Candyman

Candyman

The pain will be exquisite.

Rating

5.0 (1)

Release Date

10/16/1992

Runtime

100 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$25,792,310

Homepage

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A elegantly crafted nightmare that uses urban legend as a prism for examining race, trauma, and class violence in America. It's unsettling and intellectually sharp in equal measure, with the horror emerging not just from gore but from the systems and beliefs that sustain it.

Mood

Dread-soakedMelancholicUnsettlingTense

Themes

GriefRaceClassIsolation

Tone

Operatic

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

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Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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