Exploring symbols in the film 1992 Candyman

In today's episode I'll be analyzing and exploring the symbolism of the 1992 film "Candyman". 

Candyman is a 1992 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Bernard Rose and starring Virginia Madsen (Helen), Tony Todd (Candyman), Xander Berkeley (Trevor), Kasi Lemmons (Bernadette) and Vanessa Williams (Anne-Marie). Based on the short story "The Forbidden" by Clive Barker, the film follows a Chicago graduate student who was completing a thesis on the urban legends and folklore which led her to the legend of the "Candyman", the ghost of an artist and son of a slave who was murdered in the late 19th century for his relationship with a white painter’s landowner’s daughter.