# Candyman (1992)

> A skeptical folklore student enters a Chicago urban legend and finds her investigation awakening a seductive, racist ghost with a hook for a hand.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/4707

## Facts

- Runtime: 100 min
- Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Director: Bernard Rose
- Cast: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams, DeJuan Guy, Michael Culkin, Stanley DeSantis
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103919/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: eerie, melancholic, atmospheric, late night horror marathon, halloween viewing

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- [Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)](https://ember.film/movie/6995)
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- [Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999)](https://ember.film/movie/7131)
- [Beloved (1998)](https://ember.film/movie/25019)
- [In the Mouth of Madness (1995)](https://ember.film/movie/1784)
- [Nightbreed (1990)](https://ember.film/movie/12350)
- [The Silence of the Lambs (1991)](https://ember.film/movie/232)
- [Master (2022)](https://ember.film/movie/480789)
- [Antebellum (2020)](https://ember.film/movie/440876)
- [The Midnight Meat Train (2008)](https://ember.film/movie/5295)

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