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Candyman
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3189
- IMDb #2630
- Google retired #3773
- Rotten Tomatoes #2295
- Metacritic #1922
- Letterboxd #1617
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2129
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3047
- Metacritic Critics #2392
- Metacritic Audience #1240
- Criticker #2083
- Douban #2064
- Kinopoisk #3467
- AlloCiné #3417
- Trakt #2969
Every rating
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Lowest is Criticker on 45, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 79.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A graduate student researching urban legends investigates the tale of the Candyman, a hook-handed phantom said to appear when his name is spoken five times into a mirror. Skeptical at first, her investigation inadvertently summons the vengeful spirit. As a series of brutal murders begins, she must uncover the true story behind the myth before she becomes his next victim.
Details
- Director
- Bernard Rose
- Writer
- Bernard Rose
- Based on
- The Forbidden by Clive Barker
- Released
- 16 October 1992
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $6.0M
- Box office
- $25.8M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 10 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 15 →5 wins from 15 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival 1993 | Grand Prize | Bernard Rose | Nominee |
| Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival 1993 | Audience Award | Bernard Rose | Winner |
| Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival 1993 | Best Music | Philip Glass | Winner |
| Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival 1993 | Best Actress | Virginia Madsen | Winner |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 1993 | Best Supporting Actress | Vanessa E. Williams | Nominee |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 1993 | Best Soundtrack | Philip Glass | Nominee |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 1993 | Best Actress | Virginia Madsen | Winner |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 1993 | Best Studio/Wide-Release Film | N/a | Nominee |
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15 awards — Candyman
×| Audience Award | Bernard Rose | Winner |
| Best Actress | Virginia Madsen | Winner |
| Best Music | Philip Glass | Winner |
| Grand Prize | Bernard Rose | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Virginia Madsen | Winner |
| Best Actor | Tony Todd | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Bernard Rose | Nominee |
| Best Soundtrack | Philip Glass | Nominee |
| Best Studio/Wide-Release Film | N/a | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Vanessa E. Williams | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Virginia Madsen | Winner |
| Best Horror Film | N/a | Nominee |
| Best Make-Up | Bob Keen ; Image Animation | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Bernard Rose | Nominee |
| Best Film | Bernard Rose | Nominee |