Candyman is gearing up for his come back. This week, Total Film released its latest issue featuring the hook handed slasher. The new Candyman star Yahya Abdul-Matten II (Aquaman) plays Anthony McCoy.
Anthony is an artist, and the link that connects the events of the original film, to the new feature. While the trailer alluded to a “passing -the-torch” type story, the new cover clearly confirms that Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will be in full Candyman mode at some point. Hopefully this mean that we will see the return of Tony Todd to pass said torch.
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Candyman’s official synopsis:
“For as long as the residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, easily summoned by those daring to repeat his name five times into a mirror. In the present day, a decade after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down, a visual artist named Anthony McCoy and his girlfriend, a gallery director named Brianna Cartwright, moved into a luxury loft condo in Cabrini, now gentrified beyond recognition and inhabited by the upwardly mobile millennials.
With Anthony’s painting career on the brink of stalling, a chance encounter with a Cabrini Green old-timer exposes Anthony to the tragically horrific nature of the true story behind the Candyman. Anxious to maintain his status in the Chicago art world, Anthony begins to explore these macabre details in his studio as fresh grist for paintings, unknowingly opening a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifyingly viral wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny.”
You can check out the new Candyman cover for Total Film below. Currently the film is scheduled to hit theaters on October 16, 2020. Be sure to follow ScaryNerd for more of all things horror.
