Candyman. (Now playing in theaters.) It’s been nearly three decades since audiences were first introduced to the ghoulish figure, who in the original '90s film takes form after being summoned by an inquisitive grad student.
In director Bernard Rose’s version, the story begins with tales of the monstrous spirit that explains the havoc being inflicted on Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing project.
Years later, the devastation caused by the urban legend remains, but the true culprit of that destruction is up for debate.DaCosta’s reimagining takes the exploration of class and race highlighted in the earlier film and dials it up several notches.
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