Candyman's curse

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Movie
German title Candyman's curse
Original title Candyman
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1992
length 99 minutes
Age rating FSK 18/16
Rod
Director Bernard Rose
script Bernard Rose
production Steve Golin ,
Alan Poul ,
Sigurjon Sighvatsson
music Philip Glass
camera Anthony B. Richmond
cut Dan Rae
occupation
chronology

Successor  →
Candyman 2 - The Blood Revenge

Candyman's Curse (Original title: Candyman ) is an American horror film directed by Bernard Rose in 1992. The film is based on the short story The Forbidden by Clive Barker .

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In Chicago, PhD student Helen Lyle comes across the history of the Candyman while researching urban legends . He was the son of a former black slave who had made money after the American War of Independence through a new method of making shoes. The son had a forbidden love for a white girl, and she became pregnant. In the end, her father had him cruelly executed: a gang was set up on him and chased him through the city, during which the son's hand was cut off with a rusty saw. After being doused with honey, he was eventually stung to death by hundreds of bees. But from now on, the murdered man returned to the world of the living as Candyman: If you stand in front of a mirror and say your name five times, the stories say Candyman appears with a hook instead of his right hand. The one who spoke the words will be killed by him. Helen tries it out, and as a result, mysterious murders occur around her, for which Helen believes the Candyman is responsible. However, you don't believe anyone; she falls into the hands of the police and only the Candyman is able to help her. Helen realizes that only she can stop the candyman herself. This attempt ends tragically, however, as there is no escape from the Candyman's curse and she eventually becomes the curse herself. She chases the Candyman; some residents of a ghetto set a fire, whereupon the Candyman dies in the fire. Helen saves a baby from the flames, but then also dies, but returns a year later, like Candyman, after saying her name five times in front of a mirror.

Comparison with the short story

The book version by Clive Barker focuses on Helen and her fears and desires - the character of Candyman only appears in the book on the last pages, and he is described in the book as a pale white man with purple lips and clear signs of putrefaction and death. Only in the film did he become a well-built, attractive black man with a legend. The other legend, the "invocation" by naming names five times in front of a mirror, has also been included in the film, probably to increase the playing time (similar to the Murders of Candyman, which does not appear in the book). In the book, Candyman appears because his existence is being questioned by Helen and he would die as his legend fades; this is also the main reason for the action in the film, when viewed carefully. The action of the book takes place in England, not Chicago.

Sequels

The film was followed by two sequels, only the first of which was shown in the cinema. It was directed by Bill Condon . Part three was shot by Turi Meyer . Tony Todd took on the role of Candyman again in both films .

A sequel to the series, based on a script by Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld and directed by Nia DaCosta, is due to be released in the United States on June 12, 2020.

Trivia

  • The film was budgeted for $ 8 million and grossed $ 26 million.
  • In the German VHS version, the murder of the psychiatrist contains significantly more brutal shots than the later German and foreign DVDs, as the German VHS is based on the unrated version and not the common R-rated version.
  • The film is set in a northern suburb of Chicago called Cabrini-Green , a housing project built between 1932 and 1962 that was associated with poverty and excessive violence and was almost exclusively inhabited by socially disadvantaged black families.
  • The German industrial project : Wumpscut: uses a quote from the German dubbing as an introduction to the song Untermensch .

literature

  • Stefan Preis: Signs of Violence. The media representation of the family, gender roles and ethnic conflicts in "The Shining" and "Candyman". Texts on the controversial film. Scientific publishing house Berlin 2015.

Reviews

“Extremely exciting between dream and reality, not squeamish horror shocker, which does not renew the genre, but cleverly varies its topoi; well played and photographed. "

- Lexicon of international film

"Amazingly cleverly staged psychological terror."

- Cinema

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Approval for Candyman's Curse . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ Jordan Peele produces a "Candyman's Curse" sequel. In: Cinema.de. November 28, 2018, accessed December 5, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Gross profit on boxofficemojo.com
  4. ↑ InfectedSushi: Wumpscut - Untermensch (Adored Version). February 26, 2012, accessed March 5, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Candyman's Curse. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  6. ↑ Candyman's curse on cinema.de