clive barker short story be successfully transport from a run down british housing estate to a run down chicago housing estate . the candyman himeslf could so easily have be make into another freddy kruger but instead have be give a certain dignity . you can almost feel sorry for him . like many of barker monster he can be bargain with but you may not quite get what you expect . more slickly make than hellraiser but lack that film sense of decadence . well worth see nevertheless . positive .