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By Okla Jones (5) for Consequence (296) on 25 Aug 2021

Candyman pays homage to the original, while still maintaining its uniqueness with a fresh and provocative plot…

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By Leslie Byron Pitt (3) for The Playlist (3,871) on 25 Aug 2021

DaCosta’s continuation of the “Candyman” saga becoming not only fascinating but terrifying in how even the events of the first time are…

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By Siddhant Adlakha (174) for IGN (1,013) on 25 Aug 2021

Nia DaCosta’s slow-burn sequel makes Candyman feel vital, both building on and course-correcting the movies in the series that came before it…

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By Brandon Katz (25) for Observer (1,042) on 25 Aug 2021

Candyman feels like a reclamation project of sorts…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 25 Aug 2021

From the opening moments of Nia DaCosta’s gory yet strikingly beautiful and socially relevant “Candyman,” it’s clear we’re in for…

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By Odie Henderson (402) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 25 Aug 2021

Candyman caters to fans of the original without sacrificing its own vision and story…

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By Mark Kennedy (184) for The Associated Press (882) on 25 Aug 2021

DaCosta can make a stroll down a well-lit, modern and clean hallway somehow creepy. This is confident, smart filmmaking…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 25 Aug 2021

This is horror with grandeur, a movie that pays homage to history and feels so of-the-moment as to seem fresh out of the lab...Candyman, the…

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By Jared Mobarak (867) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 25 Aug 2021

The filmmakers utilize Rose’s intent with Barker’s story and run with it to find the most terrifying, resonate, and scathing conclusion…

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By Kate Erbland (681) for IndieWire (3,631) on 25 Aug 2021

While DaCosta ably toys with the usual genre trappings — jump scares, things that go bump in the night, eye-popping gore — the filmmaker,…

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By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 25 Aug 2021

While the kills, perpetrated by a being mostly just seen in mirrors, are sometimes a bit too obfuscated by their gimmick to be viscerally satisfying,…

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By Amon Warmann (68) for Time Out (7,510) on 25 Aug 2021

It helps that Candyman is exquisitely shot. Right from the first frame, DaCosta is always doing something interesting with the camera…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 25 Aug 2021

We don’t need to continually revisit every horror movie ever made. How many versions of “Friday the 13th” are we up to? Too many…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 25 Aug 2021

Director Nia DaCosta’s follow-up is both bitingly satiric and elegantly suspenseful, illustrating how race and class still bedevil modern…

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By Chris Evangelista (306) for Slashfilm (971) on 25 Aug 2021

A dark, ominous undercurrent runs through Candyman, signaling Nia DaCosta as a filmmaker with a firm, unique grasp on the genre…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 25 Aug 2021

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…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for TheWrap (3,203) on 25 Aug 2021

DaCosta uses a range of thoughtfully considered media to shape their already-sharp script; the film’s violence is equally startling whether…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 25 Aug 2021

This film is a very tasty confection of satire and scorn…

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By Keith Watson (196) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 25 Aug 2021

Candyman doesn’t merely note the connection between fear and remembrance, it also interrogates it from every possible angle…

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By Anya Stanley (15) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 25 Aug 2021

The Candyman of 2021 represents more than he did three decades ago—indeed, more than a 91-minute movie can adequately explore…

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