For the franchise completists, Candyman: Day of the Dead has been added to Lionsgate’s Vestron Video Collector’s Series, bringing it to Blu-ray for the first time.
The third installment in the franchise, Day of the Dead went direct-to-video back in 1999 and is now available on Blu-ray and Digital HD. The release features an incredible new piece of artwork from Devon Whitehead. You can check out that killer piece down below.
Extra features for the release include…
- Audio Commentary with Director-Cowriter Turi Meyer and Producer-Cowriter Al Septien
- Isolated Score Selections featuring an Audio Interview with Composer Adam Gorgoni
- Interviews:
- “On The Hook” — An Interview with Actor Tony Todd
- “A Bloody Legacy” — An Interview with Special Prosthetic Effects Designer Gary J. Tunnicliffe
- “Decay & Design” — Interviews with Director of Photography Michael Wojciechowski and Production Designer Marc Greville-Masson
- English & German Trailers
- Home Video Promo
- Home Video Trailer
- Still Gallery
Tony Todd returned for Turi Meyer‘s Candyman: Day of the Dead, starring alongside Donna D’Errico. “The Candyman is back, trying to convince his descendent, an artist, to join him.”
As Bloody Disgusting’s Jason Jenkins wrote back in 2019, “Failing to capture the atmosphere or class of the series’ preceding entries, Candyman: Day of the Dead cheapens a previously respectable franchise with its overriding concerns with cheap gore and T&A. This film was a disappointment the first time around nearly two decades ago, and it’s aged into an even more unwatchable mess in the years since its initial release.”
Jason added, “With the exception of Tony Todd’s typically strong performance and a scant sequence or two, the enigmatic character is failed miserably by this film as a whole.”
