Rent Candyman (1992)
3.6 of 5 from 172 ratings
1h 35min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- When grad student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) begins working on a thesis about urban legends, she comes across the terrifying tale of the Candyman - a vengeful, hook-handed spirit who can be summoned by saying his name five times in the mirror. As her research leads her into the bowels of Chicago's deprived housing projects and deeper into the Candyman's world, Helen learns that some legends are best left well alone.
- Actors:
- Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams, DeJuan Guy, 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, Michael Culkin, Bernard Rose
- Directors:
- Bernard Rose
- Producers:
- Steve Golin, Alan Poul, Sigurjon Sighvatsson
- Writers:
- Clive Barker, Bernard Rose
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Horror, Thrillers
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 10/10/2011
- Run Time:
- 99 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, French DTS 2.0, Italian DTS 2.0, Japanese DTS 2.0, Latin American Spanish DTS 2.0, Spanish DTS 2.0
- Subtitles:
- Czech, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/05/2022
- Run Time:
- 99 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Atmos, English Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Two cuts of the film, the US R-rated version and the original UK theatrical version featuring alternate, more graphic footage, presented via seamless branching
- Audio commentary with writer-director Bernard Rose and actor Tony Todd
- Audio commentary with authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
- Be My Victim, an interview with actor Tony Todd
- It Was Always You, Helen, an interview with actor Virginia Madsen
- The Cinema of Clive Barker: The Divine Explicit, an in-depth interview with Clive Barker on Candyman and other adaptations of his work
- The Writing on the Wall: The Production Design of Candyman, an interview with production designer Jane Ann Stewart
- Forbidden Flesh: The Makeup FX of Candyman, interviews with special makeup effects artists Bob Keen, Gary J. Tunicliffe and Mark Coulier
- A Story to Tell: Clive Barker's "The Forbidden", an interview with writer Douglas E. Winter on Barker's seminal Books of Blood and Candyman's source story
- Urban Legend: Unwrapping Candyman, a critical analysis of the film with writers Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes
- Three rarely-seen Bernard Rose short films, restored in HD: A Bomb With No Name on It (1975), The Wreckers (1976) and Looking at Alice (1977)
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image Gallery
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Reviews (1) of Candyman
A Decent Enough 1992 Horror which is still Very 80s (based on Clive Barker's novel Forbidden) - Candyman review by PV
I see they are remaking this or have done - predictably with a black female director and screenplay from the man who wrote GET OUT (who also says films with white people in have no interest for him - such utter racism! The characters matter NOT the skin colour).
Anyway, this is fun and there are several points than made me jump out of my skin. Funny how all actors in it white and black disappeared without trace though.
Remember that this is based on a horror novel by a white British man, Clive Barker. No doubt people yell STAY IN YOUR LANE at him now. It was Mr Barker who came up with the classic stare in the mirror and say the name 5 times shtick. Perfect. I can imagine youngsters doing that and being disappinted when sod all happens lol.
One thing has always puzzled me though - why Candymen takes revenge on the poor black people. Supposedly as they didn't help him in the legend but still doesn;t quite work logically. Nor does the whole bee thing, though it looks good. And as for the toilet scene and what happens to the boy - a lot of this just does not make sense and is here for pure imagery and the look of it. Fair enough.
Reminds me of SHE actually - and those old Egyptian mummy films with a modern woman who looks like an ancient princess in a picture.
3 stars for the film and 1 extra star for the brilliant Philip Glass soundtrack. I bet the remake uses awful rap and R&B. Yawn.
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