A quick glimpse at the cast for this film would make any horror fan giddy with glee. The actual movie doesn't live up to those high expectations, but it's far from being all bad. Desi Arnaz Jr. (!) plays an author who makes a crazy $20,000 bet with his publisher that he could write a great novel in only 24 hours. To do so, the publisher gives him the keys to an old abandoned house where he won't be disturbed. Not true. Once he gets there he is interrupted by a multitude of guests including a family which consists of John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. They are gathered there in a twisted family reunion to release their brother from the room he's been imprisoned in for forty years. Even Christopher Lee drops by as Corrigan, the man who has just purchased the house. Soon, they realize that the caged brother is loose and out for revenge.
What a great plotline and what a dream cast! This movie should have been a hell of a lot better. It's hard to pinpoint the exact problems with the film, but I would venture to say that the lack of lighting was a major fault. Sure the house has no electricity but I think they took the title of the movie a little too literally. Scenes after scenes are barely visible and the actors' faces are undecipherable. Only the moments in the main dinning hall are well lit. Also, the great actors are given very little to do. Cushing gets a few chuckles as the scared brother but Price, Lee and especially Carradine are somewhat wasted here. Well, at least Price gets the best line of the film: `Please don't interrupt me while I am soliloquizing.' And on the plus side, the story has enough twists and turns throughout to keep one`s interest and the ending, while a bit of a cop-out, manages to surprise.
3.5，对于黑人剥削电影范式的一次元叙事运用
泥哥主演的无脑恐怖片，真的挺无脑。我能接受前半部，后半部真是………呀多洗
哈？哈？哈？！基本的故事都讲不好，还搞这么多“明”喻。可惜了好看的女主和不错的配乐。
我想看童谣恐怖片，你给我整黑人政治正确。杀人者被杀者都坏的莫名其妙，大声喊五下糖果人可以召唤黑魔法杀手。皮影戏少许亮点。入围2021最受期待恐怖片是这个德行。
思路还行，但呈现的差强人意，想表达的东西塞进这么一个恐怖片显得很笨重，这种笨重感越到最后越明显。
秉持一贯“往惊悚/恐怖片皮里塞社会族群片”的套路，黑人艺术工作者夫妇无意中触碰到世代集体创伤记忆加口口相传复仇故事交织成的幽灵，男人因艺术沉浸、前辈强行灌顶和身世命定而成为新一任幽灵，女人则在警察滥暴夺爱后协助男人完成最后转化并发出宣言。皮尔讽刺黑人文艺工作者居于承载着血泪史的土地、不自觉成为士绅化的受益者而漠视在地生命史（蜕变前的主角黑人夫妇），沉迷于按白人意志量产艺术装置和表演而不去亲身体验拥抱艺术宣言背后的苦痛（高高在上的纽约黑人女策展人），而张扬哪怕以和肉身溃烂为代价也要拥抱血腥与武力。从Get Out的智慧反击逃离宰制，到Us的集体身份翻转和暴力，再到糖人的有意识拥抱暗黑史和延续造神，事实上可视为对宣扬暴力同态复仇的三部曲。全片最精彩桥段：白人作大死、黑人逃过一劫、亚裔跑路！
前面还不错，后面强行政治正确真是够。。。🙄
candyman不是一个人，而是一个社群，有着蜂巢的连结与传承。历史遗留问题根深蒂固，一个系统的病症，肤色和阶级问题带来的黑人群体生命价值被忽视（如最后白人警察不由分说枪杀男主），这时镜子的寓意就更意味深长。男主设置艺术家的身份也很有玩味，包括洗衣房老板打造candyman，其中透露出强烈的作品性，一种抽离出来高高在上的不真实性，这也是对部分黑人群体（混入白人社群的中产和怨天尤人的极左）的一种讽刺吧。缺点就是结尾节奏有点崩了，整体体量太小，过于平淡。
但本片不仅毫不恐怖，调度不错但只服务于画面美感，连jump scare都算不上，政治表达更如此浅白，我都不好说这是让位之后的结果。
不太行，特效不错，恐怖片与种族歧视的噱头融合得很生硬。
靠，又一个把种族主义融入到恐怖片里面的电影，不过没有逃出绝命镇好看
确实矫情，如病态的呻吟，除了几段情色片段有刺激感，全篇要表达的那种呐喊，层级差很多的无奈，和底层的孤单与挣扎都没有表现到位，观众无法产生共鸣
影片结束后，电影院里边笑边喊"candyman"的声音此起彼伏，足见本片作为“恐怖片”来讲有多么失败。
幸亏candyman是黑人 要不这一身蜂窝看的太清楚就是密集恐惧
不喜欢导演过火的理念。马丁路德金看完泉下都坐不住了
“请在1秒内找到图中的糖果人。”
我知道电影要说什么，但剧情实在描述得太过干瘪了，也不吓人，全程想快进。
你可以用电影骗我听你说你想说的，我也可以用评分喊我他妈的不想听。
用“蜂巢”喻指生存的集体境遇，都市传说是现实恐怖。导演在处理惊悚情节上点到为止，也是意不在此
节奏缓慢，逻辑混乱，情节经不起推敲，不恐怖，不惊悚，一部政治正确的美国主旋律电影！黑命贵无处不在！
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