2021's Candyman contains a hidden clue that shows Anthony's fate was always sealed. While the 1990s is generally seen as a poor decade for horror, it did birth both the Scream and Candyman franchises.
The latter is a slasher movie loosely based on a Clive Barker short story and involves an academic accidentally summoning the title slasher. Tony Todd's performance quickly made Candyman a modern horror icon.
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