Candyman (1992) is a landmark urban horror film directed by Bernard Rose and based on Clive Barker’s short story. When a graduate student (Virginia Madsen) investigates the legend of the Candyman (Tony Todd)—a hook-handed specter haunting Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing projects—she discovers a terrifying fusion of folklore, racial trauma, and supernatural vengeance. Mixing Gothic horror with urban social commentary, the film became one of the most iconic horror titles of the 1990s.

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Dare you say his name five times? From the chilling imagination of horror master Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Nightbreed), comes Candyman - one of the greatest horror movies of the '90s, now restored on 4K UHD from Arrow Video.

When grad student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) begins working on a thesis about urban legends, she comes across the terrifying tale of the Candyman - a vengeful, hook-handed spirit who can be summoned by saying his name five times in the mirror. As her research leads her into the bowels of Chicago's deprived housing projects and deeper into the Candyman's world, Helen learns that some legends are best left well alone.

Expertly directed by British filmmaker Bernard Rose (Paperhouse) and boasting an astounding score by composer Philip Glass, Candyman ingeniously reworks Clive Barker's original short story "The Forbidden" (originally published as part of his groundbreaking Books of Blood series) into a modern horror parable that remains as timely today as ever.

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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.