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.
Score
Philip Glass turns bees and blood into opera.
Production
Real Cabrini-Green location, real residents as extras.
Acting
Tony Todd's voice could seduce you to death.
Director
Bernard Rose
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Clive Barker's original story was set in Liverpool; Rose moved it to Chicago to confront American racial housing violence head-on.
Tony Todd negotiated a $1000 bonus per bee sting—he got 23. Worth every dollar.
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