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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.

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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.

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