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Candyman
The 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.
1992 · Directed by Bernard Rose · 100 min · Drama · Horror · Thriller · 16 frames
Tagline
We dare you to say his name five times.
Crew
- Written by: Bernard Rose
- Cinematography: Anthony B. Richmond
- Edited by: Dan Rae
- Music: Philip Glass
- Production design: Jane Ann Stewart
- Produced by: Steve Golin, Alan Poul, Sigurjón Sighvatsson
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
- Michael Culkin as Purcell
- Stanley DeSantis as Dr. Burke
- Gilbert Lewis as Detective Frank Valento
- Marianna Elliott as Clara
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Propaganda Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Candyman Films
- Budget: $6,000,000
- Box office: $25,792,310
- Themes: based on novel or book, investigation, halloween, melancholy, urban legend, urban, university, evil, candyman, hook for a hand
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