With leading roles in TV series like Star Trek and The Flash, as well as films like Candyman and Night of the Living Dead, he had a lengthy and prosperous career that lasted for decades.
Candyman is discussed by Tony Todd. He had a unique talent for portraying villains that were both engrossing and terrifying.
Candyman went beyond the typical mindless danger and offered horror enemies a whole new level of complexity.
Todd is a sorrowful, almost sexy creature who embodies a combination of terror and a haunting feeling of despair.
“That’s why I found the character appealing.” He more closely resembles figures from classic horror films, such as The Phantom of the Opera or Frankenstein’s monster.
They frighten people, yet we can also empathize with their suffering. In an interview with Whoosh!,
