A timeline of the most influential black horror films and filmmakers
by Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times
Mar 18, 2019
2 minutes
When Tony Todd breathed life into the undead horror character Candyman back in 1992, he wasn't aware that he would become the first black supernatural killer depicted onscreen.
"[Director] Bernard Rose didn't tell me at the time, but he actually got complaints from the NAACP when he wrote the script," said Todd. "They had to have meetings to explain what they were going to do, why
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