‘CANDYMAN’

Set mostly in the present day, a decade after the Cabrini towers were torn down, visual artist Anthony (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) and his gallery-director life partner, Brianna (Teyona Parris), live in a luxury loft in the sincegentrified area. With pressure from his art dealer and his creativity stalled, Anthony explores the ugly remnants of the old Cabrini-Green in search of inspiration. After becoming spooked in an old, graffiti-filled dwelling, he learns of the Candyman legend — that this hookhanded neighborhood spirit would materialize and gut you from behind if you dared speak his name five times into a mirror — from a longtime neighborhood resident (Colman Domingo of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Fear the Walking Dead”).

Where: Theaters.

When: Now.

Rated: R for bloody horror violence, and language including some sexual references.

Runtime: 1 hour, 31 minutes. Stars (of four): \*\*/*