The theme of the film is to show the historical problem of racial discrimination through horror stories. White people discriminate against black people, kill black people, and the mutilated black people incarnate ghosts and begin to violence society...
In 1977, in the slums of the Cabrini-Greene district of Chicago, William Burke, a boy, went to the laundry room to do laundry, and encountered Sherman Fields, a kind candyman with a hooked arm who walked out of a hole in the wall. Sherman used to sell candy until a child was wanted by the police after finding the blade in the candy. Sherman kindly offers candy to William, who yells at the hook. The screams attracted the police, and Sherman was killed by the white police on the spot...
Abstract painter Anthony moves into a new apartment with his girlfriend Brianna, and his girlfriend's younger brother, Troy, visits the house and tells the horrific story of Helen from the slums of the area.
So, the next day Anthony went into the slum to check, and his hand was stung by a bee; then he met an adult William, he said that Helen was the woman who was looking for the candy man, and said that the innocent Sherman was killed by the police, After Sherman's death, more blades appeared in the candy; there was a legend that said Candyman in the mirror 5 times and he would appear and kill you.
Art dealer Clive had sex with his girlfriend Jericha in front of the mirror after Anthony's art exhibition and said Candyman 5 times, then was killed by a hook...
And the back of Anthony's stung hand gradually showed burn marks...
William explained to Anthony about Candyman again. Candyman is not one person, but a beehive, a collection of all black people killed by racial discrimination, such as Samuel and Daniel. At that time, the painter Daniel often painted portraits of rich white people, until one day Daniel painted the daughter of rich white people, Helen, and the two fell in love. As a result, Daniel was chased and killed. His hand, pressed the hook, and finally burned him to death...
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