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''Candy Land'' is a 2022 American
horror thriller Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...
film written and directed by
John Swab John Swab is a film director, screenwriter, and producer born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is known for '' King Ivory'' (2024), ''Candy Land'' (2022) and '' Body Brokers'' (2021). Film career Swab's first feature film ''Let Me Make You a Martyr,'' ...
and starring
Olivia Luccardi Olivia Luccardi (born May 17, 1989) is an American actress and producer. She is known for her roles as Alice Woods in Syfy's horror anthology series ''Channel Zero (TV series), Channel Zero: Butcher's Block'' and as Yara Davis in the supernatural ...
, Sam Quartin, Eden Brolin, Owen Campbell, Virginia Rand and
William Baldwin William Joseph Baldwin (born February 21, 1963) Note: While birthplace is routinely listed as Massapequa, that town has no hospital, and brother Alec Baldwin was born in nearby Amityville, which does. is an American actor and the second-younge ...
.


Plot

A seemingly naive and devout young woman navigates her way through the underground world of truck stop sex workers known as "lot lizards".


Cast

* Eden Brolin as Riley *
William Baldwin William Joseph Baldwin (born February 21, 1963) Note: While birthplace is routinely listed as Massapequa, that town has no hospital, and brother Alec Baldwin was born in nearby Amityville, which does. is an American actor and the second-younge ...
as Sheriff Rex *
Olivia Luccardi Olivia Luccardi (born May 17, 1989) is an American actress and producer. She is known for her roles as Alice Woods in Syfy's horror anthology series ''Channel Zero (TV series), Channel Zero: Butcher's Block'' and as Yara Davis in the supernatural ...
as Remy * Owen Campbell as Levi *
Guinevere Turner Guinevere Jane Turner (born May 23, 1968) is an American actress, screenwriter, and film director. She wrote the films ''American Psycho'' and '' The Notorious Bettie Page'' and played the lead role of the dominatrix Tanya Cheex in '' Preachin ...
as Nora *Sam Quartin as Sadie *Virginia Rand as Liv


Release

The film premiered at the
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in August 2022. It was also screened at the
New York City Horror Film Festival The New York City Horror Film Festival is an international film festival based in New York City that screens films from the horror genre. It was founded by Michael J. Hein in 2001. It takes place each year in New York City for a week in November ...
on December 1, 2022. In November 2022, it was announced that
Quiver Distribution Quiver Distribution is an American-Canadian film production and film distribution company founded in 2019 by Berry Meyerowitz and Jeff Sackman. The company, sometimes referred to as an indie film company, is best known for releasing films '' The ...
acquired North American distribution rights to the film, which was released in theaters and on demand on January 6, 2023.


Reception

The film has a 77% rating on
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based on 22 reviews. Meagan Navarro of
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awarded the film three and a half skulls out of five. Mary Beth McAndrews of
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awarded the film four and a half stars out of five. Christian Zilko of IndieWire graded the film a B+. Michael Talbot-Haynes of ''
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'' rated the film a 9.5 out of 10. Noel Murray of the ''
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'' gave the film a positive review and wrote, "It’s possible Swab made this film just to tell a story about the more compassionate side of prostitution. If so, the movie’s guilty-pleasure thrills are just a bonus." Jon Mendelsohn of ''
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'' also gave the film a positive review and wrote, "''Candy Land'' succeeds at juggling multiple genres at once, resulting in a memorable, layered, and bloody slow-burn of a horror flick." Beatrice Loayza of ''
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'' also gave the film a positive review and wrote, "''Candy Land'' is standard grindhouse fare(...)though not without its fair share of pleasurable nastiness."


References


External links

* * {{John Swab 2022 horror thriller films 2020s American films 2020s English-language films American horror thriller films Films about prostitution in the United States Films directed by John Swab Films scored by Dave Sardy Quiver Distribution films English-language horror thriller films