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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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12.22.09
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Helen Lyle is writing a paper on urban legends when she hears about the Candyman, who was once an ex-slave-turned-artist name Daniel Robitaille, who had an affair his client's daughter. Robitaille's right hand was sawn off, he was covered in honey, and stung to death by bees. If anyone says the word "Candyman" five times in a mirror, he'll appear behind that person, a bloody hook as a replacement for his hand, and kill him. A series of unsolved murders is happening in the Cabrini Green projects and Helen is using this to help with her paper. The residents say the Candyman is to blame, but Helen doesn't believe it. Until she meets the man with a hook for a hand. Now, he's begun to murder her friends and no one believes her. Can Helen clear her name and stop the Candyman from killing anyone else?
Movie Tagline:
We Dare You To Say His Name Five Times!
Also Known As:
Clive Barker's Candyman
Title: Candyman
Release Date: October 16, 1992
Runtime: 99 mins
Genre: Drama
All Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Languages: English
Country: USA
Colors: Color
Sound: Dolby SR
IMDB Rating: 6.5
Brimstone Pit Rating: 7.5 - (Rate This Horror Movie)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With C
MPAA Rating: R
MPAA Rating Reason:
Rated R for violence and gore.
Director(s):
Bernard Rose
Cast:
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
Sarina C. Grant ...Kitty Culver (as Sarina Grant)
Latesha Martin ...Baby Anthony
Lanesha Martin ...Baby Anthony
Michael Culkin ...Professor Philip Purcell
Bernard Rose ...Archie Walsh
Glenda Starr Kelly ...Crying Mother
Kenneth A. Brown ...Castrated Boy
Caesar Brown ...Tough Guy
Terrence Riggins ...Gang Leader
Gilbert Lewis ...Detective Frank Valento
Rusty Schwimmer ...Policewoman
Baxter Harris ...Detective
John Rensenhouse ...Attorney
Mika Quintard ...T.V. Reporter
Doug MacHugh ...1st Orderly
» [more cast members]
Producer(s):
Clive Barker
Steve Golin
Gregory Goodman
Alan Poul
Sigurjon Sighvatsson
Writer(s):
Clive Barker
Bernard Rose
Composer(s):
Philip Glass
Trailer(s):
Candyman Horror Film Trailer 1
Movie Soundtrack(s):
"STATE OF INDEPENDENCE"
More Movie Taglines:
- We Dare You To Say His Name Five Times!
- You don't have to believe... just beware.
- Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman... Don't Say Again!
- From The Chilling Imagination Of Clive Barker.
Movie Quote(s):
- Claire: If you look in the mirror and you say his name 5 times, he'll appear behind you breathing down your neck
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[first lines] Candyman: They will say that I have shed innocent blood. What's blood for, if not for shedding?
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Candyman: [to Helen Lyle] You are not content with the stories, so I was obliged to come.
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Helen Lyle: What's the matter, Trevor? Scared of something?
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Candyman: I am the writing on the wall, the whisper in the classroom! Without these things, I am nothing. So now, I must shed innocent blood. COME WITH ME!
Movie 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.
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Virginia Madsen claims that she was hypnotized for some of the film's scenes.
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"Sweets to the Sweet" which is written on the walls in two areas of Cabrini Green is actually a line from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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Virginia Madsen is allergic to bees, so an ambulance was always on set while filming the bee sequence.
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Real bees were actually put into Tony Todd's mouth while they where shooting the climax. His only protection was a mouth guard that kept him from having the bees go down his throat.
IMDB Links:
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Keywords:
Candyman, Mirror, Bee, Investigation, Hook ...[more]
Keywords All:
Urban Legend, Dog, Disbelief, Cult Favorite, Slide Projector, False Accusation Of Murder, Cheat On Wife, Altar, Prison, Chicago Illinois, Elevator, Grave, Psychopath, Budweiser, School, Running, Betrayal, Parking Garage, Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship, Aggression, Photographer, Gore, Blood, Police Lineup, Funeral, Disfigurement, Telephone, Feces, Fire, Police, Disbelieving Authority, Discovery, Revenge, Sociologist, Mental Patient, Ghetto, Lifting Person In Air, Driving, Cult, Accused Of Murder, Slasher, Vacant Apartment, Disembodied Voice, Cigarette Smoking, Dead Animal, Folklore, Public Restroom, College, Viciousness, Anger, Mental Institution, Macabre, Ghost, Beating, Repulsion, Bathroom Mirror, Female Nudity, Kidnapping, Amputation, Gang Violence, Tall Man, Framed, Stabbed In The Back, Black Eye, Fear, Levitation, Urban Decay, Seduction, Person On Fire, One Word Title, Hatred, Mother, Grief, Topless Female Nudity, Dead Baby, Forced To Strip, Yelling, Slum, Covered In Blood, Gothic, Housing Project, Makeup, Toilet, Bathing, Nipples Visible Through Clothing, Filth, Wheelchair, False Accusation, Hook For Hand, Dog Killed, Burned Alive, Loathing, Serial Killer, Hypnotized Cast, Swarm, Escape, Loss Of Penis, Framed For Murder, Graffiti, Bonfire, Character Name In Title, Surprise Ending
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