Movie
Candyman
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1992-10-16
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Propaganda Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Candyman Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Virginia Madsen as Helen Lyle
- Tony Todd as Candyman
- Xander Berkeley as Trevor Lyle
- Kasi Lemmons as Bernadette Walsh
- Vanessa Williams as Anne-Marie McCoy
- DeJuan Guy as Jake
- Michael Culkin as Purcell
- Stanley DeSantis as Dr. Burke
- Gilbert Lewis as Detective Frank Valento
- Marianna Elliott as Clara
- Ted Raimi as Billy
- Ria Pavia as Monica
Crew
- Bernard Rose - Director
- Bernard Rose - Writer
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