Brilliant adaptation.
I recently saw this picture at a screening in Santa Monica. This past weekend. Director Bernard Rose and star Tony Todd were there.
Without delving too much into the film, for I feel it's a film that bears need to be seen while exhibiting a theatrical run, the picture forms an amalgamation of all Director Rose's works up to this point, from the imagery, to the narrative structure, to the casting and more. The film is a compelling take on the classic story, that, while modern and updated and given a face-lift (taking place today, in Downtown Los Angeles) retains the same emotional charge and human integrity that makes the story so classic, thereby giving this version the same refrain. Everything that makes Rose's earlier horror works (particularly "Candyman") so endearing and entertaining, works here in top notch form.
To fully understand what I am trying to say about this film, go see it.