Candyman

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Candyman

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Released Aug 27, 2021

1h 31m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini-Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, easily summoned by those daring to repeat his name five times into a mirror. In present day, a decade after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down, visual artist Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II; HBO's Watchmen, Us) and his partner, gallery director Brianna Cartwright (Teyonah Parris; If Beale Street Could Talk, The Photograph), move into a luxury loft condo in Cabrini, now gentrified beyond recognition and inhabited by upwardly mobile millennials. With Anthony's painting career on the brink of stalling, a chance encounter with a Cabrini-Green old-timer (Colman Domingo; HBO's Euphoria, Assassination Nation) exposes Anthony to the tragically horrific nature of the true story behind Candyman. Anxious to maintain his status in the Chicago art world, Anthony begins to explore these macabre details in his studio as fresh grist for paintings, unknowingly opening a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifying wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny.

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Critics Consensus

Candyman takes an incisive, visually thrilling approach to deepening the franchise's mythology -- and terrifying audiences along the way.

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Audience Says

The 2021 Candyman may not be as scary as the original, but it expands the story in ways that fans of the franchise should enjoy.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

Nia DaCosta and Jordan Peele imbue the horror cult classic with political dimensions that are poignant and darkly comic by turns.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 23, 2024

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Niela Orr

BuzzFeed News

Viewers of the new Candyman movie get overblown discourse instead of genuine horror.

Dec 17, 2021

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Lea Anderson

Bitch Media

Instead of projecting the monster onto an outside other, that gaze is directed inward and outward simultaneously... Fear of the monster is fear of one's own tail, one's own reflection.

Oct 20, 2021

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Annlee Ellingson

CineWomen

Nia DaCosta’s direct sequel to the 1992 original, itself based on a Clive Barker story, is plenty scary with horrors imagined and real.

Jul 28, 2024

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Sarah Vincent

Cambridge Day

But reframing the legend as a vengeful specter instead of Tony Todd’s romantic, Byronic icon inadvertently erases Anthony’s agency and individuality, and glosses over how Candyman terrorizes his community.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 16, 2023

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Zach Pope

Zach Pope Reviews

The film keeps you on edge the entire way through with its different strains of Horror, Body, Psychological, & Slasher! The film might be too short & rushed but its journey was an impressive one

Jul 26, 2023

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canyman aint

Growing up as a kid from Chicago I was terrified of handyman but this movie doesn’t give me that same feeling of nostalgia and fear I felt many years ago

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/19/24

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Carl G

It was cool so far from the original though but still a great showing!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/20/24

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Amanda F

Great addition to the franchise

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/06/24

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l.williams13

great movie and look at the real life issues

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/22

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Ezi A

Wasn't scary enough to qualify as a horror movie and wasn't interesting enough to serve as a commentary on race like it attempted to.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/18/21

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Lennell S

not enough action could have been better but it's a ok movie

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/17/21

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Anthony McCoy

Teyonah Parris

Brianna Cartwright

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

Troy Cartwright

Colman Domingo

William Burke

Kyle Kaminsky

Grady Greenberg

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Synopsis

For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini-Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, easily summoned by those daring to repeat his name five times into a mirror. In present day, a decade after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down, visual artist Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II; HBO's Watchmen, Us) and his partner, gallery director Brianna Cartwright (Teyonah Parris; If Beale Street Could Talk, The Photograph), move into a luxury loft condo in Cabrini, now gentrified beyond recognition and inhabited by upwardly mobile millennials. With Anthony's painting career on the brink of stalling, a chance encounter with a Cabrini-Green old-timer (Colman Domingo; HBO's Euphoria, Assassination Nation) exposes Anthony to the tragically horrific nature of the true story behind Candyman. Anxious to maintain his status in the Chicago art world, Anthony begins to explore these macabre details in his studio as fresh grist for paintings, unknowingly opening a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifying wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny.

Director: Nia DaCosta
Producer: Ian Cooper, Win Rosenfeld, Jordan Peele
Screenwriter: Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Nia DaCosta
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Monkeypaw Productions, Universal Pictures, BRON Creative, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rating: R (Language|Bloody Horror Violence|Some Sexual References)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 27, 2021, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA): $61.2M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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