for what’s ultimately the third sequel to only one good movie, and it’s a powerful one in practice.
Also, not for nothing, but the shadow play performance during the credits is an outstanding grace note to the whole thing.
