During an interview with Empire Magazine, Peele stated, "If there was no 'Candyman,' I don't know that there would be a 'Get Out.'" (via SyFy). It probably comes as no surprise that this 1992 Black horror classic paved the way for "Get Out" since it also uses racism as a catalyst for the events that transpire. In "Candyman," a white graduate student, Helen Lyle, is researching superstitions in the Cabrini-Green housing projects in Chicago. During her investigation, she learns about the urban legend Candyman, a bogeyman with a hook for a hand, from her friend Anne-Marie. Not believing the legend, Helen awakens Candyman, the son of a former slave who's unjustly killed. Afterwards, the supernatural killer stalks Helen and slaughters the projects' residents.