GUESS WHO’S BACK
Repeat this name to yourself: Nia DaCosta. It’s one you’ll come to know, and not only because, in August 2020, she signed up to direct Captain Marvel sequel The Marvels. No, it’s the reason she landed that blockbuster gig in the first place that will cause her name to be repeated again and again over the next few months.
That reason is Candyman, DaCosta’s striking new take on Bernard Rose’s iconic 1992 horror movie, which is in turn based on Clive Barker’s short story The Forbidden in his landmark Books Of Blood collection. For DaCosta, whose only previous feature credit is Crossing The Line (aka Little Woods), a moody crime drama starring Tessa Thompson and Lily James, landing the Candyman gig is a dream (nightmare?) come true.
“I was always into horror films,” she tells with a shiver of delight. “Even when I was a kid. Freddy Krueger movies, Jason movies. I used to watch in the dark by myself. I
