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- Candyman
- Released: September 11, 1992
- Director: Bernard Rose
- Producers: Clive Barker, Steve Golin
- Writer: Bernard Rose
- Starring: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Vanessa Williams
- Distributed by: TriStar Pictures
- Running time: 99 min.
- Budget: $8 million
- Total earnings: $25.8 million
- Tagline: "We dare you to say his name five times!"
- Source short story The Forbidden from Barker's 1985 collection, In the Flesh
- Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
- Released: March 17, 1995
- Director: Bill Condon
- Producers: Gregg Fienberg, Sigurjon Sighvatsson
- Writers: Clive Barker, Rand Ravich, Mark Kruger
- "Evil comes when you call his name"
- Candyman 3: Day of the Dead
- Director: Turi Meyer
- Producer: Andrew Golov
- Writers: Clive Barker, Turi Meyer, Al Septein
- Released: July 9, 1999
- Broadcast straight to television
- Tagline: "Blood is sharper than the blade"
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Candyman is a series of horror movie first released in 1992 which was based on Clive Barker's short story the, The Forbidden. The eponymous villain is a myth similar to the childhood spook story, "Bloody Mary," and will be summoned by repeating his name five times in a mirror. The series follows the Candyman, who is first summoned back into the world of the living in the first movie by a graduate student named Helen Lyle (played by Virginia Madsen).
The first two movies were released as feature films, while the last one was broadcast on TV and released on DVD. Although the supernatural villain remains the same throughout the series, the protagonist is a different person in each movie.
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Candyman Questions
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Who has seen Candyman? Does anyone know if theres an existing Helen urban legend or if it was made up for the movie? 1 AnswerThe movie Candyman was sooooo creepy. I remember watching it at sleep overs as a kid. The movie was based on a novel by Clive Barker "The Forbidden" If you sa... read more
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Candyman Fan Sites, Blogs and Message Boards
- Quit Your Day Job: Candyman Blog
- IMDb: Candyman | Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | Candyman: Day of the Dead
- Horrorwatch.com: Candyman 4 Board
- Counting Down: Candyman 4 Forum
- RueMorgue Message Boards: Best movie of 1992
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