BOOGEYMAN IN THE MIRROR

PRODUCER JORDAN PEELE AND DIRECTOR NIA DACOSTA REAWAKEN A LEGENDARY FIGURE OF FOLKLORE FOR THE SCREAM SCREEN… CANDYMAN!

BY ANDREA SUBISSATI

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WAYS ONE MIGHT ACHIEVE IMMORTALITY – for vampires, ghosts and ghouls, it’s a perk of their inhumanity, and bards have written songs of heroic conquests since time immemorial. But what of the creatures who linger for generations through superstition, the stories we pass along through hushed word of mouth that turn fact into fairy tale and local lore to urban legend? If history books are written by the victors, these stories are the only surviving accounts of humanity’s ugliest misdeeds, ensuring their lessons don’t fade into obscurity. You might have heard the one about the man with a hook who haunts those bold enough to summon him in a mirror… just as fireside tales get tweaked over time, an all-new Candyman arrives this summer to…

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