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Candyman

Candyman (1992)

October. 16,1992
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6.7
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R
| Drama Horror Thriller

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.

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GamerTab
1992/10/16

That was an excellent one.

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Actuakers
1992/10/17

One of my all time favorites.

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Arianna Moses
1992/10/18

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

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Kaydan Christian
1992/10/19

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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MonsterVision99
1992/10/20

This one's a mixed bag, it has an interesting premise, a decent killer, a really good score by Philip Glass, some decent performances, many scenes are actually really effective, they are memorable and genuinely unnerving but none of that can save this movie from the fact that everything else is just flat, dull, uninteresting and unoriginal.Most of the characters are unlikeable and for most of the film they stay that way, I get that some characters are written to be unlikeable but I doubt that they had that in mind for the main characters. I really wanted to like this movie, its not badly directed or acted its just badly written, it could be better if they would have done some rewriting, they could have changed some dialog and make more sense out of some scenes, have a better lead, or maybe they could have established some of the rules for this Candyman character, why does he kill people specifically? why does he die at the end if hes a ghost? can he be hurt in real life? the whole thing is rather inconsistent, that and the bad dialog keeps me from liking this, it needs to be somewhat grounded, otherwise it feels like you are making stuff up as you go along.It has some aspects that I found interesting, but the bad overcomes the good.

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Eric Stevenson
1992/10/21

This slasher flick introduces us to a character that didn't quite get popular but still has some relevance. The Candyman is a villain who can be summoned by saying his name five times in a mirror. Oddly enough, he actually isn't summoned quite that much that way. I really do like this actor and especially love his deep voice. This is a film that knows how to create atmosphere. We get some really great music and a very unique approach to the genre. I admit that I'm confused as to why he's called the Candyman. He has nothing to do with candy at all.He attacks with a hook hand and uses bees. Nothing candy related there. At first, it seems like he's just an ordinary person but this was apparently just someone taking on his persona or something. The setup is very nice too. There's a lot of little things to notice in this movie, especially at the very end. I really love the early parts where they're talking about urban legends. It just sets up the film's mythology well. ***

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hellholehorror
1992/10/22

This is how film should look. Great balance between art shots and big shots. Not the most ambitious but it doesn't need it; it balances and works so well. The angles are beautiful. It has excellent sound. The tone, the characterisation, the plot development and the emotions are so well constructed that this is close to the perfect noir horror without obvious noir references. Stunning acting, awesome direction and well-constructed scary scenes with a serious foreboding tone make for a fantastic experience. One of the best horror movies of all time with a stunningly dark tone.

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rzajac
1992/10/23

Frankly, I've never seen a proper horror movie which redeemed the genre in my eyes. I was just thinking about it, and can only conjure up three times I was horrified by a film product: The cartoon short "The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg" by Paul Driessen; the scene in Morris's "The Thin Blue Line" where an incarcerated, handcuffed David Harris whimsically muses about the moment of murder as a religiously transcendent, timeless moment; and the sturdy narrative depiction of evil acts portrayed in "Rosemary's Baby". I also like Robert Rodriguez's forays into grindhouse style horror... but not because it's truly horrific. In fact, it's almost like Roldriguez knows this, even as he's working.But, that said, I found this flick about as close as they come. I like the tethering the pretense of horror to a sturdy, modern materialism, and Candyman fairly pulls that off.There are a few punches pulled. But there really is a depiction of something well nigh harrowing; a woman dedicated to discovery of the truth who discovers that materialism just may be no protection from an horrific reality.

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