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if you don't want to know the whole story don't read this. The movie is based on a Clive Barker's short story.

There was a slave named "Daniel Robataie (sp) he fell in love with the slave owner's daughter and when the slave owner found out about their love he and an angry mob saw off his hand with a rusty saw covered him in honey and bees stung him to death. His soul was trapped in his lovers mirror and he was clled The Candyman. If you say his name 5 times in a mirror with the lights out he will appear and gut you from groin to sternum with his hook he now has for a hand. Because when you say his name you are doubtin his existence. The way he was killed was when his lovers mirror was shattered. (story from Canyman and Candyman 2)