This hit 1992 slasher centers on The Candyman - a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, the son...
This hit 1992 slasher centers on The Candyman - a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, the son of a slave killed in the late 19th century - who is accidentally summoned (by saying his name five times in the mirror) by a sociology student (Virginia Madsen) researching the monster's myth.
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79 %81 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
63 %134,820 reviewsAudience score rating
"At its heart, Candyman terrifies because of its ideas. It sinks its horrific foundations very much in the real world of poverty and racial alienation."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"What I liked was a horror movie that was scaring me with ideas and gore, instead of simply with gore."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"The film's spooky atmosphere is accentuated by Anthony B. Richmond's cinematography and Philip Glass's score."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"One of the best sustained horror movies for some years."
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Time Out
Time Out"Candyman is an uppper-register horror item that delivers the requisite shocks and gore but doesn't cheat or cop out."
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Variety
Variety"Candyman offers a plot riddled with narrative ambiguities that are never fully resolved, all as a spur to the hooked viewer to spread their own take on the Candyman myth, and so to keep it alive."
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Little White Lies
Little White LiesCandyman (1992) | Details
- Rating
- R16,
- Runtime
- 95
- Genre
- Horror
- Country of origin
- USA
