Candyman
Candyman
“ We dare you to say his name five times. ”
CINEMA1992-10-16
RegionUS
Runtime100 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“The 1992 Gothic classic exploring the tragic, hook-handed urban phantom born of systemic racial violence.”
Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / Director
Bernard Rose
KEYWORDS
based on novel or bookinvestigationmelancholyurban legendurbanuniversityevilcandymanhook for a handhousing projecturban decayurban gothicantagonistic
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