This movie scared the hell out of the black community of Chicago. I was a 7 or 8 year old chicago native when I first seen this movie on VHS. Man, the entire school was afraid, but it was so much fun. No one had the grapefruits to say his name five times in a mirror. I miss such harmless fun. 🤣😂
Candyman is a horror film that does so much right, but personally it didn't one thing that no other horror film has managed to do: it made me afraid of an actor. To this day, even as a grown man, I'm genuinely afraid of Tony Todd.
I think Tony Todd is also in the Final destination movies. He just shows up as some creepy Ambulance guy that knows everything. I mean this guy is the definition of Creepy
@@josephbassey1501 He's not just some "ambulance guy." He's basically the Grim Reaper, represented as the Coroner and owner of the Funeral Home who exposits all the information on Death and why it's after them. He's still damn terrifying in that! lol
me too. I'm 31 and I've seen a lot of horror movies and I have to say that the two horror movies that are really hard for me to see are "Candyman" and "The Nightmare on Elm Street." The soundtrack of Candyman is one of the scariest and most creepy there is. I'm more afraid of Robert Englund who played Freddy Krueger
And he honestly sounds more terrifying to me *without* the reverb effects. Think about it; a voice that deep, dark, and demonic coming from a human throat? Shivers.
Apparently Tony Todd got it in his contract he'd get a thousand bucks for every bee sting he got...and made about 23000 bucks off it. And while I'm not allergic to bees...just the thought of that many on me just creeps me out.
*Fun Fact:* When Helen first meets Candyman in the parkade, the director brought in a hypnotist to hypnotize Virginia Madsen (Helen) to make it look like Candyman (Tony Todd) actually got in her head. She doesn't even remember filming that scene
I feel like Candyman is under-recognized as a great romantic villain - beautiful, seductive, obsessive - a man who died for love and expects no less from his beloved.
Phillip Glass is the composer. He's a pretty important figure on what was going on in Orchestral music during the latter half of the 20th century with the rise of minimal music.
I always love seeing him in anything. He has a wonderful voice. Have you seen the Romero & Savini remake of Night of The Living Dead. Tony Todd was excellent in that
@@justingarrett1675 I haven't watched it for a long time, but I recall him being very good in it. One of my other film subscription sites did a video review featuring both versions a few day's ago, and that got me really interested in seeing it again. I also liked him in his supporting role in The Rock.
@@justingarrett1675 Yeah, I was crying with his character at the end of that movie, Tony Todd was great with having you be able to feel that sympathy for his character there. Haven’t seen that movie for while though.😕
The theme for Candyman has always been beautiful and creepy at the same time. Use to really scare me as a child. Im glad its getting the appreciation it deserves!!!
Candyman is one of those movies that does feel as close to perfection as a movie can be. What I love is that for most of it we don't know if he is real or if the girl is just calling for the legend and losing her sanity. It's also one of those that uses the r rating well, it just doesn't threw in countless cursing and blood because they can like most r horror movies does.
The DVD extras on this movie were interesting. The idea that the lead actress was actually hypnotized in several scenes to help her look dazed and mesmerized. Apparently there are numerous scenes that she has no memory of filming.
Candyman came out when I was 11. I watched the movie at night and after the movie, I stood next to a huge mirror in the dark and said... Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman... That was the worst mistake of my early life :D
This movie terrified me for years. Literal years as a kid. I couldn't even watch Willy Wonka because of the candy man song in it. A horror movie has not broken me before or since this film.
Same, I couldn’t listen to to The Lighthouse Family (completely inoffensive easy listening music) for years as the lead singers voice somewhat resembled Tony Todd’s
When I was in elementary school there was a pedophile they caught near my school that would give kids candy in exchange for photos of the kids in their underwear. His nickname was the candy man and I really thought this movie was about him so I refused to watch it until I was in middleschool. I'm 23 now and love the movie. Can't wait for the new one
Candyman and Hellraiser were two movies that had fascinating and intricate depictions of evil that were driven into the ground by people who didn't get the *soul* of what made these characters good in the first place. Puppetmaster and SAW had that problem, too. So many good movies with such a strong vision just demolished by the System pursuing money. Thanks for bringing up another one of my favorites, Jeremy. :)
@@Robkinggozer I wish I could say I had, it's always been on my 'to do' list after playing "Clive Barker's Undying". I suppose it's good a time as any to give one a spin, though. Anything you'd recommend?
@@tammysilverwolf1085 Depends, I guess. If you don't want to commit to a big novel right away, try his Books of Bloods. Collection of amazing short stories. If you want a creepy yet light hearted, not too long story, The Thief of Always is great. But if you're up for a novel, I'd start with Weaveworld. Imajica is his best work but it's hugeee, Weaveworld is more manageable and a close second imo :)
@@Robkinggozer Awesome, I see most of his stuff is pretty reasonably priced on Amazon (Not my first pick, but my local indie book shop shut down last month :( ) I'll start with Books of Blood, then and keep my finger on his other stuff. I see the book that may have inspired 'Hellraiser' (Hellbound Heart) is also here. :) Thanks for the recommendations and taking the time to do so. I'm looking forward to this! Hope you had a safe and happy Halloween!
@@tammysilverwolf1085 Cool and no prob at all. Yes, The Hell bound Heart is a novella that the movie is based on. It's definitely a disturbing tale, worth a read for the grotesque scenes he paints in it hehe. Anyway, hope you enjoy the books of blood and interested to hear your opinion about it. :)
A very underrated horror show, one I didn't appreciate when I was young but realized how great it was when I got older. Tony Todd is also highly underrated IMO.
Clive Barker had some bangers in the early 90s. Also, an extremely creative individual who seems like a genuinely good person in interviews. Truly supports anyone who ventures into the "dark arts".
I still have a faint hope that someday Imajica gets made into an r rated multi season TV epic. Or Weaveworld, or The Great SECRET show, also great works.
@@jongomez8437 I hate that you might be right. LoL. The trailer looks great, but I've been fooled before. The new Candyman looks like it has good enough acting to at least be entertaining if it is a reboot.
The strength of Candyman is about how much it is... It's about systemic poverty, the power of stories, racial privilige, the question of sanity vs supernatural, how after dying identity is defined by the memories and stories about you rather than you yourself... With the story you can also extend that to discussing if thr Candyman as he is now is a damned human soul, a demon latched onto that story or even a sentient story...
