Candyman
1992 · Movie · R · 100 min · ★ 6.7 · 70% critics
The Candyman, a hook-handed murderous legend, is accidentally brought into the real world by a skeptical graduate student researching urban myths. As research turns into terror, fear spreads through the neighborhood and escalating consequences force the student to confront what she thought was only fiction.
Based on The Forbidden
Also known as Candyman : Le Spectre Maléfique · Clive Barker's Candyman · The Forbidden
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Details
- Years
- 1992
- Release date
- 1992-10-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (1,805 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this supernatural slasher if you want an unsettling urban-legend mystery with eerie tension and distinctive horror, but Not for you if you dislike slow pacing or you expect a satisfying, consistent finale like The Lost Boys or Night of the Living Dead.
Pros: eerie atmosphere; hook-handed legend; engaging story | Cons: slow first half; divisive ending; some weak supporting acting
Themes
- based on novel or book
- investigation
- melancholy
- urban legend
- urban
- university
- evil
- candyman
- hook for a hand
- housing project
- urban decay
- urban gothic
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Virginia Madsen
as Helen Lyle
Tony Todd
as Candyman
Xander Berkeley
as Trevor Lyle
Kasi Lemmons
as Bernadette Walsh
Vanessa Williams
as Anne-Marie McCoy
DeJuan Guy
as Jake
Michael Culkin
as Purcell
Stanley DeSantis
as Dr. Burke
Gilbert Lewis
as Detective Frank Valento
Marianna Elliott
as Clara
Directed by Bernard Rose