“The Crooked Man” (** out of four) was a hokey supernatural thriller all-too-obviously inspired by “The Boogey Man” and “Candyman” about a young girl (Angelique Rivera) whose friends are stalked and murdered by a mysterious figure known as The Crooked Man who only appears in the dark and when a childhood rhyme is uttered. Michael Jai White is wasted as an ominous friend of Rivera who is involved in the creature’s formation. The term crooked more aptly applies to the filmmakers who recycle better movies into derivative claptrap like this.