Candyman is a movie directed by Nia DaCosta in 2021 and based on the book The Forbidden by Clive Barker, first published in 1985. The movie features Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, Kyle Kaminsky, Vanessa Williams, and others.
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Storyline
For as long as the residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood were terrorized by the word-of-mouth ghost story about the supernatural killer Daniel Robitaille, aka the Candyman, easily summoned by those daring to repeat his name five times into a mirror. A decade after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down, a visual artist and his girlfriend move into a luxurious loft condo in Cabrini.
Movie vs Book
Year
2021
Minutes
91
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
Year
1985
Pages
51
Book Rate
8.06
S: Goodreads
Book
The Forbidden
Author: Clive Barker
Country: UK
First published in: 1985
Length: 51 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Books of Blood
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Bernard Rose
Movie by Bill Condon
User polls & recommendations
“I’m always frustrated when somebody makes a movie out of a book and they leave the book behind, or the heart of it.”
SEAN PENN (Actor, Filmmaker)
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