Helen’s curiosity leads her to Cabrini Green, a housing project in Chicago, where people have been murdered, presumably by Candyman. Helen’s disbelief and mocking of the legend actually summons Candyman, who feels the need to reaffirm his existence and continue to instill fear in the residents of Cabrini Green. He appears to Helen and says, “I am the writing on the wall, the whisper in the classroom. Without these things, I am nothing, and so I must shed innocent blood.”
Candyman is played to perfection by Tony Todd, whose voice alone makes me feel all kinds of ways. He indeed sheds innocent blood in order to keep his memory alive and Helen ends up taking the fall. She thwarts Candyman’s plans for her and manages to save the baby Candyman kidnapped to replace the one he lost. Helen ends up burning to death and her no-good sorry-ass cheating-ass husband Trevor moves his new girlfriend into their apartment. The movie ends with Trevor grieving Helen’s death and he calls her name five times while looking in the mirror. Helen appears with her own hook and serves Trevor’s ass up on a platter, leaving his ripped body in the tub and the new girlfriend to take the fall for his death.
