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Title: Strangely fun , but essentially poor
Review: Typical of Clive Barker's notion of blood/gore ,sudden shocks appeal he drew on in his previous feature Hellraiser,Candyman features horrormeister Tony Todd as the titular bogeyman who appears out the mirror whenever you say his name five times.There are a few impressive sudden jerk moments (which were actually worked to better effect in the sequel),there is an effective cold,eerie tone to each of the scenes in the film and it certainly had quite a cult following when it was released back in 1992.But it does suffer from a fair number of flaws,not least the simple premise of the film itself:put it this way,to spite the 18 certificate ,if any minors see the film and have nightmares about it,all you have to do is stand in front of a mirror and do what the film suggests to prove to them it's not real.
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