‘Candyman’ Is Just Not ‘Candyman’ Without Tony Todd
SAY HIS NAME
Universal Pictures
The problem with this fascinating, frustrating remake isn’t that it’s didactic, but that it doesn’t seem to have much interest in being a horror movie.
It’s a philosophical question for the ages: If you make a Candyman movie without letting Tony Todd purr some terrified white woman’s name, imploring her to “be my victim,” have you really made a Candyman movie? Nia DaCosta, who previously directed Tessa
