Shortly before he is to wed, millionaire John Willis is visited by Dr. Harry S. Blair, a psychiatrist who informs him that years before he was married to Nancy, John's wife-to-be, and warns him that she is mentally unbalanced.
Blair then relates the following story: After a whirlwind romance in Florida, Blair marries Nancy and starts a psychiatric practice in New York. One day, artist Norman Clyde comes to his office and tells him that an innocent man is about to be executed in Sing Sing Prison and that Nancy is the cause of his unjust incarceration. A distraught Clyde then explains himself to a curious Blair:
Three years before, Clyde meets Nancy, whose maiden name was Monks, when she enrolls in his art class. The moody Clyde soon falls in love with Nancy's honest charm and beauty. Nancy, a secretary, introduces Clyde to her boss, millionaire Andrew Bonner, and persuades Bonner to showcase Clyde's paintings at one of his private showings. To Nancy's delight, Clyde's painting, a depiction of the tragic figure Cassandra for which she modeled, wins first prize at the showing. The evening is perfect until an expensive bracelet is stolen from a guest, and Clyde later finds it in Nancy's purse. After Clyde confronts a confused Nancy about the theft, she relates the following story to explain her behavior:
As a young girl, Nancy lives with her housekeeper mother in the lavish Willis home and plays with Karen, the Willises' little daughter. Although Karen wants to invite Nancy to her upcoming birthday party, Mrs. Willis refuses to allow the lower-class Nancy to attend. A true friend, Karen promises to give Nancy one of the pins her guests are receiving. When Karen realizes there are no extra pins, however, she offers Nancy the beautiful locket she has just received from her mother. Nancy's subsequent joy is soon crushed when Mrs. Willis demands that she return the locket. Later, the locket is discovered missing, and Nancy is accused of theft. Although Nancy's mother soon finds the locket in Karen's dress, Mrs. Willis refuses to believe Nancy and forces her to "confess."
The adult Nancy then admits to Clyde that this childhood humiliation caused her unconscious desire to steal the bracelet at the party. After a forgiving Clyde returns the bracelet anonymously, he and Nancy continue their romance until the next party at the Bonners'. Suspecting that the absent Nancy is spending the evening in Bonner's arms, Clyde leaves the party to look for her and sees her exiting Mrs. Bonner's bedroom just after two gunshots are fired. Bonner is found murdered, and Mrs. Bonner's diamond necklace, stolen. Although Nancy and Clyde are questioned, valet Myron Dexter is eventually found guilty and is sentenced to die. Clyde, however, strongly suspects Nancy, but she angrily maintains her innocence and leaves for Florida.
Back in his office, Blair defends Nancy to Clyde but invites him to his house that evening. When confronted, Nancy denies everything and tells Blair that Clyde is merely jealous. The next day, Dexter is executed, and a guilt-ridden Clyde jumps from Blair's office window to his death.
To avoid scandal, Blair and Nancy move to England, and after World War II breaks out, Blair volunteers his medical services, while Nancy becomes an ambulance driver. Expressing concern over Blair's health, Nancy insists that they take a vacation at Lord and Lady Wyndham's manor house. Just as they are leaving, Blair learns that one of Lady Wyndham's valuable jewels has been stolen. Blair suspects Nancy but is unable to prove anything until a bomb destroys their flat and reveals her cache of stolen jewels.
Although confronted directly, Nancy continues to deny any guilt and divorces Blair after he suffers a nervous breakdown. Back in John's study, Blair, like Clyde before him, tries to convince John to abandon Nancy, who now uses the name Patton. John, however, believes Nancy when she tells him that Blair is still suffering from his breakdown.
Moments before the wedding is to start, Nancy's future mother-in-law, the unsuspecting Mrs. Willis, gives her the same locket that she once took away, and tells her that it is a precious family heirloom. The locket causes Nancy to be overcome with guilt, and she collapses at the altar in hysterics. As Nancy is later taken away to an institution, John sadly realizes the truth of Blair's story, but determines to see Nancy through her crisis.
