In the next twist on using science to find true love, AMC is bringing to television a new limited anthology series–AMC’s first. Soulmates explores a new invention that reveals your true love and viewers get to watch how it all unfolds for six couples, each in a separate episode. But it’s not the fun and games we saw in TiMER, the Emma Caulfield rom-com with a similar plot. The first trailer for Soulmates is more dread than utopia. Nope, this series looks like the stuff of sci-fi horror. The Twilight Zone, Ray Bradbury Theater, The Outer Limits, and Black Mirror all had their share of dabbles in romance turned wrong. The victims, err… participants in this latest experiment in love are played a few of our favorite young genre actors.
It’s that step after you’ve exhausted all of the Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, and Freddy Krueger horror flicks. It’s in the camp of horror with The Ring, The Grudge, and Urban Legend, and maybe even When a Stranger Calls. This one is another take on the Bloody Mary legend (or is it Beetlejuice?). It’s, of course, Candyman, the horror that first saw a young Tony Todd as the creepy villain from the mind of famed horror writer Clive Barker, all of 28 years ago.
We now have a first trailer for a sequel to the 1992 cult horror film, again called Candyman. The big news is it’s coming from producer Jordan Peele and director Nia DaCosta, and because of Oscar-winner Peele (Get Out, The Twilight Zone) it stands a better chance at getting noticed from the ordinary slasher film fare.
It also seems to have greater credibility because Tony Todd is back in at least some role in the film, giving the perception that he’s given this sequel his own seal of approval, which is good for fans of the original Candyman. Todd starred in the first film with Virginia Madsen (Swamp Thing, Monk, Dune) and Ted Raimi (Twin Peaks, Ash vs Evil Dead), before he became well known for roles in Chuck, The Crow, The Flash, The Orville, The X-Files, the Final Destination series, and several Star Trek series.
Wait–there’s no candy here. How many times will “say my name” be the theme of 21st century movie? We’ll pass on the red band trailer for this one. But here’s the green band–yet still blood, bug, hook, and scare-filled–trailer for the new Candyman:
