Do NOT say his name … unless of course you want hell unleashed on yourself! Then go right ahead and say it five times in a row while starring in a mirror. Candyman (oops, just said his name … stops writing to look around) has unveiled its first trailer from MGM and for fans of the original early 90s horror classic in for a treat.
If you don’t recall, Candyman featured actor Tony Todd and his bad ass self as a horror character that was indelible. He had a hook for a hand and a penchant for bees. He’s back for more …
Candyman 2020 is directed by Nia DaCosta (Little Woods — which you all should run out and see!) and takes place in the same Chi-Town neighborhood as the first film in the series. There were two initial sequels, 1995’s Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh and four years later landed Candyman: Day of the Dead.
The ensemble features Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo, and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett. In a striking move, Virginia Madsen is not back in this film, and is replaced by Chicago P.D.’s Cassie Kramer.
Look for Candyman, only in theaters on June 12. Check out the synopsis below:
For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, easily summoned by those daring to repeat his name five times into a mirror. In present day, a decade after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down, visual artist Anthony McCoy (Abdul-Mateen II) and his girlfriend, gallery director Brianna Cartwright (Parris), move into a luxury loft condo in Cabrini, now gentrified beyond recognition and inhabited by upwardly mobile Millennials.
With Anthony’s painting career on the brink of stalling, a chance encounter with a Cabrini Green old-timer (Domingo) exposes Anthony to the tragically horrific nature of the true story behind Candyman. Anxious to maintain his status in the Chicago art world, Anthony begins to explore these macabre details in his studio as fresh grist for paintings, unknowingly opening a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifyingly viral wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny.