Candyman: Day of the Dead

During a Candyman-themed gallery opening in Los Angeles, Caroline repeats the name five times in a mirror and inadvertently conjures the Candyman. The legend steps into the space with a malevolent presence. He kills Miguel Velasco and his lover Lina with his hooked hand.

A local gang breaks into Miguel's gallery and steals Candyman paintings. The theft heightens fear around the myth and pulls Caroline deeper into danger. The missing artworks become focal points for the unfolding nightmare.

Caroline talks with her roommate Tamara about the Candyman, trying to separate rumor from personal history. The conversation reveals her anxiety and foreshadows her future actions against the myth. It sets the stage for the conflict to come.

In a memory, the Candyman slits Caroline's dementia-ridden mother's throat in the bath. Annie had summoned him earlier, and her death is later believed to be suicide. This history fuels Caroline's resolve to destroy the myth.

A few hours before her death, Annie tells Caroline to 'destroy the myth.' The line becomes a guiding thread that motivates Caroline's actions. The moment links the family tragedy to the current danger.

The murders are pinned on David de la Paz, a friend of Miguel, who grows close to Caroline as the investigation unfolds. He becomes entangled with her while the city reels from the killings. The situation blurs lines between truth and myth.

David brings Caroline to his grandmother, a psychic healer, who tells her she must destroy the good part of Candyman to erase the evil. She reveals visions showing the good within him lies in his paintings. This guidance pushes Caroline toward a painting-based battleground.

The Candyman abducts David and locks him in an unknown building, hanging him by hooks pierced into his back. The abduction shows the extent of the Candyman's reach and his fixation on Caroline. The danger escalates as Caroline confronts where he might be keeping David.

Tamara is killed by the Candyman, and Caroline is hauled in for questioning by the police. The case increases pressure on her as Sacco's partner, Kraft, resents her presence. The investigation becomes entangled with fear and suspicion.

Det. L.V. Sacco is murdered by the Candyman while Caroline is in the car, fueling distrust of Caroline and anger in Sacco's partner, Lt. Det. Samuel Deacon Kraft. Kraft's hostility to Caroline grows as the mystery deepens. The Candyman's true power lingers behind the investigation.

Caroline goes to an abandoned building to retrieve the gang's stolen paintings. She is captured and knocked out, and the Candyman appears to threaten or tempt her. The Candyman kills the entire gang when they attempt to summon him, demonstrating his lethal authority.

The Candyman confronts Caroline, who destroys one of his portraits with a hook. The wound on him causes a candle to light the painting on fire, and the Candyman bursts into flames. Caroline frees David and they escape together.

Kraft dies after a confrontation where his true identity as the Candyman is revealed. He mutters 'Candyman' as he dies, and Caroline and Matthews realize Kraft was the killer. The revelation reframes the myth's source of fear.

Caroline proclaims that there is no Candyman in front of a mirror, attempting to seal the myth's end. A candlelit moment turns into a nightmare as the hook briefly breaches the mirror. The Day of the Dead celebrations continue as Caroline enjoys a peaceful picnic with David and Cristina at Annie's grave, hopeful that the threat is gone.