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Candyman
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Overview

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Director:
Bernard Rose
Writers:
Clive Barker (story)
Bernard Rose (writer)
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Release Date:
16 October 1992 (USA) more
Tagline:
We Dare You To Say His Name Five Times! more
Plot:
Helen Lyle is a student who decides to write a thesis about local legends and myths. She visits a part of the town... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 5 nominations more
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(105 articles)
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The Candyman definitely can... more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Virginia Madsen ... Helen Lyle
Tony Todd ... The Candyman / Daniel Robitaille

Xander Berkeley ... Trevor Lyle
Kasi Lemmons ... Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh

Vanessa Williams ... Anne-Marie McCoy
DeJuan Guy ... Jake

Marianna Elliott ... Clara (as Marianna Eliott)

Ted Raimi ... Billy

Ria Pavia ... Monica
Mark Daniels ... Student
Lisa Ann Poggi ... Diane
Adam Philipson ... Danny

Eric Edwards ... Harold
Carolyn Lowery ... Stacey
Barbara Alston ... Henrietta Mosely
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Clive Barker's Candyman (USA) (complete title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and gore.
Runtime:
99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

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Trivia:
There is a Guy Fawkes mask hanging next to Helen's bathroom mirror. Fawkes is an infamous figure in English history (an influence from Clive Barker's original story perhaps), who attempted to blow up the English Parliament on November 5, 1605. Every year the British celebrate Guy Fawkes Day by lighting bonfires and burning Fawkes in effigy. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Helen goes back to save the baby, she opens the medicine cabinet which is about a foot and 1/2 wide and 2 feet long, but when the camera shoots Helen from behind just as she enters the opening, the cabinet opening is much wider and longer almost window size. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Candyman: They will say that I have shed innocent blood. What's blood for, if not for shedding?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Detour (2003) (V) more
Soundtrack:
STATE OF INDEPENDENCE more

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What are the differences between the R-rated version and the unrated version?
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56 out of 62 people found the following comment useful:-
The Candyman definitely can..., 9 September 2003
Author: ivony from United States

Being a horror movie buff, I have no idea how this little gem escaped me the first time around. I'd heard a lot about it, read about it, etc but wrote it off as "probably stupid" like most of the other horror movies I had so wanted to see. So, it wasn't until many years after the movie's release that I finally saw it. And boy am I glad I did!

Surprisingly, the acting is fabulous...especially for a horror movie. Each character portrayed fantastically so as to add to the movie, rather than detract. No one really went over the top or became TOO dramatic. Overall, each character was portrayed realistically.

As for the plot: absolutely wonderful premise playing on the Bloody Mary urban legend. Surprisingly, the movie delivers on aspects of believabilty. Of course we don't *really* expect Candyman to pop out of a mirror, but how many of us have started the "Bloody Mary" chant only to stop at the very last one, not daring to continue? Our fears lie behind what COULD happen and the possibility that maybe..just maybe it's all real. Candyman plays on that fear and takes us even further over the edge.

The movie rids itself of the typical cliches (white, undefeatable stalker chasing half naked twits) and allows itself to be an entirely enjoyable, CEREBRAL horror movie. At first we wonder if the Candyman is perhaps just a person pretending to be him, then we start to question Helen's own sanity...wondering perhaps if SHE isn't the "real Candyman". Eventually, the movie leads us to an ending that answers our questions but doesn't shove those answers down our throat. Candyman also does what very few horror movies are capable of: it succeeded in having a strong ending rather than fizzling out during the last 10-15 minutes.

The setting and atmosphere are top notch. Using Chicago and Cabrini Green as its stage was perfect...bringing into play racial issues without going over the top or getting "in your face" to the point of losing its focus. The music in Candyman adds a mysterious mood that matches the dark, dismal atmosphere of the lone apartments in Cabrini Green.

All in all on my horror movie scale, I give Candyman a 10. To me, it was purely artistic and absolutely enjoyable. I HIGHLY recommend this to anyone even slightly interested in horror movies.

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