Candyman

Thriller, Horror | 1992 | R. 1hr 39min
CAST: Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd DIRECTOR: Bernard Rose BLACK HISTORY MONTH | WEIRD ELEPHANT SERIES

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.

Screens with short film Green Fiction directed by Tacoma filmmaker TJ Walker.

Part of our Black History Month programming. LEARN MORE

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Reviews

What I liked was a horror movie that was scaring me with ideas and gore, instead of simply with gore.

Roger Ebert

Candyman is an upper-register horror item that delivers the requisite shocks and gore but doesn't cheat or cop out.

Variety