CANDYMAN (15) PREVIEW
The hook-handed killer from Clive Barker’s short story
The Forbidden, who can be summoned by saying his name five times into a mirror, slays another day in the fourth film in the series, directed by Nia DaCosta.
Artist Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) and his art gallery director girlfriend Brianna (Teyonah Parris) move into the heavily gentrified
Cabrini Green neighbourhood of Chicago, where the legend of the Candyman (Tony Todd) once struck fear into residents’ hearts.
It has been a long time since the bogeyman cast a shadow over the neighbourhood but long-term residents still shudder at a single mention of his name.
Anthony ignores the dire warnings to plunder the old legend as inspiration for his provocative new exhibition.
By reintroducing Candyman to a generation of social mediaobsessed thrill seekers, the gung-ho artist risks unleashing the murderous spirit in the present day.
In cinemas Friday