Release Year: 1992 Rating: R Duration: 99 minutes Other Title: Clive Barker's Candyman Director: Bernard Rose Producer: Steve Golin, Sigurjon Sighvatsson, Alan Poul
synopsis
Helen Lyle is a student who decides to write a thesis about local legends and myths. She visits a part of the town, where she learns about the legend of the Candyman, a one-armed man who appears when you say his name five times, in front of a mirror. Of course, Helen doesn't believe all this stuff, but the people of the area are really afraid. When she ignores their warnings and begins her investigation in the places that he is rumored to appear, a series of horrible murders begins. Could the legend be true?
cast
Virginia Madsen as Helen Lyle
quote
Candyman: They will say that I have shed innocent blood. What's blood for, if not for shedding?
The Phantom has long held a theory about horror films, but it was only recently that he got to confirm it. Although he's not subjected this theory to rigorous testing, he nonetheless now feels confident enough to state that to his knowledge the word "thesis" has never appeared in the screenplay for a successful horror film. Actually, let's rephrase that: the word "thesis" has never appeared in the screenplay for a *good* horror film, as it remains to be seen whether or not CANDYMAN will be successful in this unpleasant season of sub-par horror.
