I first heard about Hard Candy over half a year ago when the guy who runs the Lion’s Gate Horror blog wrote about how he had to walk out of a screening of the movie at Sundance. From what I could gather at the time, Hard Candy is a brutal little indie film featuring only two people for most of it’s length; a man and a young girl meeting for the first time in real life after conversing over the internet. Once they arrive at the man’s house, the facade drops and the roles of predator and prey reverse. Every two or three months since I first read about Hard Candy I’ve been checking for any further information on it, and came up with very little each time.
It’s finally going into limited release on April 14th, which unfortunately doesn’t bode well for me. The official site, along with the trailer, can be found here.
Instant Media podcasts sent me the entire film to watch on Sunday, August 13, 2006. This was an unexpected surprise! The movie was great. A 14 year old girl with the expertise of a well seasoned professional criminal was a good angle.
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