In Chicago, Helen Lyle and her friend Bernadette Walsh are researching for their thesis about urban legend in the University of Illinois, where Helen’s husband Trevor Lyle gives classes. Helen becomes obsessed by the legend of the Candyman, a son of slaves whose father became rich in 1890 after inventing a device for mass producing of shoes. The educated Candyman was an artist, but when the daughter of a powerful man got pregnant of him, her father hired some hooligans that saw off his right hand with a rusty blade, took him to an apiary with dozens of hives with hungry bees, smashed the hives and smeared honeycomb in his naked body. Candyman was stung to death by the bees, than his body was burnt in a giant pyre and the ashes scattered on Cabrini Green. Candyman stays alive in the legend that says that he would appear if his name is spoken five times in front of the mirror, and the skeptical Helen summons Candyman. Helen and Bernadette go to Cabrini Green, where two unsolved murders had happened, and the dwellers blame Candyman for the crimes. Helen’s disbelief brings Candyman back; the dog of Cabrini Green’s dweller Anne-Marie McCoy is slashed and her baby vanishes, and Helen is blamed. Later Candyman kills her friend Bernadette, and Helen is accused of first degree murder and arrested, while she unsuccessfully tries to prove that Candyman is the real killer.
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Genre:
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Director:
Bernard Rose
Writers:
Clive Barker (story)
Bernard Rose (writer)
Cast:
Virginia Madsen … Helen Lyle
Tony Todd … The Candyman / Daniel Robitaille
Xander Berkeley … Trevor Lyle
Kasi Lemmons … Bernadette ‘Bernie’ Walsh
Vanessa Williams … Anne-Marie McCoy
DeJuan Guy … Jake
Marianna Elliott … Clara (as Marianna Eliott)
Ted Raimi … Billy
Ria Pavia … Monica
Mark Daniels … Student
Lisa Ann Poggi … Diane
Adam Philipson … Danny
Eric Edwards … Harold
Carolyn Lowery … Stacey
Barbara Alston … Henrietta Mosely
Also Known As (AKA)
Candyman France
Candyman – Le spectre maléfique Canada (French title)
Candyman – Terrore dietro lo specchio Italy
Candyman: el dominio de la mente Spain
Candymans Fluch Germany
Clive Barker’s Candyman USA (complete title)
Kampókéz Hungary
O Assassino em Série Portugal
O Mistério de Candyman Brazil
Slatkisar Serbia
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