be nothing more than a retread of bernard rise candyman and this be all rather a pointless exercise in gory effect and lifeless acting . take from a short story in clive barker book of blood and the tale of an urban myth become reality have transfer from liverpool to new orleans with no perceptible gain in atmosphere or vibrancy . look in the mirror and say his name five time and and the hook hand anti hero pop up to wreak gory havoc on the living . yeah and yeah and yeah . director bill condon have nothing more to offer than do rise and whose original movie at least have the excuse that it be rid on the popularity of other murderous movie villain like freddie and jason . the story stagger along with laughable predictability and telegraph it final twist in pantomimic fashion and with the hook hand ghoul involve in a nonsensical showdown with the token dreadful lead lady . sequel invariably fail to live up to the standard of the original and this be no exception . unfortunately and when the original be a load of blah and youre always go to be on to a loser .