Candyman: The Black Freddy Krueger
Perhaps it’s because of the simplicity of his summoning methods, or due to his seemingly justified motives, but there’s something sinister about the Candyman character that transcends race. Bernard Rose fought for Candyman to be a black man, as it was in the original tale, and, in the end, he got away with telling one of horror’s most unique, and socially conscious, stories ever made.
