If you saw the hypnotic animated teaser trailer for Candyman released last summer — with its stunning shadow puppetry inspired by the silhouette art of Kara Walker, depicting gruesome atrocities committed against Black people — you knew this reboot was going to be distinctive. Director Nia DaCosta, working from a script she wrote with Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld, uses Bernard Rose’s 1992 film as a jumping-off point for bone-chilling horror that expands provocatively on the urban legend of the first film within the context of Black folklore and history, as well as the distorting white narrative that turns Black victims into monsters.
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- 8/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
If you saw the hypnotic animated teaser trailer for Candyman released last summer — with its stunning shadow puppetry inspired by the silhouette art of Kara Walker, depicting gruesome atrocities committed against Black people — you knew this reboot was going to be distinctive. Director Nia DaCosta, working from a script she wrote with Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld, uses Bernard Rose’s 1992 film as a jumping-off point for bone-chilling horror that expands provocatively on the urban legend of the first film within the context of Black folklore and history, as well as the distorting white narrative that turns Black victims into monsters.
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- 8/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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