Watch a Scary Story Come to Life in Candyman , Anatomy of a Scene

Want to hear a scary story That enticing question (or horrifying one, depending on your point of view) begins this scene from the new Candyman (now in theaters), which is both a continuation and a reimagining of Bernard Roses 1992 horror film. The update is directed by Nia DaCosta and cowritten by Jordan Peele (with DaCosta and Win Rosenfield). It still involves the menacing figure who comes after you if you say his name five times in front of a mirror, but this scene reaches back to the story of the original film. Brianna (Teyonah Parris) and her brother, Troy (Nathan StewartJarrett), are both hanging out one evening with their boyfriends when Troy turns down the lights and turns up the dread to tell a story. It concerns Helen Lyle, one of the main characters (played by Virginia Madsen) from the earlier film, and how one day she just snaps. Killings and snow angels in blood ensue. Troys story retraces the steps of the earlier films narrative, with some embellishments.