Candyman (1992)

♪Who can cut you open... From your groin to gullet? With a hook on his hand... the Candyman can, the Candyman can....♪

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Our Review Published June 5, 2020

Candyman Series Episode 1

♪Who can cut you open…
From your groin to gullet?
With a hook on his hand…
the Candyman can, the Candyman can….♪

Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob invite Now Playing Podcast listeners to “be our victim” all June long, as they whisk Silver Level Donors back to Chicago’s notorious Cabrini-Green housing project in search of the original Candyman. Tony Todd (Final Destination) stars as an urban legend serial killer who likes to put grad students like Virginia Madsen on the hook for all his grisly deeds. Is there any truth to the rumor that Clive Barker’s honey-voiced slasher surpassed Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Michael Myers as the horror icon of the 1990s? Donate and find out!

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Candyman (1992)

1992 R 1h 40m

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.

Release Date

October 16, 1992

Director

Bernard Rose

Writer

Clive Barker, Lynn Weimer, Bernard Rose

Stars

Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams, DeJuan Guy, Michael Culkin, Stanley DeSantis, Gilbert Lewis, Marianna Elliott , Ted Raimi, Ria Pavia, Mark Daniels, Lisa Ann Poggi, Adam Philipson, Eric Edwards, Carolyn Lowery, Barbara Alston, Sarina C. Grant, Latesha Martin, Lanesha Martin, Bernard Rose, Glenda Starr Kelly, Kenneth A. Brown, Caesar Brown, Terrence Riggins, Rusty Schwimmer, Baxter Harris, John Rensenhouse, Mika Quintard, Doug MacHugh, Carol Harris, Diane Peterson, Michael Laren, Antoinette Rogers, Caron Strong, Fred Sanders, Laura Bennecke, Michelle Blackwell, Ray Etheridge

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Producer

Steve Golin, Alan Poul, Sigurjón Sighvatsson

Cinematography

Anthony B. Richmond

Music

Philip Glass

Genre

Drama, Horror, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Country

United States of America

Language

English

Budget

$6,000,000

External Links

IMDb | TMDB

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