candlejack is based on the creepypasta based on the show freakazoid it is the second creepypasta to be made into a movie after slenderman
plot[]
during camp a nerd name Doug and his friends are telling stories where he ends it by saying everything turned
to wood everyone disses him saying the wood thing is stupid he shrugs it off then decides to tell the story
about a evil entity named candlejack who kidnaps people who say his name because he is basically a crazy
boogeyman like creature they say if you don't say his name he can't get you just then the girl Jessica states
they just said his name making them boy remark uh oh Jessica then states that maybe they didn't hear them
just then candlejack grabs Jessica and carries her away while Doug is able to escape by placing pie in front
of him years later Jessica is missing and officer cosgrove ask him question about said event he replies she
was kidnapped by a person he has heard of Cosgrove asks who he says he can't say he asks why he says if
he does he'll capture him cosgrove let's him go saying he knows nothing Doug then looks at the missing
poster of Jessica and has flashbacks we then reveal he is raising a family as a single father when his
daughter Poppy asks what happened to his mother he gives him the same answer he gave cosgrove at night
a book appears and she reads the poem about candlejack when he says his name she is suddenly whisked
away Doug wakes up to Poppy's screaming they go to see what is wrong to which they see Poppy getting
whisked away Poppy screams in terror as candlejack is dragging her Doug reports of Poppy's kidnapping to
the police the policeman then asks who did this Doug says it was the same guy who captured Jessica
Cosgrove then asks for a sketch when Doug asks for what he looks like he gives a facial description of him
when he draws it cosgrove then has a shocked look then asks if that is what he looks like Doug simply nods
cosgrove then then prints copies of said poster and tells Doug he is and his family are in danger he then
explains that he is cosgrove from the show where candlejack came from freakazoid and he is in fact the same
cosgrove what happend is that cosgrove used a magic spell to make dexter and the others real but candlejack
followed them and ended up real too and started on a kidnapping spree of those who said his name and has
been living here ever since continuing his job he recounts how he killed dexter and stef and found they're
corpses stuffed with candy they then go into cosgrove's car and search for candlejack when Doug's son Aiden
says his name candlejack then appears on the roof of the car but is then tossed off candlejack decided to
follow them by floating in the sky candlejack then uses his magic abilities to flatten the tire of the car they then
meet Groundskeeper Jack who is Doug's dad who then jumps onto candlejack but he then sets him on fire
with his candle killing him upon death he says for them to find Poppy they do so candlejack then uses his
rope to drag Jack underground candlejack then uses his rope to try and grab Doug and the others but they
escape in time candlejack then chases after them luckily they lose him by hiding in a barn just then farmer
Jessie Doug's friend from college he then sees the book and reads with Doug and the others telling not to
say his name he then responds by asking the exact name in the book prompting candlejack to appear and
take him and drag him off screen ounce they come out of the far they find his corpse stuffed with candy
Doug then hears poppy screaming daddy she then follows the voice and finds her and unties her out of
nowhere a corpse stuffed with candy appears it's Jessica candlejack then appears out of nowhere and has an
angry face Doug then tells the others to head to safety where Doug's Neighbor Arthur Macstew then strikes
him down he reveals he is indeed the same one from the Freakazoid show he says that Doug has the same
genes in him as he is a created offspring from Dexter's genes and the pressing of a set of random keys
followed by delete he tells him to run and try to unleash it before candlejack appears he then says aw nuts
candlejack then grabs his rope and tied him to a plank then stuffs him with candy till he is dead killing him
Doug and the others then ran to safety the kids then cry out that it's candlejack candlejack! candlejack then
turns to the audience breaking the fourth wall saying he is gonna need more rope cosgrove then reveals he
has another car and Doug having enough then says the secret word freak out he then turns into a new version
of freakazoid then punches candlejack in the face candlejack is scared out of his wit the res of the family says
it and they starts beating on candlejack making candlejack run off similar to penny wise in the remake of it but
candlejack just won't stay down giving cosgrove the time to give candlejack his weakness pie candlejack then
follows the scent of the pie then tells Doug that he has a life to live and uses his magic abilities to make a cat
appear and put them in said car cosgrove then says candlejacks name and fights him with the pie as
cosgrove then sacrifices his life in a scene referencing the ending to a quiet place but as candlejack is about
to fly off cosgrove then uses his magic abilities to summon a rope of his own to drag them down out of the sky
then land into a dynamite factory where they explode and both die doug then says freak in with a sad tone
followed by his family as doug then drives off but candljeack with a burnt face jumps onto it but then doug then
turns into freakazoid again then uses his telekinesis to stop candlejack in his tracks then lifts him up in the air
then twists his neck killing him he then says freak in and Doug drives with his family into the sunset where
it then cuts to candlejack's body where it is dragged into the water where months later an officer finds the body
then pulls it out and investigates it then sees a book and read the poem where candlejack's rope drags him
into the water killing him hinting that candlejack is still alive as the text candlejack will return appears before
the credits roll
trivia[]
kill count: 7