Candyman

Candyman

  • Director: Bernard Rose
  • Writer: Clive Barker,Bernard Rose
  • Countries of origin: United States, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Release date: October 16, 1992
  • Sound mix: Dolby
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Clive Barker's Candyman
  • "Candyman" (English: Candyman ) is a horror movie released in 1992 in the United States.
    Helen Keller, a scholar played by Virginia Madsen, is studying a popular American folk legend: as long as you read the name of the candy man in the mirror five times in a row, a ghost with a hook in his right hand will appear. He went to the world to take the lives of people. Helen Keller came to Chicago to conduct field investigations. A series of murders that were fatal by a hook also happened one after another. Finally, he discovered the truth of the legend. It turned out that a black man was cut off because he fell in love with a white lady. The palm of his hand, and honey on the broken palm, made him suffer from the pain of bee stings before he died, deliberately revenge for killing.

    Details

    • Release date October 16, 1992
    • Filming locations Cabrini-Green Public Housing Projects, Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Production companies PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Propaganda Films, Candyman Films

    Box office

    Budget

    $6,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $25,792,310

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $5,404,320

    Gross worldwide

    $25,795,897

    Movie reviews

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    • By Tyrel 2022-05-23 22:08:53

      So old~ I just blame me for being too young

      1992 "Candy Man", a horror film long ago, a lot of people’s childhood nightmares, but I’m still too young to watch it at all. Now it looks a little scary, but it’s not so sensitive anymore. I feel that the actor is very dedicated, there are no special effects at that time, and the bees covered in it, I also deeply admire it!
      Hostess: Virginia Madsen, she was really beautiful when she was young. She has acted in many horror films, but she has not been very popular. In 1992, this type is not

    • By Clarabelle 2022-05-23 17:29:02

      The ending makes the movie a classic-Candy Man

      Screenwriter and director Jordan Peel's creation of Escape from Desperate is deeply influenced by this movie, and Candy Man is exactly a black man. You shout five candy man in the mirror, and the candy man will appear. This legend attracted Helen. She wanted to figure it out, took pictures at the scene of the crime, and visited the relevant people, which angered the locals. Helen was beaten by the locals and swollen her eyes, and then witnessed the appearance of the Candy Man, and she began...

    • By Kayla 2022-05-23 15:36:36

      Discrimination is not limited to race, but ultimately it brings destruction

      Although there is no intensive phobia, the dense clusters of bees still cause extreme discomfort when surging in the crevices of the body. The first part of the film is well prepared, and the ending is a classic. When the tragic experience of the Candy Man was passed on to Helen, the hatred began to take root in the soil of ideas like seeds, nurturing a new round of horror rumors. Discrimination is not limited to race, it is more of an inflated sense of superiority or inferiority...

    • By Winnifred 2022-05-23 12:58:16

      Only if you yell at him in front of the mirror, he will appear and you have to pay the price

      Today I’m taking a rest and I’m bored, watching the movie Candy Man, another game that people are curious and want to try! I have heard another version; a father hates a little boy, and he was sent to kill the little boy several times and escaped, but the killer took a lot of bees and sprinkled the little boy on him, then dismembered the little boy and buried the little boy. In a hotel, yelling at him 3 times, his body will draw you closer to the mirror. In short, the version of the Candy Man...

    • By Dessie 2022-05-23 12:31:57

      Talk about some features of this film

      The horror "hack and kill movies" of the 1990s naturally focused on the tragic situation of the bloody victims. But the film also has some characteristics of its own, which made it have its own corner in the era when B-level horror films were rampant.

      The first major feature of the film is to create a sense of loneliness that the heroine is gradually being isolated from society. The people around died tragically, and the first scene was only the heroine who was covered in blood with...

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    • By Deshaun 2023-09-30 18:59:12

      My dad bought all the...

    • By Jedidiah 2023-09-29 16:36:47

      It's very interesting because there is a new version of candyman in 2021. I thought it was very exciting when I watched the trailer. If it can really strip out the political core of racial conflict, it would be really great. This part has a good foundation. It is not very deep, but the final ending has inheritance. It feels like the truth is that black people are the ones who are victims of both the black community and the white...

    • By Arielle 2023-09-23 09:33:18

      The behind-the-scenes information is wrong. The behind-the-scenes movie with memories is not candyman, but a sequel to candyman: Candyman: Farewell to the...

    • By Jess 2023-09-22 12:53:51

      It's a story that can be deeply digged, but I always feel that something is missing when I shoot it. Such a heavy story is an understatement. . . Madsen's final look is cool. ....

    • By Eli 2023-09-13 04:40:32

      I learned about this film by chance, and I watched it with high expectations. Naturally, after more than 20 years, I saw a lot less horror today, and I can almost guess the plot. However, more than 20 years ago, it should still be very scary. Another urban legend, this kind of story can easily be dug into a horror movie in Europe and America. The story is similar to the ghost murder in the Asian ghost movie, who came to the world with resentment to fulfill his unfulfilled wish when he was...

    Movie plot

    The scholar Helen Keller , played by Virginia Madsen , is studying a popular American folk legend: as long as you read the name "Candy Man" in the mirror five times in a row, a ghost with a hook in the right hand will appear. He went to the world to take the lives of people. Helen Keller came to Chicago to conduct field investigations. A series of murders that were fatal by a hook also happened one after another. Finally, he discovered...
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    Movie quotes

    • [Helen screams out while strapped in her hospital bed]

      Helen Lyle: Where are you going? No, you can't leave me here. I can't defend myself!

    • [Candyman hovers over Helen as she lays strapped down in her hospital bed]

      Candyman: What do the good know except what the bad teach them by their excesses?

      Helen Lyle: [Helen mumbles] Murderer.

      Candyman: Allow me at least a kiss. Just one exquisite kiss.

      Helen Lyle: [Helen screams] Murderer! Help! Listen, he's under the bed! Listen, he's here. He's under the bed!

    • [the Orderly unstraps Helen from her hospital bed]

      Helen Lyle: I'd like to speak to my husband.

      1st Orderly: [the Orderly chuckles] So would I.

      Helen Lyle: What time is it? Where are we going?

      1st Orderly: We're going to Disneyland.