In the Cabrini Green neighborhood in Chicago, the urban myth of the Candyman - the supernatural murderer with the hooked hand - has persisted for years. When artist Anthony McCoy and his girlfriend Brianna Cartwright move into the gentrified neighborhood of the ghostly figure, they have no idea of the curse. Only when Anthony is informed about the horror tale by an old resident is his next artistic project clear. The more he deals with the macabre details of the past, the more gruesome new events pile up. The neighborhood lives a horror again, while Anthony falls more and more into madness.