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Candyman

1992

Directed by Bernard Rose

The pain will be exquisite.

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.

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Alternative Titles

Candyman : Le Spectre Maléfique, Candyman, El Dominio de la Mente, Кэндимен, Кондитер, Κάντιμαν, Clive Barker's Candyman, Candyman, el dominio de la mente, Candyman's Fluch, Candyman - Terrore dietro lo specchio, Şeker Adam'ın Laneti, Candyman: Spectre du mal, Candyman: El dominio de la mente, Kampókéz, 糖果人, קנדימן, Кэндимэн, O Mistério de Candyman, 캔디맨, El Misterio de Candyman, Кендімен, 腥風怒吼, مرد آبنباتی, キャンディマン, เคาะนรก 5 ครั้ง วิญญาณไม่เรียกกลับ, Sát Nhân Trong Gương, ქენდიმენი, Кендимен

Genres

Thriller Horror Drama

Themes

Horror, the undead and monster classics Intense violence and sexual transgression Thrillers and murder mysteries Gory, gruesome, and slasher horror Terrifying, haunted, and supernatural horror Creepy, chilling, and terrifying horror Gothic and eerie haunting horror Twisted dark psychological thriller Show All…

Premiere

11 Sep 1992

Canada Toronto International Film Festival

Theatrical

16 Oct 1992

USAR

07 Jan 1993

Germany18

13 Jan 1993

France16

11 Feb 1993

AustraliaM

12 Mar 1993

Brazil16

19 Mar 1993

UK18

25 Mar 1993

Italy

22 Apr 1993

Netherlands16

07 May 1993

Ireland18

14 May 1993

Hungary18

10 Jul 1993

Japan
South Korea18

Physical

25 Oct 2001

Sweden15

29 Sep 2011

Netherlands16

26 Oct 2011

Sweden15

27 Jul 2018

UK15

TV

31 Oct 1997

Sweden15

Australia

11 Feb 1993

TheatricalM

Brazil

12 Mar 1993

Theatrical16

Canada

11 Sep 1992

Premiere Toronto International Film Festival

France

13 Jan 1993

Theatrical16

Germany

07 Jan 1993

Theatrical18

Hungary

14 May 1993

Theatrical18

Ireland

07 May 1993

Theatrical18

Italy

25 Mar 1993

Theatrical

Japan

10 Jul 1993

Theatrical

Netherlands

22 Apr 1993

Theatrical16

29 Sep 2011

Physical16 Bluray

South Korea

10 Jul 1993

Theatrical18

Sweden

31 Oct 1997

TV15 TV Premiere

25 Oct 2001

Physical15 DVD

26 Oct 2011

Physical15 Bluray

UK

19 Mar 1993

Theatrical18

27 Jul 2018

Physical15

USA

16 Oct 1992

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Review by Patrick Willems ★★★½ 8

Tony Todd's voice is the 8th Wonder of the World
Review by kyle ★★★★ 4

white people love to say candyman five times and then get mad when they die like damn what’d you expect? a gummy worm? fuck off
Review by Josh Lewis ★★★★ 14

Uses gentrification and academia in Chicago as an access point to the trauma of slavery being painted over in reconstruction, before jumping off into a moody urban folklore dream where historical pain is mythologized and martyred in the form of Tony Todd's Candyman whose incredible physical presence, reverberating voice and vicious acts of violence serve to draw (and heighten) his feelings of longing and rage into something tangible and fleshy. Between the excellent location work and Don't Look Now's cinematographer Anthony B. Richmond there's a lot of gorgeously grimy detail and texture to the images which amplifies Clive Barker's nasty writing (which shares a lot of Hellraiser's beautifully grotesque/perverse pain & pleasure elements) and Phillip Glass's beautifully dreamy score. Not quite…
Review by Megan Bitchell ★★★★ 6

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Imagine dying for your thesis
Review by KYK ★★★½ 1

would've left trevor in a heartbeat when candyman said come with meee
Review by Ian West ★★★★★ 21

90’s graffiti gothic Urban folklore loaded with subtext and oodles of everything that makes me love the first half of that decades horror way more than its much lauded second half. The grotesque Barker flourishes are gruesomely beautiful and startling, the Chicago setting and beautiful overhead shots works perfectly, the urban legend academia angle is equal parts interesting/disturbing, and that score is just to die for… the kind of hauntingly beautiful saccharine soundwaves that become legendary the second you hear it.
In a decade filled with some of my all time favorite genre jams, Candyman is perhaps My favorite 90’s horror film and a genre monolith if you ask me. The kind of movie that scared the hell out of me in my formative years and still manages to flex that terror clout almost 30 years later.

Special shoutout to all timer sleazeball Xander Berkeley—never trust a man who calls you sweetie pie.

Essential.
Review by •lily• ★★★★ 2

When he asks you to be his victim 💞🥺😩💦
Review by •lily• ★★★★ 8

If Candyman was real I would simply just not say his name 5 times in the mirror 😌
Review by matt lynch ★★★★

"You don't belong here."
Gentrified trauma.
Review by amaya ★★★★ 5

candyman: be.... my victim....
me: yes
candyman: wait you’re not supposed to-
me: yes
Review by Jay ★★★★ 9

candyman’s catchphrase really should have been “i am beesed to meet you”
Review by Jamelle Bouie ★★★★ 1

There are big ideas in this movie. The generational legacy of racist trauma, the ways that trauma can embed itself in the ground itself, and the extent to which our world is built on the wreckage of that trauma. Unfortunately, they aren’t carried through the length of the film. By the third act, the ideas are largely jettisoned. What’s left is still a thrilling and terrifying supernatural slasher, but I think the movie could have gone to so many interesting places if the filmmakers had carried through on the premise. Still, I see why this is a horror classic. Start to finish, it’s one of the most compelling movies in its genre I’ve ever seen.

Addendum: Compelling argument here that the through line of the film is white liberal fear of the black underclass.

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The pain will be exquisite.

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Premiere

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07 May 1993

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31 Oct 1997

Australia

11 Feb 1993

Brazil

12 Mar 1993

Canada

11 Sep 1992

France

13 Jan 1993

Germany

07 Jan 1993

Hungary

14 May 1993

Ireland

07 May 1993

Italy

25 Mar 1993

Japan

10 Jul 1993

Netherlands

22 Apr 1993

29 Sep 2011

South Korea

10 Jul 1993

Sweden

31 Oct 1997

25 Oct 2001

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Writer

Original Writer

Casting

Editor

Cinematography

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Executive Producer

Lighting

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Production Design

Art Direction

Set Decoration

Visual Effects

Stunts

Composer

Sound

Costume Design

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