@Cpt Dinosaur The movie literally was about racial privilege, it is even mentioned in the film. When Ruthie Jean called the cops after hearing someone coming through her walls, nobody came. When Helen was beaten in a public restroom by a gang, cops came and arrested the lead gang member. Have you even seen the movie? Were you even paying attention?
I remember watching this when I was 9, my sister was 7. She got so scared, she was to afraid to go the toilet by herself because of the mirror. It didn't help when I started saying candy man in the mirror to prove it wasn't real.
We were part of a test audience a couple months before the movie released. It was showing at a college campus. After it ended and I was enthralled but a bit shook up, a few of us had to use the bathroom. When we entered the women's bathrooms, it was covered in mirrors. "Oh hellllllll no" I remember saying as we entered. All three of us kept buddy checking from the stalls, "how you doing? You ok? Almost done?"
Even as an adult I still need to steal myself before I can say "bloody mary" in the mirror. Again, not superstitious, but it was enough of an influence as a kid that all these years later I still think about it and in spite of myself it still has some hold on me.
I saw candyman for the first time this year and thought it was amazing, I’m 28 and for some reason growing up I’ve deprived myself from the horror genre until It 2017 came out and fell in love with the horror genre and now I’m playing catch-up watching as many horror movies as I possibly can
That's awesome! How many horror movies have you seen lately? I'd highly recommend Exorcist 3, it has a very similar tone and vibe to candyman, and I think it's extremely underrated. You don't have to watch Exorcist 1 first to understand it, but I would recommend that one as well, it's a classic. But you can skip Exorcist 2, that movie is terrible 😂 and exorcist 3 completely ignores it.
@@robertwild9447 i have watched a lot, I’ve been trying to post my Letterboxd link because it would be way easier to show you than type out all the horror movies I really liked but for some reason it won’t let me
The parking lot scene always scared the crap out of me when I was a kid, and it never helped that my brother trapped me in the restroom and said his name 5 times ... only scary movie that terrified me
Stuart M, It is kind of underrated though. It’s generally respected by those who are aware of it, but it doesn’t have the mainstream success of like a Halloween or Nightmare on Elm Street.
I started watching "Candyman" a few Halloweens ago and got drawn into the story, acting, social commentary, etc. - a definite classic, transcending the horror genre. I don't remember hearing about him when I was growing up in the 90s, though - my school had "Blood Mary" instead :-).
I never heard of Candyman as a kid. I was always told the story of Bloody Mary and genuinely had a panic attack when my friend locked me in the bathroom and turned the lights off.
I asked you to review this near the beginning of the pandemic. I just wanted to say thanks for doing this video. This film scared the living crap out of me when I was a kid. I loved it, and I still love it. Great review, and I totally agree with your points. Phillip Glass' score is so incredible.
The music, the urban legend and that goddamned Tony Todd made me piss my pants with this movie. In fact, this movie made me want to avoid any movie Tony Todd had been in after that...he scared me in "the rock"! Lol all jokes aside, my soul is ready for the new one.
Joke's on you BatJahn. Let me put it this way. Legend has it, you don't have to be in front of mirror and know it. So being the good friend to you. I held up a mirror in front of my screen for you while you carried on with saying Candyman five times. You're welcome buddy 🍬
Thanks for making all of these videos, bro. I appreciate you still working hard to entertain us during this strange time. Candyman is awesome. Excited to see the new one next year! Stay safe man!
I watched this movie for the first time two days ago. I had no idea what to expect but I absolutely loved it! And it’s surprising how much it holds up.
Tony Todd is def the GOAT first time I saw him was night of the living dead 80s remake. They should made a celebrity deathmatch candyman vs willy Wonka 😂😅
Pinhead. I can see him using the chains as a fatality which rips the character to pieces. Or sending characters to the other dimension to be tortured. Yeah, Pinhead is probably the best choice for MK because of the brutal violence and the weapons plus MK deals with dimensions and he’s already a Inter-dimension traveler.
I couldn’t agree more. Always love your reviews, whether I have a different point of view (usually I don’t) or not. Candy man is truly amazing and I am really excited to see what comes of the new one.
this is hands down one of my favorite horrors. I was lucky enough to be a kid when this came out and i remember grown men being afraid to go to the bathroom by themselves behind this movie. It's definitely a classic
One of my favorite movies of all time the story telling. The power of belief it’s all wrapped up in this and is the best I love it thanks for the review great review! It’s a little factoid the actor who played candy man also played Show-Knouff in the last Dragon!
Solid review. Glad Jahns liked it. - Candyman is one of the best horror movies of all times. The mix of the very realistic urban horror of the projects and the fantastic, gothic horror makes for one hell of a masterpiece in its genre. - Tony Tood's voice is captivating indeed. - Am I still the only one thinking Virginia Madsen looks like Gillian Anderson ? It's been bugging me for twenty years. - What Philip Glass did on Candyman was Ennio Morricone level. Most compelling horror movies soundtracks are compelling because they (cleverly) use unpleasant sounds, like Sinister's for example, but this one has melodies that are literally fucking scary. - When I saw the movie for the first time in the mid-90s, I was in junior high, me and my buddies dared each other to say Candyman's name five times. Not a single one of us did. It was pure silliness, and still. Same as Jahns. That says a LOT.
As a Chicagoan, this movie hits close to home. Granted I’m 22, so I don’t know what Cabrini was nor was I around when this first dropped but growing up on the south side and seeing a lot of crazy shit, this always holds some strange weight to it
I would gladly say "Candyman" 5 times as long as I could be sure that it was Tony Todd coming to kill me. The man is absolutely entrancing. Anyone looking for another fantastic performance by Tony Todd ought to watch the episode Sleepless in the series The X-Files. It's one of the few episodes in the story that had little relevance to the overall mythology of the show, but still had me completely engaged.
I watched Candyman for the first time in about twenty years yesterday. I've always loved the theme, that piano has always haunted me. Also I've never said it 5 times either...
I only saw Candyman or the first time this year (might have been last year, what is time anymore?) and I couldn't believe how good it was. Still absolutely holds up. Bought it on blu ray after watching it and think I'll stick it on today. Great video, dude :)
one of the most amazing films ever - changed my view of horror and enhanced my love of film. too often not given the praise it deserves. it might be cause 92 was also year of silence of the lambs
I’ve been wanting to rewatch this one. There is this haunting image involving a dog that stuck with me since I was a toddler and prevents me from doing so though; maybe I’ll just fast-forward the scene 😅. Thanks for the review, Jeremy!
Candyman director Bernard Rose has had one of the most interesting Hollywood careers out there. It's amazing how he was able to convince Philip Glass to do a score for a horror film.
Candyman has made me be wary of mirrors since I first watched it as a kid. But only when it's dark (I won't say his name five times either - just in case). Damn you, movie. Still, the movie has never left my mind. It isn't supposed to be anything special, but it tends to stay with you. Tony Todd's voice really helps with that; such a great voice. As soon as I hear the name of this movie, his voice is what comes to mind.
The bees were bred specifically for this movie. They needed to make sure that the bees were only twelve hours old, so that they looked like mature bees, but their stinger wouldn't be powerful enough to do any real damage. Exterior, hallway, and stairway scenes were actually filmed for a few days in the infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects, though the producers had to make a deal with the ruling gang members to put them in the movie as extras to ensure the cast and crew's safety during filming. Even with this arrangement, a sniper put a bullet through the production van on the last day of filming, though no one was injured. While investigating one of Candyman's crime scenes, Helen and Bernadette discover that the design of the apartment's medicine cabinet made it a possible point of entry for an intruder. This was not a made-up piece of horror movie fiction. While researching the film, Bernard Rose learned that a series of murders had been committed in Chicago in this very way. In Slashers Part 1 (2018), Tony Todd said he was stung by bees 26 times during the space of the Candyman trilogy. Tony Todd negotiated a bonus of $1,000 for every bee sting he suffered during filming; he was stung 23 times. Tony Todd's favorite role and movie of his own. Whenever Candyman is walking his footsteps have no sound, signifying his status as rumor and mythology powered by superstition come to life. The Candyman's lair was designed to look like a gothic church constructed by the people who believed in him living in Cabrini Green The film's opening credits feature a great aerial view of Chicago, which was pretty revolutionary for its time. "We did that with an incredible new machine called the Skycam, which can shoot up to a 500mm lens with no vibration," Bernard Rose told The Independent. "You've never seen that shot before, at least not done that smoothly." The Candyman in Clive Barker's original story had been described as an imposing possibly white man (he is described as having a rather unnatural shade of yellow that of course adds to his candy theme) with an unruly red beard. Director Bernard Rose had Virginia Madsen and Tony Todd take ballroom dancing classes together so they would have more of a romantic connection when playing their characters. Candyman combines elements of two real urban legends: Bloody Mary (a ghost who appears by chanting her name in a mirror) and the Hook (a killer with a hook for a hand who attacks a couple in a parked car). The effects crew had a blacksmith make Candyman's hook, but when they went to pick it up, the blacksmith refused to sell it to them. Once he'd heard it was for a Clive Barker horror movie, the devout Christian blacksmith had misgivings about the project. There was some controversy that the film was depicting racism and racial stereotypes. According to Bernard Rose, "I had to go and have a whole set of meetings with the NAACP, because the producers were so worried, and what they said to me when they'd read the script was 'Why are we even having this meeting? You know, this is just good fun.' Their argument was 'Why shouldn't a black actor be a ghost? Why shouldn't a black actor play Freddy Krueger or Hannibal Lecter? If you're saying that they can't be, it's really perverse. This is a horror movie. . .'" According to Virginia Madsen , "I was and am now worried about how people will respond. I don't think Spike Lee will like this film." It took half an hour for all of the bees to get into Tony Todd's mouth, and he recalled being "tranced out" when he let all of the bees out of his mouth. Eddie Murphy was considered for the title role, but was deemed too short at 5'9". They chose Tony Todd for his height at 6'5". For the scene where Helen strips in front of the policewoman, Virginia Madsen suggested her lifelong best friend Rusty Schwimmer for the part as she felt more comfortable doing it in front of a familiar face. For the scene in which bees fill Candyman's chest cavity, bees were placed in a special body appliance which was filled off stage and strapped to Tony Todd's chest. Utmost care was taken to be gentle in placing the bees properly for the scene and then collecting them afterwards. In an August 2011 interview with Cindy Pearlman of the Chicago Sun Times Tony Todd stated, "I'll never forget that I filmed that movie in a building on the South Side of Chicago. Building 116. Unit C. That's the Candyman pad!" Bernard Rose expressed interest in Clive Barker's story "The Forbidden", and Barker agreed to license the rights. Where Barker's story revolved around themes of the British class system in contemporary Liverpool, Rose chose to refit the story to Cabrini-Green public housing development in Chicago and instead focus on themes of race and social class in inner-city United States. The original story takes place in a fictional British housing project called Bob's Corner in the late 70's, while the movie moves the setting to 90's Chicago and the real life slum of Cabrini Green. The change in setting also makes the bonfire seem out of place, as in the original the bonfire is part of the traditional Guy Fawkes Night celebrations. Tony Todd compares his character's ability to invoke fear, suggestion and seduction to the DC Comics villain Scarecrow. He also compares his character to the Phantom of the Opera and the Hunchback of Notre Dame in that they are all "monsters" who use both tenderness and terror in an unsuccessful attempt to win the love of the female protagonists. The honeybees in Candyman were controlled by Norman Gary, who previously handled bees on films such as The Deadly Bees (1966), My Girl (1991), and Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). The film used more than 200,000 real honeybees throughout, and most of the crew wore bodysuits to be protected from stings, although all of them faced at least one sting. Originally scripted Candyman's name was to be called 13 times, but writer and director Bernard Rose reduced it to 5. Clive Barker's short story took place in Liverpool, England. The titular character of Candyman does not appear in person until 44 minutes into the movie. The only slasher movie in the horror canon with a Black serial killer as the villain. This has never been done before or since in the history of film. In "Draculas, Vampires and Other Undead Forms: Essays on Gender, Race and Culture", the Candyman's nature is likened to a vampire, elaborating that similar to the vampires: "[Candyman] possesses the capacity to hypnotize his prey such that they appear to desire their victimizations." Virginia Madsen confirmed that the Candyman was intended to be an "African-American Dracula", adding that she thought that it is "appealing to the African-American community because they finally had their own Dracula". For a scene in which both Helen and Candyman are covered with bees, the queen bee scent was placed on the actors and then the bees were placed on the actors by pouring them out of a container. A special bee vacuum was used after to collect the bees. Bernard Rose's then-wife, Alexandra Pigg, was originally set to play Helen but ceded the role to the higher profile Virginia Madsen. In "The Forbidden", Helen's last name is Buchanan as opposed to Lyle in the movie. Anne-Marie's last name is changed from Latimer to McCoy in the movie, as well as her baby's name from Kerry to Anthony. Candyman is regarded in some critical circles as a contemporary classic of horror cinema. Michael Culkin's debut film Penned by Clive Barker who also wrote Hellraiser, another iconic horror franchise. The scene where Candyman's hook bursts through Helen's bathroom cabinet was set up without Virginia Madsen's knowledge, so her terror and shock are real. She ran screaming from the set. According to Tony Todd, the studio cut several minutes of footage out to the swirling embrace scene at the end of the film when Candyman tells Helen "Surrender to me" because they were leery of the interracial context of the scene. When Helen is seen talking to Jake at Cabrini-Green you can see the shadow of the gates on her face resembling honeycombs therefore forshawdowing that her face will be covered in bees. Dr Burke's death won the "Golden Chainsaw" award because it had the most visible hookage. Kasi Lemmons's second horror film after The Silence of the Lambs (1991) (in which she played a similar sidekick role), and the first in which she dies when she gets gutted by Candyman. Helen and Bernadette, before they unwittingly summon Candyman, make a joke about how someone's lurking behind a bathroom mirror. In the second act of the movie Candyman himself later smashes through the mirror to get at Helen.
