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Candyman
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Candyman is a 1992 horror thriller film directed by Bernard Rose and written by Rose and Clive Barker. The movie stars Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, and Vanessa Estelle Williams. Clive Barker, Steve Golin, and Alan Poul served as producers, with Philip Glass composing the score. The production involved TriStar Pictures, Propaganda Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, and Candyman Films.
The narrative is set in Chicago during the 1990s and explores themes of supernatural events, serial killers, revenge, and racism in the United States. Filming took place in Chicago. The film has a runtime of approximately 100 minutes and was released in 1992. It is part of the Candyman Collection and was followed by Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh. The story carries the tagline "We dare you to say his name five times."
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6.7The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Cast
- 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
Themes
- based on novel or book
- investigation
- melancholy
- urban legend
- urban
- university
- evil
- candyman
- hook for a hand
- housing project
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- hood film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
- Main subject
- urban legend
- Director
- Bernard Rose
- Screenwriter
- Clive Barker
- Cast member
- Rusty Schwimmer
- Composer
- Philip Glass
- Producer
- Alan Poul
- Production company
- TriStar Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Anthony B. Richmond
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Filming location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 337102
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1993-01-07
- title
- Candyman
- executive producer
- Clive Barker
- distributed by
- TriStar Pictures
- set in period
- 1990s
- review score
- 79%
- derivative work
- Candyman
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