Say his name five times staring into a mirror, and he’ll come for you. Fairly quickly, too, as most victims in Candyman (★★☆☆☆) don’t have to wait long before the mythical boogeyman materializes to ...
The first time Candyman, the hook-wielding ghoul, hit the big screen it was 1992 and he was making mincemeat out of people in Cabrini-Green, the troubled public housing development in Chicago. Since ...
DaCosta presents a beautiful, dark film with brilliant cinematography drowning in almost as much social commentary as the gallons of blood spilled, which is very much my shit. But the film trades in ...
In the last few years, I’ve become a big horror movie fan, which has meant playing catchup with films that I was too scared to watch until recently. Add 1992’s “Candyman” to that list. The horror ...
Like the razor blades hidden in the sweets he hands out, the titular villain of “Candyman” offers a surprisingly sharp story about black suffering. Directed by Nia DaCosta as a sequel to the original ...
CHICAGO - Any legend worth its salt resonates across generations, gaining strength and resonance with each new audience. These parables offer our world a larger understanding of what drives us or ...
The first time Candyman, the hook-wielding ghoul, hit the big screen it was 1992 and he was making mincemeat out of people in Cabrini-Green, the troubled public housing development in Chicago. Since ...
Victoria Caister is a journalist based out of Toronto. She's been a writer and a movie nerd for most of her life, with an extra special interest in the horror genre. The latest horror film to overcome ...