1992, 99 minutes
Directed by Bernard Rose
Pick-it Tickets available for select showtimes
This gut-wrenching thriller follows a graduate student (Virginia Madsen) whose research summons the spirit of the dead! When Helen Lyle hears about Candyman, a slave spirit with a hook hand who is said to haunt a notorious housing project, she thinks she has a new twist for her thesis. Braving the gang-ridden territory to visit the site, Helen arrogantly assumes Candyman can’t really exist … until he appears, igniting a string of terrifying, grisly slayings. But the police don’t believe in monsters, and charge Helen with the crimes. And the only one who can set her free is Candyman.
The underrated Tony Todd and Madsen make this film rise above the usual schlock coming out at the time. With the original story by Clive Barker moved from England to Chicago, it became a slasher film that also examines race and inequality in America. A cult classic to see with an audience.