This is one smart movie. It terrifies not because of gore, but because of the deeper truth that it conveys. Boogeymen have power only if you believe in them. The movie works on many levels - as a parable about black and white relations, as a story of a women that goes psychotic and kills, the supernatural story is layered with symbolism. Where smug elites meet the downtrodden, Exorcist meets Silence of the Lambs with bits of Shining, a powerful, peerless cult piece that is compelling to watch from start to finish, artfully written, and impregnated with deeper horrors of biogted existence.
Review of Candyman
