Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | |
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Directed by | Bill Condon |
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Story by | Clive Barker |
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Cinematography | Tobias A. Schliessler |
Edited by | Virginia Katz |
Music by | Philip Glass |
Production company | Lava Productions[1] |
Distributed by | Gramercy Pictures[1] |
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Running time | 95 minutes[1] |
Country | United States[2] |
Language | English |
Box office | $13.9 million[3] |
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh is a 1995 American supernatural horror film directed by Bill Condon and starring Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan, William O'Leary, Bill Nunn, Matt Clark and Veronica Cartwright. Written by Rand Ravich and Mark Kruger, it is a sequel to the 1992 film Candyman, which was an adaptation of Clive Barker's short story, "The Forbidden". Its plot follows a New Orleans schoolteacher who finds herself targeted by the Candyman, the powerful spirit of the murdered son of a slave who kills those who invoked him.
Unlike its predecessor, the film received negative reviews from critics. It was followed by a third film, Candyman 3: Day of the Dead, which was released in 1999, and a fourth film, titled Candyman, a direct sequel to the original 1992 film, which was released in 2021.