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Though it ultimately sacrifices some mystery in the name of gory thrills, Candyman is a nuanced, effectively chilling tale that benefits from an interesting premise and some fine performances.
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If Candyman doesn't live up to its potential, it does fulfill most of the Saturday night requirements. The action is swift, if excessively graphic, and Madsen proves a strong-willed, sympathetic lead. March 4, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
If Candyman doesn't live up to its potential, it does fulfill most of the Saturday night requirements. The action is swift, if excessively graphic, and Madsen proves a strong-willed, sympathetic lead.
Dave Kehr
This Candyman can elicit some bona fide shivers while the picture that bears his name is high-caliber horror in its purest, most primal form. February 26, 2020 | Full Review…
This Candyman can elicit some bona fide shivers while the picture that bears his name is high-caliber horror in its purest, most primal form.
Michael Rechtshaffen
To pull it off would take the utmost artistry and imagination, but writer-director Bernard Rose expends his energy mainly on the easier task of churning up violence and gore for its own sake. February 26, 2020 | Full Review…
To pull it off would take the utmost artistry and imagination, but writer-director Bernard Rose expends his energy mainly on the easier task of churning up violence and gore for its own sake.
Kevin Thomas
Candyman offers a plot riddled with narrative ambiguities that are never fully resolved, all as a spur to the hooked viewer to spread their own take on the Candyman myth, and so to keep it alive. October 29, 2018 | Full Review…
Candyman offers a plot riddled with narrative ambiguities that are never fully resolved, all as a spur to the hooked viewer to spread their own take on the Candyman myth, and so to keep it alive.
Anton Bitel
Candyman is an uppper-register horror item that delivers the requisite shocks and gore but doesn't cheat or cop out. September 17, 2008 | Full Review…
Candyman is an uppper-register horror item that delivers the requisite shocks and gore but doesn't cheat or cop out.
Variety Staff
Like so many post-Val Lewton horror films, this 1992 feature starts out promisingly while the plot is mainly a matter of suggestion, but gradually turns gross and obvious as the meanings become literal and unambiguous. September 17, 2008 | Full Review…
Like so many post-Val Lewton horror films, this 1992 feature starts out promisingly while the plot is mainly a matter of suggestion, but gradually turns gross and obvious as the meanings become literal and unambiguous.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The drama in its story is put before its horror ingredients, making it one of the best films around. It's a psychological horror film with captivating social commentary. March 6, 2020 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…
The drama in its story is put before its horror ingredients, making it one of the best films around. It's a psychological horror film with captivating social commentary.
Preston Barta
The movie soon enough abandons this interesting and original direction, detouring back onto familiar horror movie ground. March 4, 2020 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
The movie soon enough abandons this interesting and original direction, detouring back onto familiar horror movie ground.
Stephen Hunter
While Candyman has a standard ration of supernatural powers, the movie's effects are tame. Nor does Rose exhibit any sense of humor. March 4, 2020 | Full Review…
While Candyman has a standard ration of supernatural powers, the movie's effects are tame. Nor does Rose exhibit any sense of humor.
People Staff
This is primal mythic territory. And the movie has more than its share of junky frights. It's loaded with things that go bump in the night. March 4, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
This is primal mythic territory. And the movie has more than its share of junky frights. It's loaded with things that go bump in the night.
Jeff Simon
Madsen is absolutely terrific, giving a thoughtful and well-shaded performance as the emotionally abandoned heroine, and Rose's bold direction milks every terrifying moment of this compelling and atmospheric movie. March 4, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Madsen is absolutely terrific, giving a thoughtful and well-shaded performance as the emotionally abandoned heroine, and Rose's bold direction milks every terrifying moment of this compelling and atmospheric movie.
Alan Jones
[Helen's] loneliness would almost be pitiful if the film didn't unconsciously juxtapose it against the needs of Candyman himself. And that's exactly the point. February 27, 2020 | Full Review…
[Helen's] loneliness would almost be pitiful if the film didn't unconsciously juxtapose it against the needs of Candyman himself. And that's exactly the point.
Matt Cipolla
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