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{{Infobox media franchise
| title = Candyman
| image = Candyman 2021 logo.png
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| caption = The logo of the franchise as of 2021
| creator = [[Clive Barker]]
| owner = [[TriStar Pictures]] (''[[Candyman (1992 film)|1]]'')<br>[[Gramercy Pictures]] (''[[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh|2]]'')<br>[[Artisan Entertainment]] (''[[Candyman 3: Day of the Dead|3]]'')<br>[[Universal Pictures]], [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (''[[Candyman (2021 film)|4]]'')
| origin = [[Books of Blood#"The Forbidden"|The Forbidden]] (1985)
| years = 1985–present
| films = ''[[Candyman (1992 film)|Candyman]]'' (1992)<br>''[[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh]]'' (1995)<br>''[[Candyman 3: Day of the Dead]]'' (1999)<br>''[[Candyman (2021 film)|Candyman]]'' (2021)
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| soundtracks = ''[[Candyman (soundtrack)|Candyman]]'' (2021)
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}}

'''''Candyman''''' is an American [[supernatural horror film|supernatural horror]] [[media franchise|franchise]] originating from the 1985 short story "[[Books of Blood#"The Forbidden"|The Forbidden]]" from the collection ''[[Books of Blood]]'' by [[Clive Barker]], about the legend of the "[[Candyman (character)|Candyman]]", the ghost of an artist and son of a slave who was murdered in the late 19th century. Its film adaptation, ''[[Candyman (1992 film)|Candyman]]'', directed by [[Bernard Rose (director)|Bernard Rose]] in 1992, starred [[Tony Todd]] as the title character.

Although the film initially underperformed at the American box office, it became a [[cult film|cult classic]]. A novelization 
and a comic adaptation of the film were released in the same year. Two sequels, ''[[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh]]'' (1995) and ''[[Candyman 3: Day of the Dead]]'' (1999), were released. A [[Candyman (2021 film)|direct sequel]] to the original ''Candyman'', directed by [[Nia DaCosta]] and produced by [[Jordan Peele]], was released in 2021.

==Films==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Film
! U.S. release date
!Box office totals (domestic gross)
! Director
! Screenwriters
! Story by
! Producer(s)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | ''[[Candyman (1992 film)|Candyman]]''
| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|1992|10|16}}
|$25.8 million
| colspan="3" | [[Bernard Rose (director)|Bernard Rose]]
| [[Alan Poul]], [[Steve Golin]] & [[Sigurjon Sighvatsson]]
|-
! style="text-align:left" | ''[[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh]]''
| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|1995|3|17}}
|$25 million
| [[Bill Condon]]
| [[Rand Ravich]] & Mark Kruger
| [[Clive Barker]]
| [[Gregg Fienberg]] & Sigurjón Sighvatsson
|-
! style="text-align:left" | ''[[Candyman 3: Day of the Dead]]''
| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|1999|7|9}}
|$0.6 million (limited release)
| Turi Meyer
| colspan="2" | Turi Meyer & Al Septien
| Al Septien & William Stuart
|-
! style="text-align:left" | ''[[Candyman (2021 film)|Candyman]]''
| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|2021|8|27}}
|$77.4 million
| [[Nia DaCosta]]
| colspan="2" | Nia DaCosta, [[Jordan Peele]] & [[Win Rosenfeld]]
| Ian Cooper, Jordan Peele & Win Rosenfeld
|}

===''Candyman'' (1992)===
{{Main|Candyman (1992 film)}}
''Candyman'', the first film in the series, is a 1992 [[horror film]], serving as a loose [[film adaptation|adaptation]] of [[Clive Barker]]'s 1985 short story "[[Books of Blood#The Forbidden|The Forbidden]]" of the collection ''[[Books of Blood]]''. The film follows a graduate student, Helen Lyle, who is studying urban legends along with her colleague Bernadette.

She takes a strong interest in learning about a mysterious hook-handed murderer coined as "The Candyman" in the [[Cabrini–Green Homes|Cabrini Green]] urban project dwelling which many of the residents feared lived behind the mirrors and the walls of the apartments randomly killing them 'gutting' them with his hook after chanting his name 5 times in a mirror. Helen becomes intrigued by the mythical story that she jokingly summons him in denial and disbelief, later to learn who was really behind the mirror, questioning her reality.

===''Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh'' (1995)===
{{Main|Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh}}
''Farewell to the Flesh'' is the second film in the series.  The film follows the story of a school teacher, Annie Tarrant, who comes to learn about her family's past after losing her father due to his obsession with the Candyman. She denies his existence after hearing her students talk about him and learning that one of her students was obsessed with him. She speaks his name to prove he does not exist, but later finds out who Candyman is.

===''Candyman 3: Day of the Dead'' (1999)===
{{Main|Candyman 3: Day of the Dead}}
''Day of the Dead'' is the third film in the series. The story continues with Annie Tarrant's daughter, Caroline Mckeever, who is now an adult. She denies Candyman's existence by protecting her family's bloodline as her business partner Miguel uses the story of her Great Great Grandfather Daniel Robitaille/Candyman in his art exhibit for profit. Caroline soon learns why her mother tried to destroy the myth of Candyman but is caught in his web of deceptive murders, framing her in order for her to submit to become immortal as a family with him in death.

