Candyman review: A lot to say, but not enough scares holding it all together
metroweekly.comCandyman (★★☆☆☆) don’t have to wait long before the mythical boogeyman materializes to dig his hook into whomever should be so bold as to summon him.Historically speaking, and as one character aptly puts it, “Black people don’t need to be summoning shit.” As the film asserts, Black folks have suffered enough pain and degradation over centuries without conjuring up a phantom murderer just for kicks.
But, as the film also avers, it’s precisely that bone-deep pain — born of the violence of slavery, massacres, lynching, and inequality — that has created the Candyman, or a need for him.A specter who haunts stories passed down through generations, he might dwell within the walls of the Chicago housing project he terrorized for years, or be merely.
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