Candyman 2021

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 91 min

genre: action

theme: slasher

director: Nia DaCosta

Score: 5 / 10

Candyman is a 2021 supernatural slasher film directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, and DaCosta. The film is a direct sequel to the 1992 film of the same name and the fourth film in the Candyman film series, based on the short story "The Forbidden" by Clive Barker. The film stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, and Colman Domingo with Vanessa Williams, Virginia Madsen, and Tony Todd reprising their roles from the original film.

Plot

In 1977 at Chicago's Cabrini–Green housing projects, a young boy witnesses the killing of Sherman Fields, a homeless African American man with a hook for a hand. Suspected of giving a white child a razor blade in a piece of candy, Sherman is beaten to death by police but later proven innocent.

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author	Jordan Peele Nia DaCosta Win Rosenfeld
contentLocation	Chicago
director	Nia DaCosta
editor	Catrin Hedström
events	artist collective trauma Racism against Black Americans revenge
genre	action animation horror
keywords	abandon african american man anthony crawford baby beaten to death bee sting black men bloodshed cabrini–green cabrini–green homes candyman fugue state george stinney hate crime helen lyle hook for a hand housing project intimidate james byrd jr. joke kidnap kill killing spree laundromat learn lynching of anthony crawford murder murder of james byrd jr. mutilate obsess paint poisoned candy myths razor blade razor blade in a piece of candy self-service laundry shadow puppet shoot summon suspect urban legend vengeful spirit witness tampering young boy
musicBy	Lichens
producer	Ian Cooper Jordan Peele Win Rosenfeld
productionCompany	Bron Studios Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Monkeypaw Productions Universal Pictures
publisher	Universal Pictures
recordedAt	Chicago
theme	sequel slasher