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‘Candyman’ Review Roundup: Critics Call the Slasher ‘Bold’ and ‘Stunning,’ But Also ‘Overstuffed’

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Ethan Shanfeld Nearly 30 years after the vengeful spirit first haunted the big screen in 1992, the Candyman is back.Serving as a “spiritual sequel” to the original supernatural slasher of the same name, Nia DaCosta’s “Candyman” — written by recent horror darling Jordan Peele — was met with mostly positive reviews.Read some highlights of what critics are saying below:Variety’s Owen Gleiberman:But now “Candyman” has been remade, by the director Nia DaCosta (I’m pleased to report that Tony Todd is back — he looks a little bit older, and a lot more venerable in his grin of unspeakable pain), and what she has done is to make a horror movie that has its share of enthralling shocks, but one that’s rooted in a richer meditation on the social.

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