4K UHD Review – Candyman

In 2021, "Candyman" was released, which was a sequel to…"Candyman," a 1992 gothic horror feature adapted by writer/director Bernard Rose from a short story by Clive Barker. While stylishly made and thematically purposeful, it wasn't a scary movie, more interested in developing social and racial issues introduced in the original film. What makes Rose's picture at least somewhat commanding is its attention to the power of fear, with the production generating an impressively pressurized viewing experience that pulls scary business from a number of sources, contributing to a fantastically realized nightmare realm at times. The first "Candyman" remains the best in the series (this includes two other sequels), presenting a driving sense of doom that feels genuinely suffocating, with Rose using real-world agony to fuel something sinister, reaching effective points of terror. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com