Alex thinks Cinderella deserves a "good try" stamp, Candyman is a massive step forward for cinema and Kevin Can F**k Himself is an enormously creative and en...

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 pro...

A new Candyman reconsiders the bogeyman

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Teyonah Parris star in the 2021 "Candyman" horror movie from Jordan Peele and Nia DaCosta. Coming to theaters, not HBO Max.

Bernard Rose’s adaptation of Clive Barker’s “The Forbidden” unleashed an enduring boogeyman and horror icon almost thirty years ago. One with a darkl...

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

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

Worthy successor to 1992 horror classic combines traditional GOTCHA! moments with running themes about urban legends, institutional racism and social class w...

The reboot of the 1992 cult classic pays homage to the original while moving away from trauma porn.

While the trailer suggests the reboot Universal Studios wishes this one were, instead of the one it is, co-writer and director Nia DaCosta has made her own k...

“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 thou...

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

The horror film's final minutes are a catharsis in cinematic storytelling, as well as an expert commentary on the issues of policing in America.

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

“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 thou...

Yahya Abdul‑Mateen II stars in Nia DaCosta's modern take on the 1992 horror classic. Read the Empire review.

The long-delayed Candyman sequel comes with a shiny updated pedigree, but the movie doesn't really find its more-than-body-horror groove in the end.

Candyman's sharp social commentary and slick genre trappings make for thought-provoking entertainment, even if it never entirely hooks you.

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 pro...

The rising star plays a contemporary Chicago artist whose fascination with an urban legend leads him down a terrifying path in Nia DaCosta's reboot, co-writt...

This "spiritual sequel" to the 1992 film artfully weaves together supernatural-powered genre chills with some decidedly real-world truths.

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

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

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Lael Loewenstein review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

...confused in almost exactly the way that the first film was.

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.

And ‘Candyman’ is a powerful #BLM new take on a classic horror film; but ‘Cinderella,’ we need to talk.

Nia DaCosta’s reimagining of the cult classic explores the dangers of making art about pain.

Nia DaCosta’s new film expands the urban legend to encompass probing themes of racial politics and historical memory.

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

The new take on the 1990s cult horror film returns the story to its old stomping ground, this time with Jordan Peele as a producer.

‘Candyman’ is a genre movie with all the blood-and-gore horror thrills you want. The emotional resonance and thematic depth is an added bonus.

It’s cluttered, preachy, and not nearly scary enough

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...

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-pro...

The triumph of Nia DaCosta’s “Candyman” is the sense of occasion the director and her co-writer/producer Jordan Peele bring to this reboot. This is hor...

Director Nia DaCosta's 'Candyman' stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Teyonah Parris as Anthony and Brianna. Our review of horror remake.

Anthony (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) should be about to hit the big-time in the art world. Having had his first solo show straight of of art school, he's foun...

This elegant sequel to the 1992 original boasts a multi-layered, astute script.

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.

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

Despite its earned cult-classic status, Bernard Rose's Candyman isn't without fault. His transposing Clive Barker's short story "The Forbidden" from a Britis...

Gone is the alluring entanglement of erotics and fright of the original Candyman; this 2021 revisioning replaces it with flat characters limply stumbling ove...

★★★★☆Nia DaCosta, the former director of TV’s Top Boy, graduates to movie-making heavyweight with this gloriously crafted and politically formida...

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

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

’Candyman’ is crystal clear on its central metaphor; but much less so on who is killing and why.

Nia DaCosta's modern social horror reimagining of the 1990s classic 'Candyman' expands the mythology and acts as allegory to cycle of racial violence.

Nia DaCosta’s reworking of the 1992 horror film, written with Win Rosenfeld and Jordan Peele, is both overly didactic and muddled.

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

Nia DaCosta and Jordan Peele’s horror sequel gravely misunderstands the allure of the original and has nothing meaningful to say on its own.