Candyman returns to theaters next Friday, but Chicago readers can say his name before anyone else.

Bloody Disgusting has a whopping (25) pairs of tickets to a very special advance screening of Nia DaCosta‘s Candyman sequel, which will take place next Tuesday, Aug. 24 at the AMC River East 21.

Full details are posted below, but make sure you CLICK HERE TO RSVP ASAP as seats will fill up quickly. If you score a pass, make sure you have it ready to show at the door. Also, extremely important, make sure you arrive early as seating is not guaranteed and on a first come, first served basis.

LOCATION:
AMC River East 21
322 E Illinois St.
Chicago, IL 60611

DATE AND TIME:
Tuesday
August 24, 2021
7:00pm

In Candyman, co-written by Jordan Peele, “For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, easily summoned by those daring to repeat his name five times into a mirror. In present day, a decade after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down, visual artist Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) and his girlfriend, gallery director Brianna Cartwright (Teyonah Parris), move into a luxury loft condo in Cabrini, now gentrified beyond recognition and inhabited by upwardly mobile millennials.”

“With Anthony’s painting career on the brink of stalling, a chance encounter with a Cabrini Green old-timer (Colman Domingo) exposes Anthony to the tragically horrific nature of the true story behind Candyman. Anxious to maintain his status in the Chicago art world, Anthony begins to explore these macabre details in his studio as fresh grist for paintings, unknowingly opening a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifyingly viral wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny.”

Say his name on August 27th.

Michael Hargrove as Sherman Fields in Candyman, directed by Nia DaCosta.