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| Director: | Bernard Rose | 
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| Writer: | Bernard Rose | 
| Staring: | 
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 16, 1992 | 
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| Director: | Bernard Rose | 
| Writer: | Bernard Rose | 
| Genres: | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 
| Keywords | based on novel or book, investigation, urban legend, urban, university, evil, candyman, hook for a hand, housing project, urban decay, urban gothic, romantic | 
| Production Companies | Propaganda Films, TriStar Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Candyman Films | 
| Box Office | 
              
                Revenue: $25,792,310
                Budget: $6,000,000  | 
      
| Updates | 
          Updated: Oct 07, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024  | 
      
| Name | Character | 
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| Virginia Madsen | Helen Lyle | 
| Tony Todd | Candyman / Daniel Robitaille | 
| Xander Berkeley | Trevor Lyle | 
| Kasi Lemmons | Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh | 
| Vanessa Williams | Anne-Marie McCoy | 
| DeJuan Guy | Jake | 
| Marianna Elliott | Clara | 
| Ted Raimi | Billy | 
| Ria Pavia | Monica | 
| Mark Daniels | Student | 
| Lisa Ann Poggi | Diane | 
| Adam Philipson | Danny | 
| Eric Edwards | Harold | 
| Carolyn Lowery | Stacey | 
| Barbara Alston | Henrietta Mosely | 
| Sarina C. Grant | Kitty Culver | 
| Latesha Martin | Baby Anthony | 
| Lanesha Martin | Baby Anthony | 
| Michael Culkin | Phillip Purcell | 
| Bernard Rose | Archie Walsh | 
| Glenda Starr Kelly | Crying Mother | 
| Kenneth A. Brown | Castrated Boy | 
| Caesar Brown | Tough Guy | 
| Terrence Riggins | Gang Leader | 
| Gilbert Lewis | Detective Frank Valento | 
| Rusty Schwimmer | Policewoman | 
| Baxter Harris | Detective | 
| John Rensenhouse | Attorney | 
| Mika Quintard | T.V. Reporter | 
| Doug MacHugh | 1st Orderly | 
| Carol Harris | 2nd Orderly | 
| Stanley DeSantis | Dr. Burke | 
| Diane Peterson | Nurse | 
| Michael Laren | Priest | 
| Laura Bennecke | College Student (uncredited) | 
| Michelle Blackwell | Cousin Regina (uncredited) | 
| Ray Etheridge | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | 
| Antoinette Rogers | Neighbor (uncredited) | 
| Fred Sanders | Cop (uncredited) | 
| Caron Strong | Nurse (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Debbie Lynn Ross | Stunts | 
| Phil Chong | Stunts | 
| William Washington | Stunts | 
| Gary J. Tunnicliffe | Makeup Supervisor | 
| Bob Keen | Special Effects Makeup Artist | 
| Dave Keen | Special Effects Makeup Artist | 
| Mark Coulier | Special Effects Makeup Artist | 
| Bernard Rose | Director, Screenplay, Art Direction | 
| Jane Alderman | Casting | 
| Walter Scott | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Barbara Harris | ADR Voice Casting | 
| Marian Green | Stunts | 
| Anthony B. Richmond | Director of Photography | 
| Clive Barker | Short Story | 
| Julia Schklair | Wardrobe Supervisor | 
| Rob Forrest | Dolly Grip | 
| Michael Sudmeier | Electrician | 
| Paul Wilkowsky | Grip | 
| David J. White II | Second Assistant Camera | 
| Michelle Colbert | Production Coordinator | 
| Julie Hansen | Post Production Accountant | 
| Peter McAdams | Grip | 
| Philip Glass | Original Music Composer | 
| Leonard Pollack | Costume Design | 
| Kathryn Peters | Set Decoration | 
| Huston Beaumont | Best Boy Electric | 
| Douglas Morton | Art Department Coordinator | 
| Randy Nolen | Steadicam Operator | 
