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Release Date:
16 October 1992 (USA) moreTagline:
We Dare You To Say His Name Five Times! morePlot:
Helen Lyle is a student who decides to write a thesis about local legends and myths. She visits a part of the town... more | add synopsisAwards:
4 wins & 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(105 articles)
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ok, a little anticlimactic, so what? moreCast
(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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Rated R for violence and gore.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
99 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby SRCertification:
Iceland:16 | Sweden:15 | France:-16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Philippines:R-18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Germany:18 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #31870)Filming Locations:
Cabrini-Green Public Housing Projects, Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois, USA moreFun Stuff
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On the DVD commentary, Alan Poul said that had Virginia Madsen been unavailable, the part of Helen would have most likely gone to the then unknown Sandra Bullock. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: After Bernadette is killed and Helen is in the hospital seeing Candyman the nurse says "Get me 1000 mls". 1000 mls is a liter - that volume is way to large for an IV injection on a human for any sedation drug. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Candyman: They will say that I have shed innocent blood. What's blood for, if not for shedding?
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STATE OF INDEPENDENCE moreFAQ
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Candyman is one of my all time favorite horror movies. It is genuinely scary, and it makes one have second thoughts when standing in front of a mirror.
What I particularly enjoyed about the movie is the multidimensional development of the plot at the sociological, psychological, and parapsychological level. The first scene of the movie presents in a nutshell the experience that the viewer is going to have, an experience so common (regarding urban legends) yet so distant.
The acting (esp. by Virginia Madsen) is superb. The setting could not be more perfect. The shaggy, derelict apartment buildings at Cabrini Green create the proper ambience for what is to follow.
Certainly the gory scenes are not very attractive, and in a way such explicit portrayal does not seem necessary, since the psychological suspense is the driving force of the movie. Also the ending is rather anticlimactic and overdrawn. Disappointing sequel....
Fun to watch with people who scare easily!