horror

Candyman is regarded in some critical circles as a contemporary classic of horror cinema.

horror film

Film and television Candyman is a horror film about a malevolent spirit summoned by speaking a malevolent spirit's name in front of a mirror.

supernatural slasher

Candyman is an upcoming American supernatural slasher film directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, and DaCosta.

horror flick

As the story of a grad student whose research into the urban legend of a hook-handed killer opens up a world of torment, Candyman is an artfully gruesome little horror flick that spawned two lesser sequels and now, has Get Out director Jordan Peele looking to produce a remake.

horror cinema

Candyman is regarded in some critical circles as a contemporary classic of horror cinema.

a supernatural horror film directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, and DaCosta

Candyman (2021) is a supernatural horror film directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, and DaCosta.

slasher

Candyman is an American slasher media franchise originating from the 1985 short story "The Forbidden" of the collection Books of Blood by Clive Barker, about the legend of [the] "Candyman", the ghost of an artist and son of a slave who was murdered in the late 19th century.

Slasher film

A lot of times Candyman is lumped into the category of a Slasher film.

satirical horror

Candyman, the 1992 film adapted by Bernard Rose from Clive Barker’s short story, “The Forbidden,” is perhaps one of the most underrated satirical horror films of the 1990s.

a throwback 90’s horror, mystery, thriller written by the horror master Clive Barker

Candyman is a throwback 90’s horror, mystery, thriller written by the horror master Clive Barker.

pop and jazz

Candyman" is described as a pop and jazz song that imitates swing music whose lyrics are about sexual intercourse.

on a series of grisly supernatural murders, 1992’s urban horror thriller

Set in a derelict housing project in Chicago and focused on a series of grisly supernatural murders, 1992’s urban horror thriller Candyman would already be scary enough for its desolate setting and dark themes (racism and racially motivated violence) were the titular figure, played by Tony Todd, also not so darn scary: A towering figure in a trench coat, wielding a meat hook as a weapon and heralded by swarms of bees.

a 1992 American gothic supernatural horror film, written and directed by Bernard Rose and starring Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons and Vanessa E. Williams

Candyman is a 1992 American gothic supernatural horror film, written and directed by Bernard Rose and starring Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons and Vanessa E. Williams.

a creepy tale based on the story by Clive Barker

Candyman is a creepy tale based on the story by Clive Barker.

a chilling urban horror film adapted from Clive Barker‘s “Books of Blood” short story “The Forbidden”

One of my favorite horror movies is the Bernard Rose-directed Candyman, a chilling urban horror film adapted from Clive Barker‘s “Books of Blood” short story “The Forbidden”.

With all the trappings of a slasher movie (including a very memorable slasher in Tony Todd’s Daniel Daniel Robitaille)

With all the trappings of a slasher movie (including a very memorable slasher in Tony Todd’s Daniel Daniel Robitaille), Candyman became a cult classic by defying its genre conventions—not only by foregrounding Black characters, but by building a gothic romance into a gothic romance's story of a vengeful ghost in the Chicago projects.

With all the trappings of a slasher movie (including a very memorable slasher in Tony Todd’s Daniel Robitaille)

With all the trappings of a slasher movie (including a very memorable slasher in Tony Todd’s Daniel Robitaille), Candyman became a cult classic by defying its genre conventions—not only by foregrounding Black characters, but by building a gothic romance into a gothic romance's story of a vengeful ghost in the Chicago projects.

an upcoming supernatural American movie directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfield, and DaCosta

Candyman is an upcoming supernatural American movie directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfield, and DaCosta.

for Candyman, a supernatural thriller that uses urban legends as the jumping-off point for a gory and disturbing tale of an angry spirit who terrorizes an entire community

Before the last of these structures was demolished in 2011, the neighbourhood provided an authentically dilapidated backdrop for Candyman, a supernatural thriller that uses urban legends as the jumping-off point for a gory and disturbing tale of an angry spirit who terrorizes an entire community.

the idea behind Candyman—a rich, cognac-based cocktail with a touch of creme de cacao and chocolate bitters

That’s the idea behind Candyman—a rich, cognac-based cocktail with a touch of creme de cacao and chocolate bitters.