Alright, so we knew Jordan Peele was the king of freaking us out – he is the man behind Get Out and Us, after all – but now he’s back with the Candyman trailer and frankly, we’re sleeping with the lights on.
The trailer for the highly anticipated contemporary incarnation (or ‘spiritual successor’) of the 1992 cult classic landed online today and safe to say it’s got us all by the fears.
There are no illusions about the violence of the titular villain as from the off, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who plays an artist named Anthony McCoy, explains: ‘The urban legend is, if you say his name five times while looking in the mirror, he appears in the reflection and it kills you.’
Of course to illustrate this, a bunch of school girls then try their luck…spoiler alert, their college bathroom is then turned into a blood bath with bees.
Oh the bees.
Anyway, it focuses on Anthony who holds an exhibition with a bunch of mirrors to ‘invite’ people to try the folktale.
Which is totally, like, the best idea ever.
However, somehow Anthony managed to bring back the iconic horror villain (originally played by Tony Todd), honey and hook all together again.
When will people learn?
It all gets super cute when a voice, perhaps the Candyman?, ominously purrs: ‘I am the writing on the wall, the sweet smell of blood. Be my victim.’
No thanks.
Still, we don’t know what’s more terrifying – the fact Candyman is back, or that Peele has managed to turn Destiny’s Child’s hit Say My Name into a demented horror theme song?
And the classic Peele strings? Oh you better believe they are in the soundtrack a plenty.
Produced by Peele, Candyman is directed by Nia DeCosta (Little Woods) and stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Us, Aquaman) and Teyonah Parris (If Beale Street Could Talk).
So a pretty solid line-up there.
Candyman is in cinemas 12 June.
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