Top 5 Terrifying Movie Bogeymen

#4:

The Candyman (Candyman, 1992)

Image Source: Universal

There aren’t many supernatural slasher films with an African-American character at their heart, and fewer still set in the inner city while reflecting social class and race in America, so when Bernard Rose’s blood-curdling adaptation of Clive Barker’s short story hit the screen in the early 90s, it really hit the spot. But what really sends a shiver down your spine is the local urban legend of ‘The Candyman’ himself—the ghost of a 19th century artist and son of a slave who can be summoned by repeating his name in front of a mirror, bringing with him hook-based vicious vengeance . . . teaching us all that myths and legends are best left alone.

Directed by Bernard Rose and starring Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd and Kasi Lemmons among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

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