The Soundtrack to Nia DaCosta’s ‘Candyman’ Goes Up for Pre-Order from Waxwork Records This Friday

The movie is releasing in theaters this weekend and if you dig the score to Nia DaCosta’s new sequel Candyman, you won’t have to wait very long to get your hands on it. Waxwork Records has announced today that they’ll be putting the film’s official soundtrack by Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe up for pre-order tomorrow, […]

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Examining the Urban Legends That Inspired ‘Candyman’

From the moment that the very first humans settled in the very first city, they were already sharing scary stories. What we now know as urban legends are simply the natural progression of a primal urge to make sense of society’s fears, a fact that Clive Barker was aware of when he wrote The Forbidden, […]

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[Review] Nia DaCosta’s ‘Candyman’ Is a Bold Reclamation of Legacy and Legend

Bernard Rose’s adaptation of Clive Barker’s “The Forbidden” unleashed an enduring boogeyman and horror icon almost thirty years ago. One with a darkly romantic and tragic history. Director Nia DaCosta’s Candyman returns to Cabrini-Green to reexamine the eponymous character’s legend and legacy, expanding its scale. It’s an ambitious and haunting reclamation realized by DaCosta’s bold vision, blending […]

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Actors Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Teyonah Parris Talk ‘Candyman’ Legacy and ‘The Fly’ Influence

Last year, Candyman director Nia DaCosta revealed in a discussion at the Nightstream Film Festival that she encouraged her cast and crew to watch David Cronenberg’s The Fly for its body horror elements. Body horror would play a significant role, she said, in her spiritual sequel. Bloody Disgusting recently participated in a press conference with Candyman stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Teyonah Parris to learn […]

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Nia DaCosta Talks ‘Candyman’ – The Score, The Gore, and the Franchise’s “Darkly Romantic” Monster [Interview]

One of the year’s most anticipated horror releases is finally arriving this Friday, August 27, in theaters. Nia DaCosta‘s Candyman, co-written by Jordan Peele, returns to Cabrini-Green and resurrects the urban legend in a wholly new way, acting as a spiritual sequel to Bernard Rose’s beloved 1992 film. The marketing curiously teases a Candyman “hive,” but what about the […]

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Saying ‘Candyman’ Five Times into Your Microphone Unlocks Final Trailer on the Movie’s Official Website

A brand new official website for Nia DaCosta‘s Candyman has been launched this week, and with it comes a dare. Say his name… five times… into your computer’s microphone. Found at IDareYou.CandymanMovie.com, the website utilizes your microphone to allow you to summon Candyman, and saying his name five times unlock the film’s final trailer. Mind […]

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New Clip from ‘Candyman’ Retells the Origin Story of Tony Todd’s Daniel Robitaille [Video]

Universal Pictures just released a great 20-minute chat about “The Impact of Black Horror” in promotion of Nia DaCosta‘s Candyman, featuring insights from star Colman Domingo as well as trauma psychotherapist Dr. Wendy Ashley, BEAM founder Yolo Akili Robinson, Confess Project founder Lorenzo Lewis, and horror author and professor Tananarive Due. In addition to their […]

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Say His Name: Interactive ‘Candyman’ Popup Challenge Experience Coming to Chicago This Weekend!

On the road to next weekend’s release of Nia DaCosta‘s Candyman (August 27), we’ve learned that a special popup experience is coming to Chicago, Illinois this weekend. The “Say it. I Dare You!” challenge is an interactive pop-up experience that invites guests to enter a dark room where they are challenged to stand in front […]

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‘Candyman’ Featurette Spotlights the Art and Artists Featured in Nia DaCosta’s Sequel [Video]

The lead character of Nia DaCosta‘s Candyman is Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), a painter who, like Helen Lyle in the original classic, is drawn into the legend of Candyman. A new featurette from Universal today spotlights some of the artists who contributed their work to the film, including Arnold Kemp, Cameron Spratley, and Sherwin […]

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New Clip from Next Week’s ‘Candyman’ Makes Reference to Virginia Madsen’s Helen Lyle!

“Helen Lyle was out here looking for Candyman. I say she found him…” Tickets are now on sale for Nia DaCosta‘s Candyman, which is headed to theaters in just over one week on August 27, 2021. While you wait, a new clip from the new movie has been unleashed today, and this one is particularly interesting because it represents […]

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‘Candyman’: Watch Anthony “Say His Name” in First Clips! [Video]

We’re just two weeks away from Nia DaCosta‘s upcoming Candyman, which looks to breathe new life into the franchise that was birthed from a short story by Clive Barker. The film is a direct sequel to the 1992 horror classic and this time stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Anthony, an aspiring artist living in a luxury loft […]

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[Image] Michael Hargrove is Candyman “Sherman Fields” in Nia DaCosta’s Sequel

It would seem that one of new additions to the mythology in Nia DaCosta‘s upcoming Candyman is that the titular moniker doesn’t just describe a single character, but rather, as the trailers have been suggesting, “the whole damn hive.” In other words, there’s more than one “Candyman” at play here, including one character we’ve seen […]

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‘Candyman’: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Vanessa Williams and More Tease This Month’s Franchise Relaunch [Video]

We recently shared Candyman interviews with both director Nia DaCosta and co-writer/producer Jordan Peele, and today we’ve got some more video chats to share with you. The videos you’ll find below feature interview snippets with stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Vanessa Williams, Teyonah Parris, and Colman Domingo, as well as producer Ian Cooper. The cast talks […]

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‘Candyman’: Nia DaCosta Talks Daniel Robitaille and the Social Relevance of the Candyman Legend [Video]

With Nia DaCosta‘s franchise relaunch Candyman finally coming to theaters on August 27, 2021, Bloody Disgusting has been provided with a series of video interviews that shed some new light on the film this week. We had previously shared a chat with co-writer/producer Jordan Peele, and now we’ve got some insights directly from director Nia […]

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