2021 · horror · thriller
Candyman
Directed by Nia DaCosta1h 31m2021
A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.
Our read: Candyman (2021) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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