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Candyman
Directed by
Nia DaCosta
Produced by Jordan Peele, Ian Cooper, and Win Rosenfeld
Screenplay by Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, and Nia DaCosta Based on the screenplay by Bernard Rose Based on the novel The Forbidden by Clive Barker
Produced by Jordan Peele, Ian Cooper, and Win Rosenfeld
Screenplay by Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, and Nia DaCosta Based on the screenplay by Bernard Rose Based on the novel The Forbidden by Clive Barker
With:
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, Kyle Kaminsky, Vanessa Williams, Brian King, Miriam Moss, Rebecca Spence, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Christiana Clark, Michael Hargrove, Virginia Madsen, and Tony Todd
Cinematography:
John Guleserian
Editing: Catrin Hedström
Music: Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
Editing: Catrin Hedström
Music: Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
Runtime:
91 min
Release Date: 27 August 2021
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 27 August 2021
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Nia DaCosta's update of the urban-legend horror series is a rare example of the 30-years-later-sequel phenom that not only stands on its own while making smart connections to the original film, it actually improves on Bernard Rose’s 1992 adaptation of the Clive Barker tale. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II stars as a Chicago artist who finds inspiration, success, and destruction when he digs into the complex past of his gentrified neighborhood, unknowingly unleashing a wave of long-repressed violence. Stylishly directed but lacks the bite of a great socio-political horror classic.