"They will say that I have shed innocent blood. What's blood for, if not for shedding?"
Candyman (1992)
Directed by Bernard Rose
An effective and underrated mixture of supernatural and urban horror with a surprisingly sympathetic monster. The Candyman of the title is an urban legend about the vengeful spirit of a free black man in the ho was murdered by a lynch mob in the previous century. Evidently, if you say his name 5 times in the mirror he will appear to wreak havoc upon the living. When a grad student played by an excellent Virginia Madsen investigates the legend, she, of course, unleashes a cycle of murder and vengeance.
Tony Todd is menacing and dignified as the hook-handed Candyman. No matter how horrible his actions we are never able to forget the grievous injustice he suffered in his mortal life. Director Bernard Rose provides an eerie, foreboding atmosphere throughout, making particularly good use of the Cabrini Green projects in Chicago as a location.
Good film.
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