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Helen investigates the site, where a man claiming to be Candyman batters her with a hook. She identifies her attacker to the police, who recognize him as the head of a local gang, and he's therefore charged for the murders attributed to Candyman. A few days later, however, the real Candyman appears to Helen in a parking garage, hypnotizing her.
Candyman is an American supernatural horror film series originating from the 1985 short story "The Forbidden" from the collection Books of Blood by Clive Barker, about the legend of the "Candyman", the ghost of an artist and son of a slave who was murdered in the late 19th century.
They made the Candyman into a slave which was terrible because the Candyman was educated and raised as a free man. Bernie wanted to make him like an African American Dracula which I think it was so appealing to the African American community because they finally had their own Dracula. The Candyman was a poet and smart. He wasn't really a monster.
Actor Tony Todd's TV and movie credits spanned 40 years and included the 1992 horror film "Candyman" and its 2021 sequel.
Tony Todd, best known for starring in the Candyman horror films, has died aged 69. The American actor died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, according to reports.
Articles relating to the film series Candyman, an American supernatural horror film series originating from the 1985 short story "The Forbidden" from the collection Books of Blood by Clive Barker, about the legend of the "Candyman", the ghost of an artist and son of a slave, who was murdered in the late 19th century.
More of Todd's extensive acting credits include his film debut in 1986's Sleepwalk, and appearances in 1990's Night of the Living Dead, 1996's The Rock, 1994's The Crow, 2006's Hatchet, 2015's ...
The character originated in Clive Barker's short story "The Forbidden", published in volume five of Barker's six-volume Books of Blood anthology collection. The story was partially inspired by a cautionary tale Barker's grandmother told him when he was six to teach him to be careful of strangers, about a hook-handed man who cut off a boy's genitals.