Candy Corn

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Frosted L @RT41362219 Sep 10 I really enjoyed it. Yeah, it's low budget, acting isn't great, costumes are mediocre (took me 25 minutes to figure out it was set in the 80's?), but I had a good time. And, the people involved seemed to care and be having a good time as well. A Tony Todd cameo is always great. Don't set you expectations to Kubrick, and have a good time. Cheers! See more Joshua H @RT44825951 05/09/2025 Not bad but lacking in much depth besides a basic revenge story See more سميره ع @RT41629329 02/06/2025 The movie is great and worth watching, but it is not scary as much as it should be See more Hugo S @Hugo_Shudder 11/17/2024 A group of friends decide to bully a boy as part of their annual Halloween tradition. The plan goes terribly wrong when the boy is killed in an act of tremendous violence. The victim is resurrected to seek revenge against those who fatally showed no mercy to him. "Candy Corn" is a nostalgic throwback to the 80's slasher films. The movie only stands out for its gory and exaggerated death scenes, a limited value in terms of the entertainment it has to offer. See more Christian C @RT19561793 07/11/2023 I just can't do movies like this. We're talking about a low-budget horror film called ‘Candy Corn' that does muted, piano-scored, "emotionally weighty" conversations that are so heavily dramatized, I could barely tell if it was supposed to be parody. If it just played it straight but recognized its genre, I might not have keyed in on it so much. But it's so self-serious that I couldn't ignore how tired I was. It's like staring at a home video from 30 years ago trying to solve a series of murders that didn't actually happen. See more Michael R @XxLOCKSLEYxX 10/10/2022 Candy Corn is essentially Writer/Director Josh Hasty's 1 hour 25 minute homage to John Carpenter's Halloween. Did I say homage... Love letter from a stalker fanboy would be more apt. Set in 1980 and located in Grove Hill, OH (a small out of the way town in nowhere special USA) CC really has a late 70's early 80's feel to it. The cars, clothes, looping dialog, having 20/30 somethings playing teenagers; even the scenes shot and the film type used help do good job of pulling you into the story. Even the score and font used in the opening credit's was very similar to those used in JC's Halloween. The Sound Effects are spot on and are brutally cringe worthy. Matching the SFX in quality would be the campyness and gore factors which are off the wall + and don't disappoint. The cheese factor walks a fine line between omelet and souffle which kinda hampers more than it helps. What I really got a kick out of was the casting. Pancho Moler gave a good performance as Dr Death. But I was more partial to and excited to see Courtney Gains (Children of The Corn - Malachai, The Burbs - Hans Klopek); and Tony Todd (Candy Man franchise, Final Destination Franchise, The Rock, The Crow). Only the keen eye'd Cinefile would have noticed the ultimate link to JC's Halloween. The police secretary was played Pamela Jayne Soles an American actress who made her film debut in 1976 in Brian De Palma's Carrie as Norma Watson before portraying Lynda van der Klok in John Carpenter's Halloween. Candy Corn has so much promise but inevitably falls short of delivering any kind of blockbuster tricks or treats to its audience. It does however feel like you're watching a Legitimate Horror film made in 1979/80; not one actually made in 2019. While it may not be the best Horror film out there, and ironically --just like its candy namesake, it doesn't exactly suck either. There is a naive innocence that resonates throughout the film that keeps the story moving along, legitimizing the story and holds it all together. See more Read all reviews

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