reimagining

Candyman has been gone for a long time. Almost 30 years ago, the ghostly urban legend became a modern day myth in the original 1992 film from Bernard Rose and Clive Barker—cutting up inner-city Chicago one bad game of “Bloody Mary” at a time. Yet it’s been more than two decades since he last appeared in one of that classic’s lesser sequels, and for some, that might be reason enough to finally utter the words “Candyman” five times into a mirror. If you’ve watched the new Candyman trailer though, you know that would be a deadly mistake. Indeed, the hook-handed killer never really left us.…