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Candyman we dare you to say his name five times Helen Lyle is a student writing a thesis on Urban myths who comes across the story of The Candyman. Following the stories to a run down housing project, Helen becomes increasingly embroiled in a series of disturbing events surround this legend I'm no horror officianado, but I always really liked this film. There were enough twists and turns to keep me guessing, but more than that it always came across as a pretty dignified and thoughtful take on the "supernatural monster gonna kill you!" genre. The housing project is a fantastic setting as the everyday horror of poverty and violence is juxtaposed with the supernatural horrors of the Candyman. It also brings in the classic move of the protagonists sanity being questioned both by her and those around her, distrust and paranoia really ramping up the tension. Props have to go out to Philip Glass for a marvellously atmospheric and haunting score that plays on a strange melancholia and wistfullness rather than just crashing in with bombastic thriller type music.
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