We dare you to say his name five times.
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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Character
Grave, bleak, classical in form and contemporary.
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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“Is Candyman the real protagonist?”
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“Is it actually scary?”
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“Is the villain right?”
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Cast
- Virginia MadsenHelen Lyle
- Tony ToddCandyman
- Xander BerkeleyTrevor Lyle
- Kasi LemmonsBernadette Walsh
- Vanessa WilliamsAnne-Marie McCoy
- DeJuan GuyJake
- Michael CulkinPurcell
- Stanley DeSantisDr. Burke
- Gilbert LewisDetective Frank Valento
- Marianna ElliottClara
Crew
- Bernard RoseDirector
- Bernard RoseWriter
- Anthony B. RichmondDirector of Photography
- Philip GlassOriginal Music Composer
- Dan RaeEditor
- Steve GolinProducer
- Alan PoulProducer
- Sigurjón SighvatssonProducer
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