Candyman is a movie directed by Bernard Rose in 1992 and based on the book The Forbidden by Clive Barker, first published in 1985. The movie features Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons, Xander Berkeley, Vanessa Williams, Michael Culkin, and others.
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Storyline
The Candyman can be summoned by a person who says his name five times to a mirror, causing him to appear and kill the summoner by using a hook attached to the bloody stump of his right arm. Helen, now writing a thesis on how the residents of Cabrini-Green use the Candyman legend to cope with hardship, visits the scene of Ruthie Jean’s murder there, and meets Ruthie Jean’s neighbor Anne-Marie McCoy and her infant son Anthony.
Movie vs Book
Year
1992
Minutes
99
Movie Rate
6.60
Source: IMDb
Year
1985
Pages
51
Book Rate
8.06
S: Goodreads
Book
The Forbidden
Author: Clive Barker
Country: UK
First published in: 1985
Length: 51 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Books of Blood
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Bill Condon
Movie by Nia DaCosta
User polls & recommendations
“The movies have made the comic books much more valuable and more respected.”
STAN LEE (Author)
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