The source material was also British, a short story by horror maestro Clive Barker called “The Forbidden,” set in Liverpool. feature debut of Brit director Bernard Rose. There are hints of Dracula and Beauty and the Beast in the mix, but also Shakespeare and Hitchcock and David Lynch too.Ĭandymanwas the U.S. A superior slasher movie on the surface, a subversive political parable beneath, it struck a smart balance between pulpy bloodshed and gothic romance, between primal horror tropes and self-aware commentary on the creepy urban legends that we share when we want to scare ourselves half to death. ![]() ![]() In cinema this was the year of Basic Instinct, Malcolm X, The Bodyguard, Batman Returns, Bram Stoker’s Dracula - plus a little word-of-mouth hit by a young unknown director: Reservoir Dogs.īut the 1992 release that left a deeper impression on me than any of those listed above was Candyman. sent military forces into war-torn Somalia, Mike Tyson was jailed on rape charges, and Bill Clinton was elected to the White House. In 1992, riots rocked Los Angeles in the aftermath of the Rodney King trial verdict, the U.S. ![]() ![]() It was a year of scandals, protests and explosive racial tensions.
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