Bad Candy is 2020 American dark comedy anthology horror film that recounts small-town Halloween stories of both myth and lessons learned. With the annual Halloween show on Psychotronic FM, reenactment Radio DJ personalities Chilly Billy and Paul cover multiple stories spanning years within their city limits. With each story providing its own valuable lessons, it’s a grim ending for most, but will the few good souls survive?
Co-directed by Scott Hansen (The Possession Experiment) and Desiree Connell, based on the latter’s screenplay, the Digital Thunderdome production stars Corey Taylor (lead vocalist of the nu-metal band Slipknot), Zach Galligan (Hatchet 3; The Chair; Gremlins), Derek Russo, Ryan Kiser (The Dawn; House of Manson), Kenneth Trujillo, Mike Milligan, Haley Nicole Leary, Bill Pacer and Alexandra Lucchesi.
Our review:
Bad Candy has superb production values for its budget with impressive cinematography, lighting and editing. Unfortunately, it’s filled with really obnoxious unlikeable characters so the viewer has no one to identify with. Sure, horror anthologies often focus on immoral characters that get their comeuppance but Bad Candy is so relentlessly downbeat it soon begins to grate. And continues in the same vein for its slightly overlong running time.
No matter how well a movie is created if it is unoriginal and messy and there is zero interest in anyone portrayed onscreen most viewers will soon zone out. If you’re misanthropic with a deeply dark sense of humour you may well enjoy Bad Candy.
Release:
In the USA, Bad Candy will be released by Epic Pictures subsidiary Dread in select theatrical locations on September 10, 2021. The film will be available On-Demand on September 14, 2021.
In the UK, Kaleidoscope Entertainment released Bad Candy on DVD and Digital on October 4, 2021.
Cast and characters:
Zach Galligan … Paul
Derek Russo … Vince
Corey Taylor … Chilly Billy
Kevin Wayne … Greg
David Walterhouse … Jimmy
Ryan Kiser … Charlie
Chris Mayers … Customer
Kenneth Trujillo … Daryl
Samantha Noel Van Sickle … Vanessa
Alexandra Lucchesi … Marie
Jay Plyburn … Scotti
Champ Hollins … Stephen
Michael Whinnett … Tim
Bill Pacer … Mr Grimsley
Riley Sutton … Kyra
Filming locations:
Conyers, Georgia, USA
Technical details:
100 minutes
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