Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999)

USA,
93m
35mm film, colour
stereo, English

An American horror film directed by Turi Meyer.

Plot Summary

The returns again, this time to a Los Angeles gallery owned by Caroline McKeever, his own descendant. He needs her soul for companionship and he goes on the rampage killing everyone around Caroline.

Credits

Crew
Director: Turi Meyer
Producers: Al Septien, William Stuart
Script: Turi Meyer, Al Septien
Characters: Clive Barker
Director of Photography: Michael G. Wojciechowski
Editor: Frederick Wardell
Music: Adam Gorgoni
Sound Mixer: Jason G. Maltz
Costume Designer: Sylvia Vega-Vasquez
Special Make-up Designer: Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Production Designer: Marc Greville-Mason

Cast
Tony Todd (The Candyman/Daniel Robitaille)
Donna D'Errico (Caroline McKeever)
Alexia Robinson (Tamara)
Nick Corri [a pseudonym for Jsu Garcia] (David de La Paz)
Mark Adair-Rios (Miguel Velasco)
Lupe Ontiveros (Abuela)
Elizabeth Guber (Detective Jamie Gold)
Rena Riffel (Lena)
Ernie Hudson Jr (Detective Jamal Matthews)
Wade Williams (Lieutenant Detective Samuel Deacon Kraft)
Mike Moroff (Tino)
Robert O'Reilly (L.V. Sacco)
Chris Van Dahl (Ornte)
Elizabeth Hayes (Annie Tarrant)
Lombardo Boyar (Enrique)
Lillian Hurst (flower woman)
John Quinada (old man)
Nicole Contreras (Cristina de La Paz)
Jud Meyers (Fritz)
Kathleen McMartin (child)
Leonardo Guerra (little boy)

Alternative Titles

Candyman 3 – working title
Candyman 3: Day of the Dead – USA (advertising)

Sequel to
Candyman (1992)
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)

References

Periodicals

  • Shivers no.78 (June 2000) p.42 – illustrated video review (Video reviews by Stephen Foster)

Books

  • Horror Films of the 1990s by John Kenneth Muir pp.607-608 – credits, synopsis, review