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Candyman is a american film of genre Drama directed by Bernard Rose released in USA on 16 october 1992 with Virginia Madsen
Candyman (1992)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 16 october 1992
Length 1h39
Directed by Bernard Rose
OriginUSA
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Serial killer films, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Rating66%
Candyman is a 1992 American horror film written and directed by Bernard Rose, based on the short story "The Forbidden" by Clive Barker, though the film's scenario is switched from England to the Cabrini–Green public housing development on Chicago's Near North Side. It stars Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, and Xander Berkeley. The plot follows a graduate student (Madsen) completing a thesis on urban legends who encounters the legend of "Candyman" (Todd), an artist and son of a slave who had had his hand severed and been murdered.
Candyman spawned two sequels, Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, and Candyman 3: Day of the Dead.
Synopsis
Helen Lyle, a graduate student, conducts research on urban legends, and, in the process, learns of a local legend known as Candyman. The legend claims that Candyman can be summoned by saying his name five times while facing a mirror, whereupon he will murder the summoner with his hook-hand. Later that evening, Helen and her friend Bernadette, skeptical of Candyman's existence, call Candyman's name into the mirror in Helen's bathroom, but nothing happens.Actors
Virginia Madsen
(Helen Lyle)
Tony Todd
(Candyman / Daniel Robitaille)
Xander Berkeley
(Trevor Lyle)
Vanessa Williams
(Anne-Marie McCoy)
Kasi Lemmons
(Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh)
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