“I love horror and I felt like I had a really good idea about how to make something scary, but also I’m very measured, especially with a story like this, about what is appropriate and what is not appropriate.”

—  Nia DaCosta

On her approach to the horror genre in Candyman director Nia DaCosta: ‘It is shocking the way people have talked to me’” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/aug/26/candyman-director-nia-dacosta-this-should-be-happening-for-more-people-like-me in The Guardian (2021 Aug 26)

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