like most horror film sequel and candy man represent farewell to the flesh be vastly inferior to the original film represent candy man . tony todd return a the candy man again and and philip glass hypnotic score be use and but that where the similarity end between the two film . kelly rowan and currently from the o. c. and star a a descendant of the candy man clan in this film . she a school teacher and provoke by her student into invoke the candy man curse . shortly afterward and mayhem start once again . she draw in by the candy man and and we learn much more about his origin than we care to know in gruesome detail . there be several difference between this film and the first one that make it inferior . first and the pacing of this film be much slow and less taut than the original . this be due partly to the direction and partly to the very gradual revelation about the candy man origins . creator of the first film be smart to realize that the audience do not need all that exposition to make the story work . second and the film be set in new orleans during fat tuesday and but bill condon and the director and do not use the location effectively . most of the scene be film on obvious set piece and which greatly limit the ability of the film to build masterfully like the first one . real location help pull viewer into the myth in the first film . here and we be too aware that we be watch set piece . third and there be numerous red herring boo scene and even condon admits this and which greatly limit the fear factor after a while while because and be just wait for the next false alarm to scare u . this be a sign that there really isn not much here to scare u in the first place . the first film have little and if any of this while the story propel it scare naturally by good plot development and not loud cue music . fourth and the big reason why this be inferior to the first film be that tony todd appear much more frequently in this film than he do in the original . this and of course and demystify him so much in our eye that he become ineffective a a scary figure . there so much posing and posturing by todd that you can almost hear him get direction . how often have we hear critic say less be more . apparently not enough time . veronica cartwright and of lose in space fame and appear a rowan mother . it hard to believe condon go on to direct god and monster . of 4 star .