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Candyman (1992) Trailer
6.7/10 IMDb
77 % Rotten Tomatoes
61 % Metacritic
83 % Google Users
Summary
Skeptical graduate student Helen Lyle befriends Anne-Marie McCoy while researching superstitions in a housing project on Chicago's Near North Side. From Anne-Marie, Helen learns about the Candyman, a knife-wielding figure of urban legend that some of her neighbors believe to be responsible for a recent murder. After a mysterious man matching the Candyman's description begins stalking her, Helen comes to fear that the legend may be all too real.
Release date: October 16, 1992
Director:
Bernard Rose
Starring
Virginia Madsen
Tony Todd
Xander Berkeley
Kasi Lemmons
Box office:
$25.8 million
Screenplay
Bernard Rose
Based on "The Forbidden"
by Clive Barker
Cinematography
Anthony B. Richmond
Music by
Philip Glass
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