---
title: 'Candyman (1992)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bernard Rose'
released: '1992-09-11'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/candyman-1992'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103919/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Candyman (1992)

1992 · 99 min · Horror, Thriller · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Candyman is a 1992 American urban gothic supernatural horror written and directed by Bernard Rose and starring Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, and Vanessa E. Williams. Based on Clive Barker's short story "The Forbidden", the film follows a Chicago graduate student completing a thesis on urban legends and folklore, which leads her to the legend of the "Candyman", the hook-handed ghost of an African-American artist and son of a slave who was murdered in the late 19th century for his relationship with the daughter of a wealthy white man, and who now appears whenever his name is chanted 5 times in front of the mirror.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bernard Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-rose)
- **Screenplay:** [Bernard Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-rose), [Clive Barker](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-barker)
- **Producer:** [Clive Barker](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-barker), [Alan Poul](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-poul), [Sigurjón Sighvatsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/sigurjon-sighvatsson), [Steve Golin](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-golin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philip Glass](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-glass)
- **Director of Photography:** [Anthony B. Richmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-b-richmond)

## Cast

- [Tony Todd](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-todd)
- [Michael Culkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-culkin)
- [Rusty Schwimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/rusty-schwimmer)
- [Kasi Lemmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/kasi-lemmons)
- [Vanessa Estelle Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/vanessa-estelle-williams)
- [Eric Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-edwards-2)
- [Ted Raimi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-raimi)
- [Virginia Madsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-madsen) as Helen Lyle
- [Bernard Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-rose)
- [Gilbert Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-lewis)
- [Stanley DeSantis](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-desantis)

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