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- Let’s Watch It Again here: Instagram Website Candyman (1992) Trailer 6.7/10 IMDb 77 % Rotten Tomatoes 61 % Metacritic 83 % Google Users Summary Skeptical graduate student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) befriends Anne-Marie McCoy (Vanessa Williams) while researching superstitions in a housing project on Chicago's Near North Side. From Anne-Marie, Helen learns about the Candyman (Tony Todd), a knife-wielding figure of urban legend that some of her neighbors believe to be responsible for a recent murder. After a mysterious man matching the Candyman's description begins stalking her, Helen comes to fear that the legend may be all too real. Release date: October 16, 1992 Director: Bernard Rose Starring Virginia Madsen Tony Todd Xander Berkeley Kasi Lemmons Box office: $25.8 million Screenplay Bernard Rose Based on "The Forbidden" by Clive Barker Cinematography Anthony B. Richmond Music by Philip Glass