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Overview

User Rating:
6.5/10   14,152 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Clive Barker (story)
Bernard Rose (writer)
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Release Date:
16 October 1992 (USA) more
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Tagline:
We Dare You To Say His Name Five Times! more
Plot:
Helen Lyle is a student who decides to write a thesis about local legends and myths. She visits a part of the town... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 5 nominations more
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(141 articles)
New Iconic Killer in 'One by One'?
 (From Bloody-Disgusting.com. 18 November 2009, 10:15 PM, PST)

Douglas Tait and Tony Todd Are Up for One by One
 (From MovieWeb. 18 November 2009, 5:02 PM, PST)

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It is sick and twisted fun. more (180 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Clive Barker's Candyman (USA) (complete title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and gore.
Runtime:
99 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Virginia Madsen is allergic to bees, so an ambulance was always on set while filming the bee sequence. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: 64 minutes into the film, when Helen is having medication injected for her apparent psychotic episode, the needle bends on her shoulder, indicating a movie prop. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Candyman: They will say that I have shed innocent blood. What's blood for, if not for shedding?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in My Name Is Bruce (2007) more
Soundtrack:
STATE OF INDEPENDENCE more

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What are the differences between the R-rated version and the unrated version?
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18 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
It is sick and twisted fun., 9 November 2003
8/10
Author: Scott LeBrun from Winnipeg, Canada

Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) is a graduate student doing research on an urban legend named 'Candyman' who is supposed to be haunting the Cabrini-Green housing project in Chicago. Unfortunately, she finds that this is no urban legend but the tragic truth...

A horror movie that is authentically creepy and unsettling, making it leagues ahead of other movies of its ilk. Enhanced by Philip Glass's haunting music score and a magnetic performance by Tony Todd (it has now become his signature role) as the titular being. It's unfortunately mean-spirited (and very, very gory), and, like some other horror movies, this does not show a great deal of hope for its leading character.

Based on the story "The Forbidden" by Clive Barker, which was originally set in Liverpool (the author was executive producer of the movie). Writer / director Bernard Rose appears fleetingly on screen as "Archie Walsh."

Star Virginia Madsen shares two scenes with her real-life friend, actress Rusty Schwimmer, who plays the policewoman.

8/10

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