Candyman Origin Story On Display In Haunting New Shadow Puppet Trailer

Due out later this year, this latest look at Nia DaCosta’s new Candyman film shows us the unsettling past via a haunting puppet show.

Created by Manual Cinema, the shadow puppets re-tell the gruesome scenes that form the Candyman’s lore set to Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe’s score. Director, DaCosta released the video on her Twitter account with the caption: “The people they were, the symbols we turn them into, the monsters we are told they must have been.” Amidst a world of rising-up in protest against police brutality and systemic racism, the short feels as timely as ever.

Candyman: First Trailer For Nia DaCosta And Jordan Peele’s Horror Sequel

MGM has released the first trailer for Candyman, a spiritual sequel to the ever-engrossing original.