What 2021's Candyman lacks in gore, it makes up for by depicting true trauma. Read our review of the movie.

DaCosta and co-writers Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld update and rethink the material in provocative ways

Despite the talent in front of and behind the camera, the new Candyman misses the mark.

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

Our Candyman review looks at Nia DaCosta's new take on the classic horror movie franchise, which updates the subject matter for a new generation.

Co-written by Jordan Peele, the horror movie sequel has a potent political message.

Director Nia DaCosta deepens the 1992 cult slasher movie by updating it to our own days of rage.

Nia DaCosta’s take on the 1992 horror classic finds new depths in an urban legend but drowns in its own innovation.

Having been barely a teenager when the original Candyman premiered in 1992, even I knew it would be a groundbreaking film. Horror, specifically the slasher genre, was usually very "White-centric," with maybe one Black guy or girl who would get killed in the beginning. We were given iconic villains like Freddy Kruger, Jason Voorhees, and Michael Myers

“Candyman” juggles quite a lot in creating a sequel to an almost 30-year-old movie – an even tougher feat when one hand is a hook. The result is a thought-provoking contemplation on racial injustice through the prism of horror.

Gone is the alluring entanglement of erotics and fright of the original Candyman; this 2021 revisioning replaces it with flat characters limply stumbling over a script intent on hitting us over the head with its social commentary

"Candyman" demands to be seen on a large screen as Nia DaCosta wants you to peer into the frame and makes looking for details an unsettling notion.

Nia DaCosta delivers a scary – and scarily topical – update of the ’90s slasher flicks

Nia DaCosta’s reboot/sequel to the 1992 movie 'Candyman' stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and gives meaning to the horrors of a ghetto built on white supremacy.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II plays a Chicago painter whose sudden obsession with the urban legend Candyman jolts his canvases to life.

If you’re looking for a shuddery frightfest that’s as smart as it’s scary, head over to "Candyman," now in theaters from Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw productions.

At the time of its October 1992 release, I wrote thefollowing about the original Candyman (which was directed by BernardRose based on a story by Clive Barker): “Candyman is one of the mostintelligent and chilling movies to grace the screen in a ...

This sequel to the horror classic is a blood-soaked treatment of the United States’ racial tensions

Toss in some profoundly gross body horror plus a satisfying ending that nicely closes out its thesis statement, and we have the makings of a fun, thought-provoking time at the movies.

2021's "Candyman" movie, in theaters and HBO Max, maintains the themes from the 1992 original, but makes them clearer, bolder and more exciting.

Richard Brody reviews “Candyman,” a new horror film directed by Nia DaCosta and starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Brian King, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Kyle Kaminsky, Michael Hargrove, Colman Domingo, Rebecca Spence, Tony Todd, Christiana Clark, and Vanessa Williams.