The film stars Ethan Embry, Shiri Appleby, Kiara Glasco, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Craig Nigh and Marco Perella.

Some time later, the house is sold to Jesse Hellman, a struggling painter, his wife Astrid and their daughter Zooey.

The real estate agent says that the woman who lived there died when she fell down the stairs, and her husband killed himself out of despair.

Meanwhile, Jesse defaces a commissioned butterfly mural he had been working on, transforming it into a new painting with distorted faces of children - including the one Ray killed.

Jesse keeps working on the painting, which depicts the children's heads being devoured by a black creature and adds Zooey being burned alive.

The Hellmans are escorted home, and two police officers are stationed outside the house, with the intention of placing them under witness protection.

He drags Zooey outside to retrieve a gasoline canister before bringing her to her room, dousing the floor, and setting it on fire.

Jesse climbs through Zooey's bedroom window and fights Ray, whose eyes glow eerily as he catches on fire.

The site's consensus says, "The Devil's Candy playfully subverts horror tropes while serving up more than enough stylish thrills to satisfy genre enthusiasts".

[7] Mark L. Miller of Ain't It Cool News called it "a fantastic film" and "an absolute treasure trove of scares!

[9] On the other hand, Dennis Harvey writing for Variety called the film "a bit of a sophomore slump" and said it was "ultimately a lively but underdeveloped B-horror-thriller".

[2] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter called the film a "decently acted, disappointingly generic follow-up".