He often uses the ability to possess an individual by hypnosis placing them in a trance with his dark poetic voice, making attempts at mind control on his subjects to surrender to him and become immortal. As with the 2021 film, the spirit of Candyman through Sherman Fields doesn't speak but rather makes painful eerie breathing sounds. In the film series, he can make his murders seem as if his subjects committed them themselves as his existence is played on by their mind. Candyman in supernatural form has the ability to levitate into the air. In Candyman (1992), the Candyman is seen by Helen Lyle floating horizontally as well as swiftly flying out of a window backwards. As with both standalone sequels he is seen by Annie Tarrant in Farewell to the Flesh rising from water into the air, landing on top of water. In Day of the Dead, he appears to Caroline McKeever levitating towards her with bees surrounding him. In Candyman (2021), he appears both in standing form and floating levitation with bees following him, it is also in this film that he is able to be a vessel within his main subject in the reflection. In the film series, Candyman has the ability to swiftly disappear and instantly change positions around the subject. Daniel Robitaille's physical body appear to be rotting away with his chest cavity exposed (hidden by his Trench coat) with bees swarming in the flesh, as with Sherman Fields appearance is displayed by his rotten affected beaten face. Anthony McCoy becomes a Candyman with his entire body going through a fleshy transformation and accumulate a bee-hive like appearance throughout his skin. Legacy The Candyman was ninth on Fandango and Bloody Disgusting's list of top 10 slasher icons, and eighth on an older Bloody Disgusting list. Based on a readers' poll, Rolling Stone ranked him tenth among horror villains. JoBlo.com ranked the Candyman fifth on its list of horror boogeymen, and ComingSoon.net ranked him seventh on its list of slasher villains. Candyman is sometimes referenced in songs, most notably Tupac Shakur song "Troublesome '96" with him urging listeners to "say my name three times like Candyman...Bet I roll on yo' ass like an avalanche", which often confused many people to this present day with debates if the summoning was three or five, however the actual times to summon is five. It was in fact Bloody