Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- based on novel or book
- investigation
- melancholy
- urban legend
- urban
- university
- evil
- candyman
- hook for a hand
- housing project
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Vanessa Williams — Anne-Marie McCoy
- DeJuan Guy — Jake
- Michael Culkin — Purcell
- Stanley DeSantis — Dr. Burke
- Gilbert Lewis — Detective Frank Valento
- Marianna Elliott — Clara
- Ted Raimi — Billy
- Ria Pavia — Monica
- Mark Daniels — Student
- Lisa Ann Poggi — Diane
- Adam Philipson — Danny
- Directed
- Bernard Rose
- Written
- Bernard Rose
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 1,850 ratings
- Studio
- Propaganda Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Candyman Films
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1992 · You’re hereCandyman
Where it starts.
Candyman: Day of the Dead
1999
Candyman
2021
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
