Candyman (1992)
We dare you to say his name five times.
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Candyman rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.7/10· 104K votes
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Metacritic61%
TMDb6.676/10· 2K votesWith 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.7/10 on IMDb and 61/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About Candyman
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Cast of Candyman
Virginia Madsen
as Helen Lyle
Tony Todd
as Candyman
Xander Berkeley
as Trevor Lyle
Kasi Lemmons
as Bernadette Walsh
Vanessa Williams
as Anne-Marie McCoy
DeJuan Guy
as Jake
Michael Culkin
as Purcell
Stanley DeSantis
as Dr. Burke
Gilbert Lewis
as Detective Frank Valento
Marianna Elliott
as Clara
Ted Raimi
as Billy
Ria Pavia
as Monica
Candyman facts
- Budget
- $6M
- Box office
- $25.8M
- Collection
- Candyman Collection
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Evil protagonist mythology creates genuinely unsettling horror atmosphere
- •Housing project setting grounds supernatural tale in real world context
- •Bernard Rose crafts antagonistic tension with symbolic hook imagery
What the audience disliked
- •Hook for hand concept occasionally overshadows deeper social commentary
- •Novel adaptation loses some source material narrative complexity
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Where to watch Candyman(US)
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