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May 25, 2023

The Boogeyman offers some tame but effective scares

Though it strays far from its source material, Rob Savage's newest film manages to tap into the primal fear of the monster in the closet
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February 27, 2020

The True Villain of “Candyman” Isn’t the Urban Legend Himself—It’s Helen

After 28 years, two sequels, and now with a reboot coming this June, Bernard Rose's look at racial and economic disparity lingers the most in how it skewers the myth of the white savior.