Candyman
“We dare you to say his name five times.”
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.
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Part of Candyman Collection
4 films
Cast
40 people
Virginia Madsen
Helen Lyle
Known for
Swamp Thing
The Number 23
Tony Todd
Candyman
Known for
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The Man from Earth
Xander Berkeley
Trevor Lyle
Known for
Nikita
The Walking Dead
Kasi Lemmons
Bernadette Walsh
Known for
The Silence of the Lambs
Hard Target
Vanessa Williams
Anne-Marie McCoy
Known for
Imagine That
Melrose Place
DeJuan Guy
Jake
Known for
Boston Public
Michael Culkin
Purcell
Known for
Mortdecai
The Crown
Stanley DeSantis
Dr. Burke
Known for
The Aviator
I Am Sam
Gilbert Lewis
Detective Frank Valento
Known for
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Don Juan DeMarco
Marianna Elliott
Clara
Also in
Rites of Passage
Charmed
Ted Raimi
Billy
Known for
Ash vs Evil Dead
Xena: Warrior Princess
Ria Pavia
Monica
Known for
Hide and Go Shriek
Dream a Little Dream
Bernard Rose Director · Clive Barker Author Philip Glass Composer
Worldwide gross $26M · Budget $6M · United States release October 16, 1992
Box office
Budget
$6,000,000
Worldwide gross
$25,792,310
Gross vs. budget
4.3×
Production
Propaganda Films
Production
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Production
Candyman Films
Production
TriStar Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
The Forbidden
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 11, 1992
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · October 16, 1992
Theatrical
United States
October 15, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Re-Release
Australia
February 11, 1993 · Theatrical
Brazil
March 12, 1993 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 24, 1993 · Theatrical
Finland
October 16, 1992 · Limited theatrical
France
January 13, 1993 · Theatrical
Germany
January 7, 1993 · Theatrical
Hungary
May 14, 1993 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 7, 1993 · Theatrical
Italy
March 25, 1993 · Theatrical
Japan
July 10, 1993 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 22, 1993 · Theatrical
September 29, 2011 · Physical · Bluray
South Korea
July 10, 1993 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 29, 1996 · TV · TV1000
October 25, 2001 · Physical · DVD
October 26, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
United Kingdom
March 19, 1993 · Theatrical
July 27, 2018 · Physical
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