I always was attracted to horrors even as a kid, and I remember watching Candyman on tv at night when I was around 10, and it was so scary I couldn't handle finishing it and had to stop watching around the psychiatric hospital scene because I was nearly shitting myself xD I still think it's one of the scariest horrors ever
So glad Candyman is getting some real appreciation these days. That soundtrack combined with Tony’s voice is just ethereal
I agree! Perfect score
"I love a movie that keeps me on the hook"
Lol pun intended I guess 😂
This movie scared the hell out of the black community of Chicago. I was a 7 or 8 year old chicago native when I first seen this movie on VHS. Man, the entire school was afraid, but it was so much fun. No one had the grapefruits to say his name five times in a mirror. I miss such harmless fun. 🤣😂
To this day grown ass man still will not say his name in the mirror
Same...
@@eddiemurphy1775 yeah hell no
It's all fun and games till someone gets hooked...
I'm from Houston and he had us shooked aswell
Candyman is a horror film that does so much right, but personally it didn't one thing that no other horror film has managed to do: it made me afraid of an actor. To this day, even as a grown man, I'm genuinely afraid of Tony Todd.
I think Tony Todd is also in the Final destination movies. He just shows up as some creepy Ambulance guy that knows everything.
I mean this guy is the definition of Creepy
@@josephbassey1501 He's not just some "ambulance guy." He's basically the Grim Reaper, represented as the Coroner and owner of the Funeral Home who exposits all the information on Death and why it's after them. He's still damn terrifying in that! lol
Still afraid of him as well. Tony Todd is the one person that I would not walk up to for an autograph. I’d give a nod, a smile, and keep it moving!
me too.
I'm 31 and I've seen a lot of horror movies and I have to say that the two horror movies that are really hard for me to see are "Candyman" and "The Nightmare on Elm Street."
The soundtrack of Candyman is one of the scariest and most creepy there is.
I'm more afraid of Robert Englund who played Freddy Krueger
Ive met Tony and hes a great dude and easy to crack up. Lol I had a 7 foot boss at Fedex so Tony didnt really intimidate me. His name was Dale.
Fun Fact: Tony Todd is the voice of Zoom on The Flash.
And he honestly sounds more terrifying to me *without* the reverb effects. Think about it; a voice that deep, dark, and demonic coming from a human throat? Shivers.
And Tobin bell (jigsaw) is the voice from savitar
And he was also the voice of Darkseid in Justice League Apocalypse Dark.
With your avatar pic, knew your comment was going to be about Zoom and Flash :D
I still think of him as Worfs little brother.
Candyman’s voice is best heard in High Definition BluRay
With headphones.
It's like sex for your ears.
The Living Jed it’s like hearing the sound of a ghost
💯💯💯
Armand Starkks absolutely
@@Fitzgeralduh 300 this is youtubah!!!!
Apparently Tony Todd got it in his contract he'd get a thousand bucks for every bee sting he got...and made about 23000 bucks off it. And while I'm not allergic to bees...just the thought of that many on me just creeps me out.
I am allergic in bees and I would gladly take 23 stings for 23,000
That's a cool story, but I was sure I read that they used stingless bees for the film.
@@nataliekmaguire they probably did, but it’s good he had that clause in his contract just in case
Fellow Fact Fiend viewer?
Yeah..um..no. 🤦♂️
This is a masterpiece. The soundtrack, acting, the themes, the message, the gore, suspense. Candyman is a horror classic
*Fun Fact:* When Helen first meets Candyman in the parkade, the director brought in a hypnotist to hypnotize Virginia Madsen (Helen) to make it look like Candyman (Tony Todd) actually got in her head. She doesn't even remember filming that scene
Whoa.😳
Cool
Not only that scene, but every scene when there's a close up shot in Helen's face, she was hypnotized everytime.
Yeah okay. Sounds like something jared Leto would claim. Anything for the craft
@@newyardleysinclair9960Because Bernard is very a eccentric filmmaker.
I watched Candyman when I was a kid in the UK it affected me more than most films
I feel like Candyman is under-recognized as a great romantic villain - beautiful, seductive, obsessive - a man who died for love and expects no less from his beloved.
Phillip Glass is the composer. He's a pretty important figure on what was going on in Orchestral music during the latter half of the 20th century with the rise of minimal music.
A Candyman review just before Halloween. That's sweet of you, Jeremy.
Tony Todd is a greatly underused actor.
I always love seeing him in anything. He has a wonderful voice. Have you seen the Romero & Savini remake of Night of The Living Dead. Tony Todd was excellent in that
Sweets too the sweets
@@justingarrett1675 I haven't watched it for a long time, but I recall him being very good in it. One of my other film subscription sites did a video review featuring both versions a few day's ago, and that got me really interested in seeing it again.
I also liked him in his supporting role in The Rock.
@@justingarrett1675 Yeah, I was crying with his character at the end of that movie, Tony Todd was great with having you be able to feel that sympathy for his character there. Haven’t seen that movie for while though.😕
@@lolajaramillo4620 it has also been a good long while since I've seen Candyman.
he makes you say his name five times, unlike Beetlejuice, he really makes you work for that summoning.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 hes like King Kong Bundy. He wants that 5 count. 3 just aint enough.
The theme for Candyman has always been beautiful and creepy at the same time. Use to really scare me as a child. Im glad its getting the appreciation it deserves!!!
Candyman is one of those movies that does feel as close to perfection as a movie can be. What I love is that for most of it we don't know if he is real or if the girl is just calling for the legend and losing her sanity. It's also one of those that uses the r rating well, it just doesn't threw in countless cursing and blood because they can like most r horror movies does.
Don't feel bad, Jeremy. I'm 39, and I refuse to say "Candyman" five times in a mirror, too.
Same! I was taking a shit watching this and cut the video off after Jeremy said his name the 4th time😂
@82 Briggs lmao 🤣😂🤣💩
Me too lol
The DVD extras on this movie were interesting.
The idea that the lead actress was actually hypnotized in several scenes to help her look dazed and mesmerized.
Apparently there are numerous scenes that she has no memory of filming.
Hypnosis doesn't work.
As a kid Candyman was the only movie I never dared to challenge in front of a mirror
Candyman came out when I was 11. I watched the movie at night and after the movie, I stood next to a huge mirror in the dark and said... Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman... That was the worst mistake of my early life :D
Y?
@@stevensanchez330 A better question is why are you too lazy to type out a 3 letter word? :p
Mr Spangles 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I did this shit and my dad jumped out in a big ass leather coat 😑
@@youngtheliton3 Haha... My mom freaked out when she found out what I did.
No movie scared me more when I was a kid than Candyman. The music, the atmosphere, Tony Todd’s voice were all amazing
This movie terrified me for years. Literal years as a kid. I couldn't even watch Willy Wonka because of the candy man song in it. A horror movie has not broken me before or since this film.
Yes!!! Same!
Same, I couldn’t listen to to The Lighthouse Family (completely inoffensive easy listening music) for years as the lead singers voice somewhat resembled Tony Todd’s
Same here I was into scary movies and could stomach them as a kid. But Candyman/ Pet Cemetery, Jeepers Creepers terrified the shit outta me. Lmao
When I was in elementary school there was a pedophile they caught near my school that would give kids candy in exchange for photos of the kids in their underwear. His nickname was the candy man and I really thought this movie was about him so I refused to watch it until I was in middleschool.
I'm 23 now and love the movie. Can't wait for the new one
Same, as a grown man I can appreciate it for the masterpiece that it is, but as a 9 yr old kid, ruined my life...
My morning has been made (I'm in Australia)
It’s afternoon for me
Always love when youtubers are just watching and commenting other youtubers lol Love your stuff Chris!
5pm EST isn't morning
@@aidanlastname0187 me to
@@KomodoDojo I live in Australia haha
I saw the title and thought, “WAIT THE NEW ONE? LIFE IS NORMAL?”
If only brother
I also thought it was the new one
They are actually making a remake
That's what I though as well lol 😂
@@LuisSierra42 the new one looks good imo
Was literally just talking about this movie with a friend. What are the odds I would get this glorious notification right after!
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CandyMan has been watching. I think you're not giving him enough credit
Pretty good odds since it is that time of the year.
Can you talk to your friend about Spiderman Miles Morales?
Candyman and Hellraiser were two movies that had fascinating and intricate depictions of evil that were driven into the ground by people who didn't get the *soul* of what made these characters good in the first place. Puppetmaster and SAW had that problem, too. So many good movies with such a strong vision just demolished by the System pursuing money. Thanks for bringing up another one of my favorites, Jeremy. :)
Have you read some of Clive Barker's works?
@@Robkinggozer I wish I could say I had, it's always been on my 'to do' list after playing "Clive Barker's Undying". I suppose it's good a time as any to give one a spin, though.
Anything you'd recommend?
@@tammysilverwolf1085 Depends, I guess. If you don't want to commit to a big novel right away, try his Books of Bloods. Collection of amazing short stories. If you want a creepy yet light hearted, not too long story, The Thief of Always is great.
But if you're up for a novel, I'd start with Weaveworld. Imajica is his best work but it's hugeee, Weaveworld is more manageable and a close second imo :)
@@Robkinggozer Awesome, I see most of his stuff is pretty reasonably priced on Amazon (Not my first pick, but my local indie book shop shut down last month :( ) I'll start with Books of Blood, then and keep my finger on his other stuff. I see the book that may have inspired 'Hellraiser' (Hellbound Heart) is also here. :)
Thanks for the recommendations and taking the time to do so. I'm looking forward to this! Hope you had a safe and happy Halloween!
@@tammysilverwolf1085 Cool and no prob at all. Yes, The Hell bound Heart is a novella that the movie is based on. It's definitely a disturbing tale, worth a read for the grotesque scenes he paints in it hehe. Anyway, hope you enjoy the books of blood and interested to hear your opinion about it. :)
A very underrated horror show, one I didn't appreciate when I was young but realized how great it was when I got older. Tony Todd is also highly underrated IMO.
Clive Barker had some bangers in the early 90s. Also, an extremely creative individual who seems like a genuinely good person in interviews. Truly supports anyone who ventures into the "dark arts".
I still have a faint hope that someday Imajica gets made into an r rated multi season TV epic. Or Weaveworld, or The Great SECRET show, also great works.
Was REALLY looking forward to the remake this year.....DAMN YOU COVID19.
@Mason Wright Hollywood has you to believe it’s a sequel, but watch it be a soft reboot
@@jongomez8437 I hate that you might be right. LoL. The trailer looks great, but I've been fooled before. The new Candyman looks like it has good enough acting to at least be entertaining if it is a reboot.
Technically it’s a requel
The people making it described it as a "spiritual sequel" whatever the hell that means
@SeventhkeyOmega Revenge seriously?! Ok I have a lil more faith that it wont be completely slaughtered
The strength of Candyman is about how much it is... It's about systemic poverty, the power of stories, racial privilige, the question of sanity vs supernatural, how after dying identity is defined by the memories and stories about you rather than you yourself... With the story you can also extend that to discussing if thr Candyman as he is now is a damned human soul, a demon latched onto that story or even a sentient story...
@Cpt Dinosaur well, sad you seem to think that
@Cpt Dinosaur The movie literally was about racial privilege, it is even mentioned in the film. When Ruthie Jean called the cops after hearing someone coming through her walls, nobody came. When Helen was beaten in a public restroom by a gang, cops came and arrested the lead gang member. Have you even seen the movie? Were you even paying attention?
This movie made me shat myself as a kid. I knew where Cabrini-Green was located too. Damn this movie.
No joke. I pooped and peed with the door open for years.
Broooooooo I had to walk past that building as a kid smh the torture
I hear you
You didn't have to use the past tense for "shit" as you were already talking in past tense.
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I remember watching this when I was 9, my sister was 7. She got so scared, she was to afraid to go the toilet by herself because of the mirror. It didn't help when I started saying candy man in the mirror to prove it wasn't real.
We were part of a test audience a couple months before the movie released. It was showing at a college campus. After it ended and I was enthralled but a bit shook up, a few of us had to use the bathroom. When we entered the women's bathrooms, it was covered in mirrors. "Oh hellllllll no" I remember saying as we entered. All three of us kept buddy checking from the stalls, "how you doing? You ok? Almost done?"
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I only vaguely remember seeing this as a kid, but definitely remember how freaked out I felt afterwards.
Even as an adult I still need to steal myself before I can say "bloody mary" in the mirror. Again, not superstitious, but it was enough of an influence as a kid that all these years later I still think about it and in spite of myself it still has some hold on me.
Yup. You know its not real but why tempt fate. Nope, no thanks!
@@Darrkness haha exactly
@@Darrkness Yup. For the most part, you do not challenge evil.😐
I'm going to miss this short-lived series. I wish October wasn't over ;'(
I saw candyman for the first time this year and thought it was amazing, I’m 28 and for some reason growing up I’ve deprived myself from the horror genre until It 2017 came out and fell in love with the horror genre and now I’m playing catch-up watching as many horror movies as I possibly can
That's awesome! How many horror movies have you seen lately? I'd highly recommend Exorcist 3, it has a very similar tone and vibe to candyman, and I think it's extremely underrated. You don't have to watch Exorcist 1 first to understand it, but I would recommend that one as well, it's a classic. But you can skip Exorcist 2, that movie is terrible 😂 and exorcist 3 completely ignores it.
@@robertwild9447 i have watched a lot, I’ve been trying to post my Letterboxd link because it would be way easier to show you than type out all the horror movies I really liked but for some reason it won’t let me
@@Mateo_Esteban No worries. Like I said, I'd recommend Exorcist 3 if you haven't seen that one yet.
The parking lot scene always scared the crap out of me when I was a kid, and it never helped that my brother trapped me in the restroom and said his name 5 times ... only scary movie that terrified me
You should review Jacob's Ladder. Its an underrated horror masterpiece.
It's not underrated tho bud, it's celebrated as a masterpiece and was the inspiration for the Silent Hill series.
@@Mecz2 Yeah but it seems like no one brings it up anymore in all time horror great discussions.
Stuart M, It is kind of underrated though. It’s generally respected by those who are aware of it, but it doesn’t have the mainstream success of like a Halloween or Nightmare on Elm Street.
@@brasteen1 you ain’t wrong, I only came across it due to a review from Ryan Hollinger. Great review
@@santosesquivel8669 Only reason I found out about it was my friend told me it inspired Silent Hill and he hadn't seen it yet either.
I started watching "Candyman" a few Halloweens ago and got drawn into the story, acting, social commentary, etc. - a definite classic, transcending the horror genre. I don't remember hearing about him when I was growing up in the 90s, though - my school had "Blood Mary" instead :-).
Lucky you
I never heard of Candyman as a kid. I was always told the story of Bloody Mary and genuinely had a panic attack when my friend locked me in the bathroom and turned the lights off.
@@420catboi That makes 2 of you
"on the hook" - movie John Wick. Heh, I see what you did there.
I’m surprised Jermey hasn’t ever reviewed “American werewolf in London”
The trailer for the new one literally even though I’d never even ever heard about it before, gave me chills, I’m so excited
Whenever im asked who my fav horror icon is, i reply with "Be My Victim".... mostly to puzzled looks, bit still
🎵 Who can take a sunrise?
(Who can take a sunrise?)
Sprinkle it with dew, cover it with chocolate and a miracle or two🎵 😂
"Come, be my victim."
I like how Chicago still looks like the same rundown city 38 years later! Makes the movie still relevant.
I asked you to review this near the beginning of the pandemic. I just wanted to say thanks for doing this video. This film scared the living crap out of me when I was a kid. I loved it, and I still love it. Great review, and I totally agree with your points. Phillip Glass' score is so incredible.
This is one of the most underrated horror films I've ever scene
Can't wait to see the new movie written by JORDAN PEELE
I hope a new GARGOYLES to come next
Yeah but we have to wait to see when it comes out
Jordan Peele is overrated in everything he does. I guarantee the remake will not be good.
I kinda agree. Get Out was amazing. Us was pretty bad. Mis-marketed, convoluted, and not scary
don't discriminate hate everyone equally GET OUT. US was a bit disappointing but I’ve watched get out multiple times and it’s always great
@@dontdiscriminatehateeveryo9263 he's also pretentious
Thanks for all the horror movie reviews this month, you shared a bunch of older movies I need to watch again, the nostalgia was so needed:)
Tony Todd has an AMAZING voice! And he's such a big dude, it makes for such a great presentation.
It was always you, Helen🥀🐝
Definitely a 90s horror masterpiece!
The music, the urban legend and that goddamned Tony Todd made me piss my pants with this movie. In fact, this movie made me want to avoid any movie Tony Todd had been in after that...he scared me in "the rock"! Lol all jokes aside, my soul is ready for the new one.
Joke's on you BatJahn. Let me put it this way. Legend has it, you don't have to be in front of mirror and know it.
So being the good friend to you. I held up a mirror in front of my screen for you while you carried on with saying Candyman five times.
You're welcome buddy 🍬
Please don’t stop reviewing horror movies, Jeremy. We need it. I need it. Horror movies are life.
This makes me sad that the reboot isn’t out and that I missed this when it left Netflix last month 😭
Yeah I was looking forward to watching it but it probably won’t be out til 2022 :/
Reboot? I thought it was a sequel.
@@liquidsword601 honestly I’m not sure which it is 😂 just saw the trailer and thought it was sick
@@stanford0711 The little boy and mother from the original are older in the trailer of the new one, so I think it’s a sequel.
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It's a direct sequel to the original.
The lead guy in the new one is the baby that Candyman kidnapped in the original.
"keeps me on the hook" 🤣🤣🤣 The candyman can 😉 such a gem of a movie. Even shot in the spirit of b movie
Thanks for making all of these videos, bro. I appreciate you still working hard to entertain us during this strange time. Candyman is awesome. Excited to see the new one next year! Stay safe man!
That mortal kombat reference. One of the thing that makes the best is how you relate to us your 30 something audience. Keep up the good work Jerewolf
I’ve been loving your whole Altered Beast intro this month.
“It keeps me on the hook” 😂😂😂
I watched this movie for the first time two days ago. I had no idea what to expect but I absolutely loved it! And it’s surprising how much it holds up.
Tony Todd’s entrance in this movie is one of the greatest entrances in film ever....
2:56 "keeps me on the hook"... i see what ya did there
Tony Todd is def the GOAT first time I saw him was night of the living dead 80s remake. They should made a celebrity deathmatch candyman vs willy Wonka 😂😅
“Keeps me on the hook” I see what you did there
Your review has just convinced me to watch it this weekend with my fam! Thanks!
YES HALLOWEEN WEEKEND HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN WITH JEREMY candyman reveiw
No this can't be the last one, it just can't, I need more
Jeremy's Halloween reviews have been badASS! Thanks brother
It’s one of my favorites. The Helen story really gets to me with the helplessness you feel throughout the whole movie. So good!
can’t wait for Jordan Peele’s Candyman
Did you like the movie?
@@alexsandriabastow wasn't as scary as I was hoping but the performances and eerie vibe was excellent
@@sebigomezzz Thank you so much for your advice!
This is random but future Mortal Kombat games needs:
Candyman
Pinhead
Chucky
Ghost face
Wishmaster
Jeeper Creepers
Pennywise
Ghost face*
Pinhead. I can see him using the chains as a fatality which rips the character to pieces. Or sending characters to the other dimension to be tortured. Yeah, Pinhead is probably the best choice for MK because of the brutal violence and the weapons plus MK deals with dimensions and he’s already a Inter-dimension traveler.
Definitely Jeepers Creepers
One of my absolute favourites. An underrated film that breathes atmosphere like not so many movies do.
when he said “back of the school bus” i remembered we are from two different generations
Tony Todd's voice will hypnotize anybody, hell he almost got me when I was watching the movie lol.
Cant wait for the mandalorian review
Thanks for all of the reviews!! Have a Happy Halloween Jeremy!!!🎃👻
I couldn’t agree more. Always love your reviews, whether I have a different point of view (usually I don’t) or not. Candy man is truly amazing and I am really excited to see what comes of the new one.
Trial of the Chicago 7 review ? Come on man, it’s been a month.
I don’t bend that way, but tony Todd has the sexiest voice and is one of the prettiest men I’ve ever seen. I’d sell my soul to him any day.
And yet you’re a man calling another man sexy and pretty 😂 sus
@@davidhasselhoff8683 so be it
@@kvng_rvbby so be it 🍺
this is hands down one of my favorite horrors. I was lucky enough to be a kid when this came out and i remember grown men being afraid to go to the bathroom by themselves behind this movie. It's definitely a classic
One of my favorite movies of all time the story telling. The power of belief it’s all wrapped up in this and is the best I love it thanks for the review great review! It’s a little factoid the actor who played candy man also played Show-Knouff in the last Dragon!
Over 20 years and i JUST realized the iris in the posters is a silhouette of candyman
This is one of the few scary movies that actually scared me as kid and was very suspenseful as an adult
Solid review. Glad Jahns liked it.
- Candyman is one of the best horror movies of all times. The mix of the very realistic urban horror of the projects and the fantastic, gothic horror makes for one hell of a masterpiece in its genre.
- Tony Tood's voice is captivating indeed.
- Am I still the only one thinking Virginia Madsen looks like Gillian Anderson ? It's been bugging me for twenty years.
- What Philip Glass did on Candyman was Ennio Morricone level. Most compelling horror movies soundtracks are compelling because they (cleverly) use unpleasant sounds, like Sinister's for example, but this one has melodies that are literally fucking scary.
- When I saw the movie for the first time in the mid-90s, I was in junior high, me and my buddies dared each other to say Candyman's name five times. Not a single one of us did. It was pure silliness, and still. Same as Jahns. That says a LOT.
As a Chicagoan, this movie hits close to home. Granted I’m 22, so I don’t know what Cabrini was nor was I around when this first dropped but growing up on the south side and seeing a lot of crazy shit, this always holds some strange weight to it
I would gladly say "Candyman" 5 times as long as I could be sure that it was Tony Todd coming to kill me.
The man is absolutely entrancing.
Anyone looking for another fantastic performance by Tony Todd ought to watch the episode Sleepless in the series The X-Files. It's one of the few episodes in the story that had little relevance to the overall mythology of the show, but still had me completely engaged.
I watched Candyman for the first time in about twenty years yesterday. I've always loved the theme, that piano has always haunted me. Also I've never said it 5 times either...
Thanks for making October Great Again, Jeremy
I only saw Candyman or the first time this year (might have been last year, what is time anymore?) and I couldn't believe how good it was. Still absolutely holds up. Bought it on blu ray after watching it and think I'll stick it on today. Great video, dude :)
one of the most amazing films ever - changed my view of horror and enhanced my love of film. too often not given the praise it deserves. it might be cause 92 was also year of silence of the lambs
I’ve been wanting to rewatch this one. There is this haunting image involving a dog that stuck with me since I was a toddler and prevents me from doing so though; maybe I’ll just fast-forward the scene 😅. Thanks for the review, Jeremy!
Loved this October man thanks for the videos
Candyman director Bernard Rose has had one of the most interesting Hollywood careers out there. It's amazing how he was able to convince Philip Glass to do a score for a horror film.
"Keeps me on a hook", I like what you did there
Candyman has made me be wary of mirrors since I first watched it as a kid. But only when it's dark (I won't say his name five times either - just in case). Damn you, movie.
Still, the movie has never left my mind. It isn't supposed to be anything special, but it tends to stay with you. Tony Todd's voice really helps with that; such a great voice. As soon as I hear the name of this movie, his voice is what comes to mind.
The bees were bred specifically for this movie. They needed to make sure that the bees were only twelve hours old, so that they looked like mature bees, but their stinger wouldn't be powerful enough to do any real damage.
Exterior, hallway, and stairway scenes were actually filmed for a few days in the infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects, though the producers had to make a deal with the ruling gang members to put them in the movie as extras to ensure the cast and crew's safety during filming. Even with this arrangement, a sniper put a bullet through the production van on the last day of filming, though no one was injured.
While investigating one of Candyman's crime scenes, Helen and Bernadette discover that the design of the apartment's medicine cabinet made it a possible point of entry for an intruder. This was not a made-up piece of horror movie fiction. While researching the film, Bernard Rose learned that a series of murders had been committed in Chicago in this very way.
In Slashers Part 1 (2018), Tony Todd said he was stung by bees 26 times during the space of the Candyman trilogy.
Tony Todd negotiated a bonus of $1,000 for every bee sting he suffered during filming; he was stung 23 times.
Tony Todd's favorite role and movie of his own.
