Candyman
We dare you to say his name five times.
Country
Budget
$8 000 000
Box office
$25 792 310
Director
Actors
Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams, DeJuan Guy, Michael Culkin, Stanley DeSantis, Gilbert Lewis, Marianna Elliott
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Jane Ann Stewart, Chris Anthony Miller, Maria C. Connors
Audition
Jane Alderman, Jason La Padura
Editing
Dan Rae
Whole Team (117)
Whole Team (117)
Short description
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
What's left behind the scenes
- Ted Raimi appears in a small role at the very beginning of the film.
- At the insistence of Tony Todd, a clause was included in his contract stating that he would receive $1,000 for each bee sting during filming. He was stung a total of 23 times.
- The story of Candyman draws on elements of two real-life urban legends – Bloody Mary (who appears if you call her name several times in front of a mirror) and Hook (a killer with a prosthetic hand ending in a hook).
- In the scene where bees fill Candyman’s chest cavity, the bees were placed in a prop chest cavity, which was then suspended on Tony Todd’s chest. The bees were placed there very carefully and with all precautions, and then removed just as carefully.
- The filming of the scene in which Candyman’s hook breaks through the cabinet in Helen’s bathroom was organized in the absence of Virginia Madsen, so the horror on her face is far from acted. She screamed and ran off the set.
- Eddie Murphy was originally considered for the lead role, but he was deemed too short (175 cm). The lead role was given to Tony Todd, who stands 196 centimeters tall.
- Virginia Madsen had to film scenes with bees. Knowing this in advance, she almost turned down the role because she was allergic to bees, but director Bernard Rose persuaded her. After filming the scene, it took Madsen and Tony Todd 45 minutes to remove all the bees from the actress.
- At Tony Todd's insistence, a clause was included in his contract stating that he would receive $1,000 for every bee sting during filming. In total, he was stung 23 times.
- In the scene where bees fill Candyman's chest cavity, the bees were placed in a prosthetic chest piece, which was then strapped to Tony Todd's chest. The bees were placed inside very carefully and with all necessary precautions, and were subsequently removed with equal care.
- The scene in which Candyman's hook pierces the cabinet in Helen's bathroom was staged without Virginia Madsen's knowledge, so the terror on her face was by no means acting. She screamed hysterically and fled the set.
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