| Richard Deangelo | Transportation Coordinator | 
| Rachel Atkinson | Script Supervisor | 
| Max Jones | Assistant Art Director | 
| Michael Ferris | Additional Camera | 
| Erma Kent | Key Hair Stylist | 
| Thomas Patrick Smith | First Assistant Director | 
| Jaimie Sarra | Art Department Assistant | 
| Joel Osborne | Leadman | 
| Dannen King | Painter | 
| David L. Cole | Prop Maker | 
| Lisa Denker | Swing | 
| Gail McMullen | Assistant Costume Designer | 
| Catherine Jane Holzer | Extras Casting | 
| Barbara L. Roche | Extras Casting | 
| Charleen Richards-Steeves | ADR Mixer | 
| Flavia Amon | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Peter S. Carlstedt | Dialogue Editor | 
| Sean Rowe | Foley Artist | 
| Laura Fried | Sound Engineer | 
| Leonard Marcel | Sound Supervisor | 
| Oliver Euckner | Boom Operator | 
| Bill Riley | Best Boy Grip | 
| Peter Aranda | Dolly Grip | 
| Jeffrey De La Rosa | Electrician | 
| Dan Strickland | Gaffer | 
| Michael Retzer | Key Grip | 
| Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc | Pilot | 
| Lisa Barratt | Production Coordinator | 
| Bill Palmer | Transportation Captain | 
| Jason La Padura | Casting | 
| Jane Ann Stewart | Production Design | 
| Maria C. Connors | Assistant Art Director | 
| Michael Barry | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Joshua Culp | Visual Effects Art Director | 
| Kirk R. Gardner | Steadicam Operator | 
| Andy Werderitsch | Assistant Art Director | 
| Michelle Pazer | First Assistant Editor | 
| Denise Dellavalle | Makeup & Hair Assistant | 
| Suzanne Haasis | Second Assistant Director | 
| Jack Eberhart | Leadman | 
| Leza Ingalls | Painter | 
| Will Blount | Property Master | 
| Glenn M. Carrere | Swing | 
| Donald B. Osborne | Swing | 
| Mark A. Ridge | Extras Casting | 
| Scott Ganary | ADR Mixer | 
| Jeremy Pitts | Assistant Dialogue Editor | 
| Robert Polich | Boom Operator | 
| Joan Rowe | Foley Artist | 
| Tami Treadwell | Foley Recordist | 
| Reinhard Stergar | Sound Mixer | 
| Greg Steele | Sound Recordist | 
| Ellis M. James | Best Boy Grip | 
| Gary Wills | Camera Loader | 
| Tim Silverberg | Electrician | 
| Rory Robert Knepp | First Assistant Camera | 
| Doug Dole | Key Grip | 
| Lynn Weimer | Script Consultant | 
| Elaine Fiona Ferguson | Production Coordinator | 
| Sharon Ainsberg | Administration | 
| Steve F.B. Smith | Dolby Consultant | 
| Ken S. Polk | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Russ Lyster | Gaffer | 
| Chris Anthony Miller | Assistant Art Director | 
| William Cruse | Visual Effects Supervisor | 
| Mark Fellman | Still Photographer | 
| Gregory Goodman | Line Producer | 
| Nigel Holland | Sound Designer | 
| Michelle Bühler | Key Makeup Artist | 
| Wendy Weaver | Assistant Set Decoration | 
| Michael Biggie | Painter | 
| Kate C. Lewis | Painter | 
| Luanne Anders | Swing | 
| Wayne Frierson | Swing | 
| Anna Camille Miller | Extras Casting | 
| Dan Rae | Editor | 
| Allan Bond | ADR Recordist | 
| Hayden Clement | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Ellen Heuer | Foley Artist | 
| Tommy Goodwin | Foley Mixer | 
| Anne Pope | Sound Engineer | 
| Charles Ewing Smith | Sound Supervisor | 
| Don Tomei | Best Boy Electric | 
| Timberlake Lewis | Camera Loader | 
| Marcei A. Brubaker Brown | Second Assistant Director | 
| Brian Latt | Special Effects | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Alan Poul | Producer | 
| Clive Barker | Executive Producer | 
| Sigurjón Sighvatsson | Producer | 
| Steve Golin | Producer | 
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