Candyman (2021)
Directed by Nia DaCosta
A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.
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Later, the director pays homage to the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup , molding Groucho’s famous mirror scene into something much more sinister, and then quickly pivots to an external point-of-view focus that reflects on Hitchcock’s Rear Window .
Another kill unfolds brilliantly behind a condo’s large windows as the camera pulls farther and farther away — like a nod to Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954), the screen fills with windows, buildings, and lives in progress, but only one features a crimson spray.
The Bone Temple feels like another for-hire franchise job in the same vein as The Marvels and Candyman, where she mainly functions to serve the established mold of a series needing to meet particular obligations.
Nia DaCosta (who brilliantly rebooted the cult horror Candyman in 2021)…
The Candyman/Hedda filmmaker understands the assignment in a big way…
…this time it’s “Candyman” horror wiz Nia DaCosta…
Danny Boyle hands over directing duties to Nia DaCosta (Candyman) for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple…
DaCosta, best known for the 2021 Candyman sequel (or infamously for directing 2023’s The Marvels, Marvel’s lowest-grossing film), injects fresh blood into the franchise.
Think Nia Dacosta’s Candyman or Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man – different world, different approaches, potential big bucks.
“Scary Movie 6” touches on “M3GAN,” “Smile,” “Candyman,” “Longlegs,” “The Substance,” “Sinners,” “Get Out,” “Weapons,” and more…
…playing off movies that include Get Out, Longlegs, The Substance, M3GAN, Terrifier, Smile, Candyman, It Follows, Weapons and even Michael…
…so nods to Terrifier, Sinners, Get Out, Weapons, Longlegs, M3GAN, Candyman, The Substance, and Nosferatu…