Whenever Candyman is walking his footsteps have no sound, signifying his status as rumor and mythology powered by superstition come to life.
The Candyman's lair was designed to look like a gothic church constructed by the people who believed in him living in Cabrini Green
The film's opening credits feature a great aerial view of Chicago, which was pretty revolutionary for its time. "We did that with an incredible new machine called the Skycam, which can shoot up to a 500mm lens with no vibration," Bernard Rose told The Independent. "You've never seen that shot before, at least not done that smoothly."
The Candyman in Clive Barker's original story had been described as an imposing possibly white man (he is described as having a rather unnatural shade of yellow that of course adds to his candy theme) with an unruly red beard.
Director Bernard Rose had Virginia Madsen and Tony Todd take ballroom dancing classes together so they would have more of a romantic connection when playing their characters.
Candyman combines elements of two real urban legends: Bloody Mary (a ghost who appears by chanting her name in a mirror) and the Hook (a killer with a hook for a hand who attacks a couple in a parked car).
The effects crew had a blacksmith make Candyman's hook, but when they went to pick it up, the blacksmith refused to sell it to them. Once he'd heard it was for a Clive Barker horror movie, the devout Christian blacksmith had misgivings about the project.
There was some controversy that the film was depicting racism and racial stereotypes. According to Bernard Rose, "I had to go and have a whole set of meetings with the NAACP, because the producers were so worried, and what they said to me when they'd read the script was 'Why are we even having this meeting? You know, this is just good fun.' Their argument was 'Why shouldn't a black actor be a ghost? Why shouldn't a black actor play Freddy Krueger or Hannibal Lecter? If you're saying that they can't be, it's really perverse. This is a horror movie. . .'" According to Virginia Madsen , "I was and am now worried about how people will respond. I don't think Spike Lee will like this film."
It took half an hour for all of the bees to get into Tony Todd's mouth, and he recalled being "tranced out" when he let all of the bees out of his mouth.
Eddie Murphy was considered for the title role, but was deemed too short at 5'9". They chose Tony Todd for his height at 6'5".
For the scene where Helen strips in front of the policewoman, Virginia Madsen suggested her lifelong best friend Rusty Schwimmer for the part as she felt more comfortable doing it in front of a familiar face.
For the scene in which bees fill Candyman's chest cavity, bees were placed in a special body appliance which was filled off stage and strapped to Tony Todd's chest. Utmost care was taken to be gentle in placing the bees properly for the scene and then collecting them afterwards.
In an August 2011 interview with Cindy Pearlman of the Chicago Sun Times Tony Todd stated, "I'll never forget that I filmed that movie in a building on the South Side of Chicago. Building 116. Unit C. That's the Candyman pad!"
Bernard Rose expressed interest in Clive Barker's story "The Forbidden", and Barker agreed to license the rights. Where Barker's story revolved around themes of the British class system in contemporary Liverpool, Rose chose to refit the story to Cabrini-Green public housing development in Chicago and instead focus on themes of race and social class in inner-city United States.
The original story takes place in a fictional British housing project called Bob's Corner in the late 70's, while the movie moves the setting to 90's Chicago and the real life slum of Cabrini Green. The change in setting also makes the bonfire seem out of place, as in the original the bonfire is part of the traditional Guy Fawkes Night celebrations.
Tony Todd compares his character's ability to invoke fear, suggestion and seduction to the DC Comics villain Scarecrow. He also compares his character to the Phantom of the Opera and the Hunchback of Notre Dame in that they are all "monsters" who use both tenderness and terror in an unsuccessful attempt to win the love of the female protagonists.
The honeybees in Candyman were controlled by Norman Gary, who previously handled bees on films such as The Deadly Bees (1966), My Girl (1991), and Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). The film used more than 200,000 real honeybees throughout, and most of the crew wore bodysuits to be protected from stings, although all of them faced at least one sting.
Originally scripted Candyman's name was to be called 13 times, but writer and director Bernard Rose reduced it to 5.
Clive Barker's short story took place in Liverpool, England.
The titular character of Candyman does not appear in person until 44 minutes into the movie.
The only slasher movie in the horror canon with a Black serial killer as the villain. This has never been done before or since in the history of film.
In "Draculas, Vampires and Other Undead Forms: Essays on Gender, Race and Culture", the Candyman's nature is likened to a vampire, elaborating that similar to the vampires: "[Candyman] possesses the capacity to hypnotize his prey such that they appear to desire their victimizations."
Virginia Madsen confirmed that the Candyman was intended to be an "African-American Dracula", adding that she thought that it is "appealing to the African-American community because they finally had their own Dracula".
For a scene in which both Helen and Candyman are covered with bees, the queen bee scent was placed on the actors and then the bees were placed on the actors by pouring them out of a container. A special bee vacuum was used after to collect the bees.
Bernard Rose's then-wife, Alexandra Pigg, was originally set to play Helen but ceded the role to the higher profile Virginia Madsen.
In "The Forbidden", Helen's last name is Buchanan as opposed to Lyle in the movie. Anne-Marie's last name is changed from Latimer to McCoy in the movie, as well as her baby's name from Kerry to Anthony.
Candyman is regarded in some critical circles as a contemporary classic of horror cinema.
Michael Culkin's debut film
Penned by Clive Barker who also wrote Hellraiser, another iconic horror franchise.
The scene where Candyman's hook bursts through Helen's bathroom cabinet was set up without Virginia Madsen's knowledge, so her terror and shock are real. She ran screaming from the set.
According to Tony Todd, the studio cut several minutes of footage out to the swirling embrace scene at the end of the film when Candyman tells Helen "Surrender to me" because they were leery of the interracial context of the scene.
When Helen is seen talking to Jake at Cabrini-Green you can see the shadow of the gates on her face resembling honeycombs therefore forshawdowing that her face will be covered in bees.
Dr Burke's death won the "Golden Chainsaw" award because it had the most visible hookage.
Kasi Lemmons's second horror film after The Silence of the Lambs (1991) (in which she played a similar sidekick role), and the first in which she dies when she gets gutted by Candyman.
Helen and Bernadette, before they unwittingly summon Candyman, make a joke about how someone's lurking behind a bathroom mirror. In the second act of the movie Candyman himself later smashes through the mirror to get at Helen.
I always was attracted to horrors even as a kid, and I remember watching Candyman on tv at night when I was around 10, and it was so scary I couldn't handle finishing it and had to stop watching around the psychiatric hospital scene because I was nearly shitting myself xD I still think it's one of the scariest horrors ever