Yahya Abdul-Mateen II plays Anthony McCoy, an artist who develops a fascination with the horrible myth, and sees his fascination take on new levels as he discovers that he may actually be transforming into Candyman himself.
Based on a script by Nia DaCosta, Jordan Peele, and Win Rosenfeld, Candyman brings back the classic urban legend about the titular hook-handed villain who can be summoned by saying his name five times into a mirror… only you don’t really want to do that, because the end result is excessively bloody murder.