The 90's are considered lean times for horror movies. Remembering the lessons of 1988's Child's Play, however, the people that set their movie in Chicago actually made some good films.
Candyman takes place in the same setting as Good Times, Cabrini–Green:
Which explains that episode where J.J. is shot by a sniper. The titular character in Candyman is played by the guy who played Ben in the Night of the Living Dead remake. It stars Virginia Madsen who, briefly, was going to be a star after Sideways. Wha happa? Somehow it has a score by Philip Glass. The movie is based on the Bloody Mary in the Mirror legend. What a perfect time to drink Bloody Marys!
Both movies have talented writers. Candyman has Clive Barker, Stir of Echoes has Richard Matheson who wrote Duel, I Am Legend (the book) and, oddly, Jaws 3-D. Hypnosis figures significantly into the plot and Virginia Madsen says that she was hypnotized during some scenes in Candyman. Chicagoans love to be induced into imaginative role-enactment by decreased peripheral awareness. How-dee.
Here's what happened last week:
can you believe that I have never seen Candyman? So sad. Actually I have never seen Stir of Echoes either, but I'm less sad about that.
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to see Stir of Echoes again. I remember it being a great balance of good and ridiculous.
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