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PCS summons Tony Todd’s Candyman with 1:3 scale collectible statue

August 21, 2023 by Amie Cranswick

Sideshow and PCS has revealed the 1:3 scale Candyman statue which is based on the likeness of Tony Todd as the iconic horror villain in the 1992 cult classic Candyman. Limited to 300 pieces, it is available to pre-order now, priced at $1,305; check it out here… Premium Collectibles Studio presents the Candyman 1:3 Scale […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Toys Tagged With: Candyman, PCS Collectibles, Sideshow Collectibles, Tony Todd

The Films of 1992: A Great Year For Movies

November 1, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe ventures back 30 years to 1992, a year full of breakouts, action spectacle, iconic soundtracks and more… In my retrospective delve into the year of 1982, I boldly claimed that it might have been the greatest year of film ever. As I thrust my time machine forward a decade, I wandered the cinematic […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Aladdin, Alien 3, Army of Darkness, Basic Instinct, Batman Returns, Blackbelt, Bloodfist III, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Candyman, Death Becomes Her, El Mariachi, Encino Man, Final Impact, Hard Boiled, Honeymoon in Vegas, Illicit Behaviour, Lady Dragon, Last of the Mohicans, Liars Edge, Mission of Justice, Mo Money, My Cousin Vinny, nemesis, Out for Blood, Passenger 57, Rage and Honor, Sexual Response, Single White Female, Sister Act, Sleepwalkers, Split Second, Stay Tuned, Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot, Supercop, Talons of the Eagle, The Bodyguard, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The Lawnmower Man, The Mighty Ducks, The Player, The Swordsman, Trespass, Twin Dragons, Under Siege, Universal Soldier, Wayne's World, White Men Can't Jump

10 Horror Film Scores to Enjoy Over Halloween

October 30, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

Hasitha Fernando presents a selection of horror film scores to enjoy over Halloween… With All Hallows Eve a creeping round the corner, ‘tis the perfect opportunity to look back at a few film scores which have gone on to define the modern-day horror film. More than films in other genres when it comes to horror, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Hasitha Fernando, Movies Tagged With: A Candle for the Devil, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Candyman, halloween, Hellraiser, Jaws, Psycho, the omen, The Thing

The Film and TV Reboot Explosion

September 27, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at a current explosion of reboots in film and TV, with many from properties no one remembers anyway… The idea of a reboot isn’t exactly unfamiliar. Hollywood is on a very well worn trail that is littered with remakes, reboots, sequels, whatever you want to call them. Some might say Hollywood has […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Television, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Candyman, Charlie's Angels, Eraser, Flight of the Navigator, He's All That, Nighthawks, Point Break, She's All That, The Hitcher, Turner and Hooch

Candyman 1992 vs Candyman 2021

September 6, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at the original Candyman and the new Nia DaCosta directed reboot/sequel. Which reigns supreme? Spoilers follow… In the early 1990s, maybe a year or two after the release of Bernard Rose’s hit horror classic Candyman, I watched as a preteen who had already become well versed in the kind of horror films […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bernard Rose, Candyman, Jordan Peele, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Nia DaCosta, Phillip Glass, Teyonah Parris, Tony Todd, Vanessa Williams, Virginia Madsen, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Movie Review – Candyman (2021)

August 26, 2021 by Matt Rodgers

Candyman, 2021. Directed by Nia DaCosta. Starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, Kyle Kaminsky, Vanessa Williams, Rebecca Spence, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Brian King and Miriam Moss. SYNOPSIS: A “spiritual sequel” to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighbourhood where the legend began. As the camera glides through […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Brian King, Candyman, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Colman Domingo, Jordan Peele, Kyle Kaminsky, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Nia DaCosta, Rebecca Spence, Teyonah Parris, Tony Todd, Vanessa Williams, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Movie Review – Candyman (2021)

August 25, 2021 by Robert Kojder

Candyman. 2021 Directed by Nia DaCosta Starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Tony Todd, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, Vanessa Williams, Cassie Kramer, Rebecca Spence, Kyle Kaminsky, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Cedric Mays, Christiana Clark, Brian King, Pamela Jones, Miriam Moss, Mark Montgomery, Genesis Denise Hale, Rodney L Jones III, Hannah Love Jones, Heidi Grace Engerman, and Virginia […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Brian King, Candyman, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, cassie kramer, Cedric Mays, Christiana Clark, Colman Domingo, Genesis Denise Hale, Hannah Love Jones, Heidi Grace Engerman, Jordan Peele, Kyle Kaminsky, Mark Montgomery, Miriam Moss, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Nia DaCosta, Pamela Jones, Rebecca Spence, Rodney L Jones III, Teyonah Parris, Tony Todd, Vanessa Williams, Virginia Madsen, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Candyman is summoned in clips from new horror

August 19, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

Two new clips have been released from Nia DaCosta’s ‘contemporary incarnation’ of the cult horror Candyman, the first of which sees Burke (Colman Domingo) telling Anthony (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) of the legend of Candyman and his own experience of meeting him as a child, and the second featuring a group of teenage girls who fall […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: Candyman

Candyman featurette takes us behind the scenes with Jordan Peele and Nia DaCosta

August 18, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

With a little over a week to go until Candyman arrives in cinemas, Universal Pictures has released a featurette for the ‘contemporary incarnation’ of the classic horror, which takes us behind the scenes of the film and includes interviews with writer-producer Jordan Peele and writer-director Nia DaCosta who discuss their titular character and bringing the […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: Candyman, Jordan Peele, Nia DaCosta

Candyman gets a new poster and trailer

June 24, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

Universal Pictures has released a new trailer and poster for Candyman, director Nia DaCosta’s ‘contemporary incarnation’ of the 1992 cult classic horror which stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Anthony, a visual artist who unleashes a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre details of the true story behind Candyman; take a […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Candyman, Colman Domingo, Nia DaCosta, Teyonah Parris, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

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