Candyman (Blu-ray)

Dvd Candyman (1992) Blu-ray Clear . Unleash the legend of Candyman in this chilling 1992 supernatural horror, presented on Blu-ray. Dive into Bernard Rose´s urban gothic masterpiece, inspired by Clive Barker´s "The Forbidden." Follow graduate student Helen Lyle as her thesis on urban myths leads her to the terrifying tale of the hook-handed Candyman, a spirit who appears when his name is spoken five times in a mirror. Experience the dread as Helen´s skepticism dissolves into terror, exposing the dark truths behind the myth and the brutal history of a tormented artist seeking vengeance. Featuring Virginia Madsen and Tony Todd. A must-have for any horror fan!. Candyman is a 1992 American urban gothic supernatural horror written and directed by Bernard Rose and starring Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, and Vanessa E.Williams.Based on Clive Barker´s short story The Forbidden, the film follows a Chicago graduate student completing a thesis on urban legends and folklore, which leads her to the legend of the Candyman, the hook-handed ghost of an African-American artist and son of a slave who was murdered in the late 19th century for his relationship with the daughter of a wealthy white man, and who now appears whenever his name is chanted 5 times in front of the mirror.Helen Lyle is an anthropology graduate student at the University of Illinois Chicago.While researching urban legends, she familiarizes herself with Candyman, a spirit who kills anyone that speaks his name five times before a mirror.She learns of a recent murder at the Cabrini-Green Homes public housing project and several others that have been attributed by locals to Candyman.Skeptical, Helen and her friend Bernadette Walsh repeat Candyman´s name to Helen´s bathroom mirror, to no avail.Helen and Bernadette work together on a thesis on how Cabrini-Green residents use the Candyman legend to cope with racial inequality.She and Bernadette visit the scene of the most recent murder.There, Helen discovers a room where sweets have been left for Candyman.Afterwards, they interview the victim´s neighbor, Anne-Marie McCoy, a single mother raising her infant son Anthony.Helen and her husband Trevor, alongside Bernadette, later have dinner with Professor Phillip Purcell, an expert on the Candyman myth.He discloses that Candyman was an African-American man born in the late 1800s as the son of a slave who grew up to become a renowned painter.After he fell in love with and impregnated a white woman, her father sent a lynch mob after him.The mob sawed off his right hand and smeared him with honeycomb stolen from an apiary, attracting bees that stung him to death.His corpse was burned in a pyre erected on the site where the Cabrini-Green Homes were eventually built. tradeinn Techinn