Candyman (film)
Horror
Candyman is a 1992 slasher film movie starring Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd and Xander Berkeley. It was directed by Bernard Rose and is based on the short story The Forbidden by Clive Barker, though the film's scenario is switched from England to the US (specifically Chicago). The film's score was done by Philip Glass.
Tagline
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.
Directed
by Bernard Rose
Produced by Clive Barker
Steve Golin
Written by 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
Carolyn Lowery
- Stacey
Barbara Alston - Henrietta Mosely
Sarina C. Grant - Kitty Culver
Michael Culkin - Professor Philip Purcell
Stanley DeSantis - Dr. Burke
Marianna Elliott - Clara
Ted Raimi - Billy
Helen Lyle is a graduate student
conducting research for her thesis on urban legends. While interviewing freshmen
about their superstitions, she hears about a local legend known as Candyman, the
son of a slave who was brutally tortured and murdered. According to the legend,
anyone who looks into a mirror and chants his name five times will summon him,
but at the cost of his or her own life. Thinking this is just the new spin she
has been looking for, Helen enters the notorious gang-ridden territory known as
the Cabrini-Green housing projects (the site of a brutal murder). Helen believes
that Candyman cannot exist, but when she calls him into our world a string of
murders begins and the police look to her as the primary suspect. Now, only one
person can set her free: the Candyman.
Much like another of Clive Barker's creations, the Cenobites of the Hellraiser films, or the legend of "Bloody Mary", the Candyman must be called into existence, so often the deciding factor in a character's safety is his/her belief. If you believe, you are more likely not to summon him, but if you do not, you would do it just to prove the lunacy of it and, as such, end up dead. The film could be interpreted as a cautionary tale about keeping faith.
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