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Candyman (1992)[1hr 42mins]
Candyman, the first film in the series, is a 1992 horror film, serving as a loose adaptation of Clive Barker’s 1985 short story “The Forbidden” of the collection Books of Blood. The film follows a graduate student, Helen Lyle, who is studying urban legends along with her colleague Bernadette.
She takes a strong interest in learning about a mysterious hook-handed murderer coined as “The Candyman” in the Cabrini Green urban project dwelling which many of the residents feared lived behind the mirrors and the walls of the apartments randomly killing them ‘gutting’ them with his hook after chanting his name 5 times in a mirror. Helen becomes intrigued by the mythical story that she jokingly summons him in denial and disbelief, later to learn who was really behind the mirror, questioning her reality.
Subtitles: English SDH
Candyman (2021) [1hr 31mins]
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II stars in the film, while Tony Todd returns to the eponymous role.It is a direct sequel to the first film, taking place twenty-seven years later, in Cabrini Green, Chicago. A young, over-confident visual artist named Anthony McCoy struggles to find inspiration to get him further exposure.
He learns about an old urban legend that took place in the project housing developments at Cabrini Green of a grad student named Helen Lyle who became mentally insane during her research and sacrificed herself to save a baby, which sparks his interest. He further researches the information which leads him to encounter a neighborhood laundromat owner who also reveals his version of the urban legend, which is learned to be of an amputated hook-handed man in the 1970s named Sherman Fields who was wrongfully murdered at the hands of Chicago police officers which Cabrini Green residents believed him to be “The Candyman” who harmed children with razor blades in candy.
Anthony becomes obsessed with these urban legend findings as he uses them for his artwork presentation and to influence the summoning of the spirit of ‘The Candyman’, but later realizes the consequences of his actions as he learns the real truth behind the legend by his hallucinations, which in turn becomes a deadly reality.
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish.
Region 1 DVDs, Plays in English.
Aspect Ratio : 2.39:1, 1.85:1
MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches; 4 ounces
Director : Bernard Rose, Nia DaCosta
Media Format : DVD
Run time : 3 hours and 13 minutes
Release date : May 15, 2025
Actors : Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Studio : Cabrini Green Co.
ASIN : B0F8R6K6ZL
Country of Origin : USA
Number of discs : 2
Best Sellers Rank: #36,435 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV) #1,266 in Horror (Movies & TV) #1,777 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV)