Candyman (1992)

R16

1992

95 mins

Directed by Bernard Rose
79%
63%
Horror

This hit 1992 slasher centers on The Candyman - a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, the son... More

This hit 1992 slasher centers on The Candyman - a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, the son of a slave killed in the late 19th century - who is accidentally summoned (by saying his name five times in the mirror) by a sociology student (Virginia Madsen) researching the monster's myth.

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Candyman (1992) | Ratings & Reviews

79_%81 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
63_%134,881 reviews
Audience score rating

"At its heart, Candyman terrifies because of its ideas. It sinks its horrific foundations very much in the real world of poverty and racial alienation."

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Empire Magazine

"What I liked was a horror movie that was scaring me with ideas and gore, instead of simply with gore."

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Roger Ebert

"The film's spooky atmosphere is accentuated by Anthony B. Richmond's cinematography and Philip Glass's score."

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The New York Times

"One of the best sustained horror movies for some years."

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Time Out

"Candyman is an uppper-register horror item that delivers the requisite shocks and gore but doesn't cheat or cop out."

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Variety

"Candyman offers a plot riddled with narrative ambiguities that are never fully resolved, all as a spur to the hooked viewer to spread their own take on the Candyman myth, and so to keep it alive."

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