Candyman
1992 · TMDB 6.7
Directed by Bernard Rose
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.
Why it matters
A graduate student researching urban legends becomes entangled with the ghost of a murdered artist, Candyman, who haunts a Chicago housing project. Bernard Rose's film is a gothic fairy tale about race, class, and the stories we tell.
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Released
- 1992-10-16
- Studio
- Propaganda Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 6.7
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