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Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999)

As the Day of the Dead celebration approaches the barrio of East Los Angeles, Caroline is challenged to control the horrifying legend of her ancestor, the "Candyman".

Directed byTuri Meyer

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    Candyman

    Same saga

    1992 · 100 min · Drama · Horror · Thriller

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    The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same saga or cinematic universe
    • strong shared themes: candyman and evil
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  2. 02

    Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

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    1995 · 95 min · Horror · Thriller

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    Annie, a young schoolteacher struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father, unwittingly summons the "Candyman" to New Orleans, where she learns the secret of his power, and discovers the link that connects them.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same saga or cinematic universe
    • strong shared themes: candyman and evil
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    Candyman

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    2021 · 91 min · Horror · Thriller

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    A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same saga or cinematic universe
    • strong shared themes: evil and halloween
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  4. 04

    Boogeyman 2

    Similar atmosphere

    2007 · 93 min · Horror · Thriller

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    A young woman attempts to cure her phobia of the boogeyman by checking herself into a mental health facility, only to realize too late that she is now helplessly trapped with her own greatest fear.

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    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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    Poltergeist III

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    1988 · 98 min · Horror · Thriller

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    Carol Anne has been sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle in an effort to hide her from the clutches of the ghostly Reverend Kane, but he tracks her down and terrorises her in her relatives' appartment in a tall glass building. Will he finally achieve his target and capture Carol Anne again, or will Tangina be able, yet again, to thwart him?

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    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  6. 09

    Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

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    1985 · 92 min · Horror · Thriller

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    Homicidal maniac Jason returns from the grave to cause more bloody mayhem. Young Tommy may have escaped from Crystal Lake, but he’s still haunted by the gruesome events that happened there. When gory murders start happening at the secluded halfway house for troubled teens where he now lives, it seems like his nightmarish nemesis, Jason, is back for more sadistic slaughters.

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    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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