Candyman: 2-Movie Collection

Candyman (1992)

Author Clive Barker’s terrifying short story "The Forbidden" is turned into an equally frightening film starring Virginia Madsen as Helen Lyle, a modern folklore researcher whose investigation of a Chicago legend summons the spirit of the "Candyman," a vengeance-seeking killer with a hook in place of one hand. With insight from a senior professor (Michael Culkin), Lyle believes she knows how to end the spirit’s bloody reign. With Tony Todd and Vanessa Williams. 99 min. C/Rtg: R

Candyman (2021)

Today, the Chicago projects once terrorized by an uncanny urban legend have long since been gentrified--and graphic artist/local product Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) now shared an upscale loft with his gallery runner girlfriend (Teyonah Parris). Starved for inspiration, he started looking into the Candyman myth...only to uncover buried trauma and something far, far worse. Sequel/reboot for the '90s fear franchise co-stars Colman Domingo, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Vanessa A. Williams, and Tony Todd. 91 min. C/Rtg: R