像看了一段做菜视频，把食材都整整齐齐摆台面上了，正准备开火，发现燃气用光了。
是续集不是翻拍，剧情有承接，看过老版会更好理解。这片的题材太适合给乔丹·皮尔搞，视听佳，尺度足，但这种种族议题自带的主观性对于我们看看就好，黑人平权拍多了真的无趣，敢不敢拍个属于亚裔的Candyman？
新版Candy Man在Jordan Peele的操刀下也成了critical race theory 影响下creative exploration.以种族议题为作品内核的现代艺术家一步步走向urban legends的深渊。虽然把诸如白人至上，police brutality等问题进一步简单化脸谱化，但只杀White people的candy men在电影最后竟然有种大快人心的正义感。与其说是恐怖片，更像是带有奇幻元素的剧情片，毕竟这片的血浆程度还不如malignant
竟然是部恐怖片，很遗憾美式恐怖没怎么看懂！种族主义问题比较严重！导演太显摆，镜子正反摄影不错！
有著許多血腥暴力的情節，在考察電影的分級尺度，幾場戲都技巧性地遮蔽或帶過的情況下，讓處在鏡中世界裏的糖果人突然現身攻擊角色，給觀眾帶來突如其來驚嚇的設計。尤其是藝評家受害的那場戲，原本以為逃過一劫卻在拉遠的畫面中遭到殘忍屠殺，也更加深“糖果人”的神秘和給人帶來的壓迫感。
但本片不仅毫不恐怖，调度不错但只服务于画面美感，连jump scare都算不上，政治表达更如此浅白，我都不好说这是让位之后的结果。
故事和隐喻结合得不伦不类的，好好搞好一方面这部电影也不会太差，白浪费了这么精致的摄影和一些创意了。
在观影的过程中，我以为这部电影在翻拍白夜行。但是慢慢的，我发现他其实只是想告诉你跨越阶级的爱情存在的机率微乎其微。一切更多自是一厢情愿的意淫而已。电影的质感很不错，可是剧情感觉不连贯，更像是灵光一现的感觉，而且电影最后那个男女主在阳台的片段应该算是幻想吧，不然太突兀了。
1星，隐喻过于露骨，糖果人成了黑人的守护神，以暴制暴的简单思想，充斥的影片。
拍得还挺用心，厕所里镜像那个镜头特别好。就是主旨太特么直白了
政治隐喻一筐装，对着镜子叫五遍candyman就出来杀你的设定也太弱智了。
后半段讲述男主身世的时候有点不知所云，幸好最后又回归正题了。
镜头色彩真不错，很带感，不过电影整体就一言难尽了emmm
恐怖绝不该为政治让位。
一部要什么没什么的恐怖片，实质是招魂类恐怖片，还带着苦大仇深的黑人元素，但剧情实在是太碎太不连贯，讲的一点不吸引人，还莫名其妙的
这片的逻辑就类似国内的小粉红叫嚣因为抗日战争的南京大屠杀，所以现在我们要冲到日本去干掉所有日本右翼势力。。。
剧本和演员的短板太明显。意识是更进步了，但作为电影的整体质量不及原版。恐怖是一点也不恐怖了，可能最恐怖的就是男主角不知所云的演技……后半段剧本逻辑更是彻底垮了。相比之下片尾皮影戏部分要好太多了。
乔丹·皮尔估计准备靠种族问题这一题材吃很久吧，如今将以往的恐怖片ip当作反英雄来拍似乎已经成为一股潮流，然而整体却拍得凌乱不堪，剧情聊胜于无，唯一赞叹的是影片的色彩应用和摄影构图，尤其是片头倒立的俯拍城市画景，很有意境。此外影片所反映的政治社会问题实在难以打动我，“蜂巢”的概念算是有点意思之处。
竟然是部恐怖片，很遗憾美式恐怖没怎么看懂！种族主义问题比较严重！导演太显摆，镜子正反摄影不错！
挺有意思 为了看新版特异看了老版 很喜欢两部片子里画龙点睛的那句话 第一集是 it was alway you, helen 第二集是 say my name 都是一语多关 你是helen，是谁，是白人，是施暴者，还是受害者 / 我的名字是什么，是candyman，是shaman，是anthony还是黑人，是施暴者，还是受害者
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