Before ‘Get Out,’ There Was ‘Candyman’ – The Ringer

The urban legend about the hook-handed terror was a radical, sophisticated examination of race, history, and love that feels as powerful and essential today as when it was released more than 25 years ago
— Read on www.theringer.com/movies/2018/10/4/17933940/candyman-get-out-race-horror

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