What makes it different from others?

An absolute waste of money

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Candyman's ancestor, Caroline (Donna D'Errico) is an artist in Boyle Heights, LA, allowing her great grandfather's paintings to be shown in a gallery in the hopes of highlighting the man not the myth. But her gallery presenter (the building is his) wants to instead publicize the myth in order to call attention to the show and orchestrate potential revenue. Miguel (Mark Adair-Rios) urges Caroline to look into a mirror and say Candyman's name five teams if she doesn't believe in the myth, and through this action appears to have genuinely resurfaced him from whatever beyond he belongs. An actor hired by Miguel, David (Jsu Garcia; A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)), appears as a Candyman nut with hook hand to scare up the attendees and Caroline as a pub stunt. When Miguel and a model (Rena Riffel) are found murdered thanks to the Candyman, Caroline (she found them) becomes a possible suspect, but David is specifically under suspicion. When Caroline's actress roommate / pal (Alexia Robinson) is gutted by the Candyman and literally dropped her in her arms, she becomes the official arrest for the supernatural killer's crimes. Meanwhile, Candyman calls out for Caroline to come to him, take her own life, and join him (wherever that is). A racist cop (Wade Williams) with a short fuse temper is out to get Caroline for the murder of his partner (yet another given the hook-gut treatment). It will all culminate in some old warehouse where the paintings stolen from Caroline's gallery and Candyman await. It seems there's a Candyman cult in LA who want to summon him, having showed up at the gallery and become totally enthralled by the mythos. Plot is a mess, too much of Candyman yapping constantly in one visit to Caroline after another, a significant interest (not that this bothered me too much) in showing lead Donna D'Errico's bust and walking around scantily clad, diminishing results in the special gore effects this go-around, and a laughable finale where all it takes is tearing up a painting of Candyman in order to harm him; Candyman: Day of the Dead is a pitiful proclamation that the series was not on life support as much as totally flatlined. No atmosphere or a Philip Glass score to save it this time. Todd owns this character and even if tasked to talk too much instead of smoothly emerging in and out of the story (less is more was always beneficial in letting Todd be appreciated when he appears instead of getting him as much as possible to the point where the power in seeing him deteriorates), the actor still has a presence and chemistry that is undeniable. The use of bees to suffocate Riffel and how they emerge from Todd's mouth and rotted torso are a bit much. Much like Pinhead, a series of films which feature Candyman gradually rusted his sinister sheen. D'Errico is definitely nice to look at, and her tight T-shirts emphasize her impressive chest while her performance always seemed secondary in importance. Virginia Madsen she is not. Major sin: not making the Day of the Dead more colorful and alive a backdrop, even though D'Errico goes through a crowd while Wade Williams gave chase with police behind him. D'Errico constantly fainting and collapsing every time Candyman is close becomes more than a bit tiresome. While Todd's made a lot worse than this (the 2000s became a decade where he would take whatever role would come his way), Candyman: Day of the Dead marked a disappointing conclusion to the franchise (it started out so well, too). Sadly the end of the 90s led a decline in quality parts Todd would be offered after. Williams, as the cop from hell, is clearly a purposely abusive and overtly violent dirtbag representing bigots on the force in LA. When the very first scene has D'Errico in short shirt and panties walking into a bathroom, it is obvious the film will desperately beg for the audience's attention...her figure certainly doesn't hurt.

In her arousing opening, nude Playboy model and titillating "Baywatch" beach blonde Donna D'Errico (as Caroline McKeever) goes from bed to bath. She has visions of blood in the tub and sink, then sees villainous "Candyman" Tony Todd (as Daniel Robitaille), with his hook dripping wet. After the sexually symbolic introduction, Ms. D'Errico explains the Candyman backstory. "Daniel Robitaille was my great, great grandfather. He was the son of a slave who fell in love with a White woman. When they were found out, a mob dragged him into a field and sawed off his right hand. They took honey cone from a beehive and covered his body in honey. A swarm of bees attacked and killed him." No surprise this ticked off the Candyman...D'Errico continues, "They say he came back from the dead, his hand replaced by a bloody hook. You call his name five times into a mirror and he appears. And when he comes, he'll be the last thing you ever see." D'Errico claims this is all hogwash, although she keeps seeing her vengeful ancestor. She exhibits his artwork in Los Angeles and meets handsome Jsu Garcia (aka Nick Corri, as David de la Paz). They must solve the Candyman's crimes, or become his latest victims. This third series film features some stylish photography (by Michael Wojciechowski), but isn't more than production-line horror. The obligatory bigoted officer Wade Williams (as Samuel "Sam" Kraft) is scarier than the villain. D'Errico wears tight clothing throughout.**** Candyman 3: Day of the Dead (1999) Turi Meyer ~ Donna D'Errico, Tony Todd, Jsu Garcia, Wade Williams

