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  • Candyman’s True Horror Was a Matter of Perspective

    Candyman’s True Horror Was a Matter of Perspective

    Even after you watch the titular boogeyman of director Bernard Rose’s 1992 Candyman tear into victims with his gruesome hook hand, it’s inexplicably tempting to find the nearest mirror and speak his name five times just to see what will happen. Everything about Candyman explains why you shouldn’t do this. And yet there’s something about…