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     • Candyman is not based on a true story, but it tackles real-life themes such as racism and segregation 2021’s Candyman is a continuation of the 1992 Candyman film. A child that was supposed to die in the movie to keep the Candyman legend alive, Anthony McCoy, is now grown up and looking into the Candyman myth. Eventually, McCoy becomes Candyman.
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   Is Candyman based on a true story?

   • Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Candyman (2021). Candyman (2021) continues and adapts the legend of Candyman from the original 1992 movie, where Nia Dacosta includes the origins, differences, and real meanings behind the six known Candyman figures.

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   Does Candyman have a movie?

   • She also has her own films, although they’re not quite as successful as Candyman. In her origin tale she is often depicted as a victim of gender-based violence. For instance, in one she is the ghost of a beautiful woman who bled to death after having her face slashed, while in another she is the mother of a murdered baby.

   Candyman: the urban legends behind the movie and why we find them

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   Does Candyman have a'medicine cabinet' based on a true story?

   • For Candyman, Rose combined the real-life “medicine cabinet” element of McCoy’s murder with the urban legend elements of a killer with a hooked hand and summoning a ghost by chanting into a mirror.

   How much of the 2021 Candyman movie is real? | Vox

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   Is Candyman a real historical figure?

   • As a horror figure, Candyman feels like a real-life urban legend that’s always been with us. It’s easy to believe that Daniel Robitaille himself could be a real historical figure because his story is similar to the stories of so many victims of racist violence in America.

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   Is Candyman a sequel to 'the Forbidden'?

   • Directed by Nia DaCosta, Candyman is a sequel to the 1992 original, which had moved Clive Barker’s short story, the Forbidden, from a Liverpool council-estate to the housing projects of Chicago. Just like Barker’s story, both the Candyman films do an excellent job of blending together “real” urban legends to create compelling new narratives.

   Candyman: the urban legends behind the movie and why we find them

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   Will there be a Candyman sequel?

   • After a long absence, Candyman has returned to cinemas. Directed by Nia DaCosta, Candyman is a sequel to the 1992 original, which had moved Clive Barker’s short story, the Forbidden, from a Liverpool council-estate to the housing projects of Chicago.

   Candyman: the urban legends behind the movie and why we find them

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3. allthatsinteresting.com › is-candyman-realIs Candyman Real? Inside The Urban Legends Behind The Movie

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   • Why Ruthie Mae McCoy’s Murder Is Part of The True Story of “Candyman”
   • Poverty and Crime in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green Homes
   • Is Candyman Real? True Accounts of Interracial Relationships Inciting Violence
   • Bloody Mary, Clive Barker, and The Legends Behind “Candyman”
   • The Candyman Story on The Silver screen

   Though the events of Candyman may seem like they could never happen in real life, one story suggests otherwise: the tragic murder of Ruthie Mae McCoy, a lonely, mentally ill resident of the ABLA homes on Chicago’s South Side. On the night of April 22, 1987, a terrified Ruthie called 911 to request help from the police. She told the dispatcher that ...

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   The movie takes place and was partially filmed at the Cabrini–Green housing project on Chicago’s Near North Side. Cabrini-Green, like the ABLA homes where Ruth McCoy lived and died, was built to house thousands of Black Americans who came to Chicago for work and to escape the terror of the Jim Crow South, largely during the Great Migration. The mod...

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   In the film, the talented Black artist Daniel Robitaille fell in love with and impregnated a white woman whose portrait he was painting back in 1890. Upon discovery, her father hires a gang to beat him, saw off his hand and replace it with a hook. They then covered him in honey and let bees sting him to death. And in death, he became Candyman. Hele...

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   So who is Candyman? The original Candyman was a character in British horror writer Clive Barker’s 1985 story “The Forbidden.” In this story, the titular character haunts a public housing tower in Barker’s native Liverpool. Barker’s Candyman draws on urban legends like Bloody Mary, who’s said to appearafter repeating her name several times in a mirr...

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   So was there an actual, real-life Candyman? Is there a legend in Chicago about the ghost of a vengeful artist wrongfully killed? Well … no. The truth is that there is no single origin to the story of Candyman, except perhaps in the mind of Tony Todd. Todd worked out Candyman’s painful human backstory in rehearsals with Virginia Madsen. In truth, th...

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5. screenrant.com › candyman-2021-different-candymenAll 6 Candymen Explained: Origins, Differences, Real Meanings

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   Aug 31, 2021 · All 6 Candymen Explained: Origins, Differences, Real Meanings. Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Candyman (2021). Candyman (2021) continues and adapts the legend of Candyman from the original 1992 movie, where Nia Dacosta includes the origins, differences, and real meanings behind the six known Candyman figures. Nia DaCosta’s Candyman is a ...

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6. theconversation.com › candyman-the-urban-legendsCandyman: the urban legends behind the movie and why we find ...

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   Sep 1, 2021 · The original film presents a single origin for the Candyman: he is the free son of an enslaved Black man who was horribly maimed and murdered by a white mob in the late 19th century for his...

7. www.vox.com › 22641393 › candyman-remake-trueHow much of the 2021 Candyman movie is real? | Vox

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   Aug 27, 2021 · The Candyman himself is pure fiction — he’s the ghost of Daniel Robitaille, a wrongfully accused slave who was lynched, mutilated, and given a terrifying hook for a hand before his murder....

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8. www.digitalspy.com › movies › a37373228Candyman director originally thought it was a real story

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   Aug 23, 2021 · Nia DaCosta, who has directed and co-written the new movie in the series, however, has revealed to Digital Spy that she originally thought that it was all based on a real-life story and not a...

9. collider.com › candyman-original-explained-storyCandyman Explained: What to Know About the Original Before ...

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   Aug 12, 2021 · According to the urban legend, the Candyman was the son of a former slave. Because of his talent as an artist, Candyman was able to live a life of status rather than servitude, though still...