This movie is one of these movies that you ask yourself ''why did they make this thing??''. the movie is really useless, and it added nothing new, plus there are really a lot of confusing and wrong things in the movie, if you watched the first two movies you'll understand, for example here the candyman was killed in a forest or something while in the 2nd movie we saw him die in a field....etc, what was really awful that they took everything that made the first two movies two of the best slasher/ horror movies ever made like the score and the dark feeling of the movie and turned it into a boob and gore feast,plus after a while you feel really bored that you wish the movie ends ASP,,,,

Candyman: Day of the Dead is set in Los Angeles where the busty Caroline McKeever (Donna D'Errico) lives, the great, great granddaughter of the notorious urban legend hook handed killer Daniel Robitaille (co-producer Tony Todd) also known as the Candayman she has been having disturbing visions & nightmares about him. Caroline's friend & art gallery owner Miguel (Mark Adair-Rios) has persuaded her to loan original paintings done by Robitaille for an exhibition, the paints stir up memories & get people talking about the Candyman myth again & when Miguel is found brutally murdered the next day Caroline is sure the Candyman is responsible but the police are not convinced. As the Candyman visions get more & more terrifying Caroline must find a way to overcome her fears & lay the Candyman to rest once & for all but with the body count steadily rising will she be next?This straight to video third instalment of the Candyman series based on the character created by Clive Barker was co-written & directed by Turi Meyer & in all honestly wasn't anywhere near as bad as I was expecting, in fact I would go as far as to say that Candyman: Day of the Dead is actually alright. The first Candyman (1992) dealt with the myth & legend of the Candyman himself, the second one Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995) dealt with the Candyman trying to get reincarnated while this one starts off like the paintings are going to be the major plot point but the script becomes a sort of Halloween (1978) clone as the Candyman goes after his sole remaining relative (who happens to be a pretty blonde chick with big breasts). Unfortunately there's never really enough explanation given as to why he goes after said big breasted blonde chick, as far as I could ascertain it's because he wants her with him or something like that & as such I didn't really care that much. Add to that a silly plot twist involving a Candyman worshipping cult who get written out no sooner as they appear, a racist bad tempered cop, a murder investigation & a man wrongly accused of the killings & there's just that little bit more story & depth than one might expect from a straight to video continuation of a horror franchise although how does Candyman manage to randomly show up at certain points (when the story needs it) despite no-one saying his name five times? I mean, you know, I thought that saying his name five times was essential. At 90 odd minutes the pace is alright, there's enough blood & gore & the character's are alright to make this watchable at least if nothing else.There's more than a few annoying fake scare scenes where people wake up just as something nasty is about to happen & the prolonged scene where Caroline hears her friend screaming & upon rushing to her rescue finds out that she was rehearsing for a part in a horror film is groan inducing & just plain cheesy. This was gorier than I expected, there's some nice blood gushing slit throats, people are impaled on hooks, ripped up bodies are seen & someone gets a large hook thrust through their mouth & it exits out the back of their head. There's also a strange egg yolk scene in which a bloody Bee emerges from it in another of those fake scare moments. To add to the general exploitation level as well as some good gore effects there's quite a few naked breasts on show if that sort of thing interests you. The films subtitle Day of the Dead refers to some sort of tradition but doesn't really have any meaning to the film itself apart from the very last shot.The production values are pretty good & the film looks nice enough I suppose with good special effects. The acting is alright with ex Baywatch star Donna D'Errico looking quite nice here although it's hard to believe she is related to Tony Todd.Candyman: Day of the Dead isn't too bad a film, sure it's no masterpiece or anything but there's a bit more story, a bit more character & a bit more gore than usual for this type of straight to video horror. You could do worse but then again you could do better.