Spooktober 2: Candyman (1992) (Patreon)

Myself, George, and Elliot continue our Halloween-season tour through the Horror movies that fascinate us with a conversation about 1992's unique and indefinable Candyman, based on a story by the legendary Clive Barker, directed by Bernard Rose, scored by Philip Glass, and starring Tony Todd and Virginia Madsen.  A film that soars above its milieu and reputation.  Superficially a supernatural Hollywood slasher in the manner of the Freddy Kruger movies, this is actually a genuinely complex, questioning, powerful and discomforting bit of uncanny cinema that takes on huge subjects - from race and class to folklore and belief - with real seriousness.  This was a return to an old favourite for George and I, but a first-ever watch for Elliot, which makes the chat extra-interesting.