In 1992, CANDYMAN managed to smuggle some surprisingly scary horror past audience defenses on the back of a harmless kids' game: saying
"Candyman" into a mirror. (10 years later, THE RING would pull the same sort of trick.) Today, 30 years later, the trick is probably too old,
so this new outing elects to saddle light-fingered community myth with heavy-handed social archetype. The new production is, in virtually
every respect, quite handsome, but its scary edge is, well, dull. Only minimally recommended.
On 12/5/2021 10:23 AM, moviePig wrote:
In 1992, CANDYMAN managed to smuggle some surprisingly scary horror
past audience defenses on the back of a harmless kids' game: saying
"Candyman" into a mirror. (10 years later, THE RING would pull the
same sort of trick.) Today, 30 years later, the trick is probably too
old, so this new outing elects to saddle light-fingered community myth
with heavy-handed social archetype. The new production is, in
virtually every respect, quite handsome, but its scary edge is, well,
dull. Only minimally recommended.
Bernard Rose directed some great movies, "Candyman" either being the
best or second best. They only thing I had against the original is that having grown up in Chicago it would have been better off it was actually filmed there but that's a minor quibble. I haven't seen a need to see
the new one, as it just seems it's part of a trend to rehash old horror movies for Gen Z or whatever it is they're on now.
In 1992, CANDYMAN managed to smuggle some surprisingly scary horror past audience defenses on the back of a harmless kids' game: saying
"Candyman" into a mirror. (10 years later, THE RING would pull the same
sort of trick.) Today, 30 years later, the trick is probably too old,
so this new outing elects to saddle light-fingered community myth with heavy-handed social archetype. The new production is, in virtually
every respect, quite handsome, but its scary edge is, well, dull. Only minimally recommended.
On Sunday, 5 December 2021 at 11:23:18 UTC-5, pwal...@moviepig.com wrote:
In 1992, CANDYMAN managed to smuggle some surprisingly scary horror past
audience defenses on the back of a harmless kids' game: saying
"Candyman" into a mirror. (10 years later, THE RING would pull the same
sort of trick.) Today, 30 years later, the trick is probably too old,
so this new outing elects to saddle light-fingered community myth with
heavy-handed social archetype. The new production is, in virtually
every respect, quite handsome, but its scary edge is, well, dull. Only
minimally recommended.
The ominousness of Cabrini-Green, the idea of the near vacantness mixed with the presence of unfriendlies added to the feeling of the whole movie.
It played into the theory that public housing has a very finite lifespan before crime, neglect and dilapidation sentence it to the wrecking ball.
The sexuality of a white blond with a dominating black man (ghost or otherwise) is a Hollywood porn trope, but it worked to good effect in that movie.
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