===''Candyman'' (2021)===
{{main|Candyman (2021 film)}}
A fourth film in the series was produced by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] and [[Monkeypaw Productions]] and was released on August 27, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/candyman-release-date-delayed-2021-1234733147/|title=Nia DaCosta's 'Candyman' Release Delayed to 2021|website=Variety|first=Rebecca|last=Rubin|date=September 11, 2020|access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref> [[Yahya Abdul-Mateen II]] stars in the film, while Tony Todd returns to the eponymous role.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/candyman-yahya-abdul-mateen-tony-todd/|title='Candyman' Director Confirms Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Is Not Replacing Tony Todd|last=Trumbore|first=Dave|date=2019-03-25|website=Collider|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref> It is a direct sequel to the first film, taking place twenty-seven years later, in Cabrini Green, Chicago. A young, over-confident visual artist named Anthony McCoy struggles to find inspiration to get him further exposure.

He learns about an old urban legend that took place in the project housing developments at Cabrini Green of a grad student named Helen Lyle who became mentally insane during her research and sacrificed herself to save a baby, which sparks his interest. He further researches the information which leads him to encounter a neighborhood laundromat owner who also reveals his version of the urban legend, which is learned to be of an amputated hook-handed man in the 1970s named Sherman Fields who was wrongfully murdered at the hands of Chicago police officers which Cabrini Green residents believed him to be "The Candyman" who harmed children with razor blades in candy.

Anthony becomes obsessed with these urban legend findings as he uses them for his artwork presentation and to influence the summoning of the spirit of 'The Candyman', but later realizes the consequences of his actions as he learns the real truth behind the legend by his hallucinations, which in turn becomes a deadly reality.

The 2021 film reinterprets the Candyman legend by highlighting generational trauma and racial violence, positioning the figure as a reflection of historical injustices against Black communities.<ref>Means Coleman, R. R. (2021). Candyman and the haunted legacy of racial violence. Journal of Horror and Film Studies, 12(3), 45–58.</ref>

===Unrealized projects===
According to [[Virginia Madsen]], Bernard Rose originally wanted the first sequel ''Candyman 2'' to be a [[prequel]] showing Candyman and Helen's "[[look-alike]]" falling in love, but the idea was turned down because the studio was worried about how a fully-fledged interracial romance would be received.<ref name="HNN">{{Cite web |url=http://www.horrornewsnetwork.net/twenty-year-retrospective-of-candyman-with-virginia-madsen/ |title=Twenty Year Retrospective of Candyman with Virginia Madsen |last=Caprilozzi |first=Christine |date=December 14, 2012 |website=Horror News Network |access-date=January 5, 2020}}</ref>

A possible fourth film was in development in 2004; according to Tony Todd, it was intended to be set in [[New England]] at a women's college,<ref>{{cite web | title=M500 INTERVIEW WITH TONY TODD AKA CANDYMAN | url=http://www.milenko500.com/frame.htm | website=Milenko500.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041026080825/http://www.milenko500.com/frame.htm | archive-date=October 26, 2004 | url-status=dead}}</ref> and focus on a professor who is a descendant of Candyman but has no idea who he is, with Todd describing "the initial image [being] of Candyman in a blizzard". The film was stuck in [[development hell]].

The slasher crossover film ''[[Freddy vs. Jason]]'' (2003) also inspired [[Miramax]] to want to create a ''Candyman vs. [[Hellraiser (franchise)|Hellraiser]]'' crossover, but [[Clive Barker]], originator of both franchises, had recommended against it.<ref>{{cite web | title=Candyman 4 | url=http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/movies/candyman4.php | website=Upcoming Horror Movies | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302155521/http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/movies/candyman4.php | archive-date=March 2, 2010 | url-status=dead}}</ref> A crossover with the ''[[Leprechaun (film series)|Leprechaun]]'' film series was also considered, but Tony Todd immediately flat out refused to participate in such a project, saying he had too much respect for his character to see him used for such a purpose.<ref>{{cite web | title=Why Tony Todd Stopped 'Candyman vs. Leprechaun' Movie From Happening | url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/288081/interview-tony-todd-sets-the-record-straight-on-unmade-candyman-vs-leprechaun-crossover/ | author=Josh Millican | date=January 21, 2019 | website=[[Dread Central]]}}</ref>

==Cast and crew==
===Cast===
<blockquote class="toccolours" style="text-align:justify; float:center; padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px; display:table;">
'''{{center|List indicators}}'''
* This table shows the characters and the actors who have portrayed them throughout the franchise.
* A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's presence in the film has not yet been announced.
* A {{note label|young|Y|}} indicates an appearance as a younger version of a pre-existing character.
* A {{note label|photo|P|}} indicates a photographic appearance.
* A {{note label|voice|V|}} indicates a vocal appearance only.
</blockquote>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="3" | Characters
! colspan="4" | Films
|-
! ''[[Candyman (1992 film)|Candyman]]''
! ''[[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh|{{small|Candyman}}<br>Farewell to the Flesh]]''
! ''[[Candyman: Day of the Dead|{{small|Candyman}}<br>Day of the Dead]]''
! ''[[Candyman (2021 film)|Candyman]]''
|-
! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|1992}}
! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|1995}}
! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|1999}}
! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|2021}}
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Candyman (character)|Daniel Robitaille<br>{{small|Granville T. Candyman}}]]
| colspan="3" | [[Tony Todd]]
| {{N/A|Tony Todd}}{{ref|cameo|C}}
|-
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Yahya Abdul-Mateen II]]
|-
! [[Candyman (character)|Anthony McCoy]]
| Latesha & Lanesha Martin
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
! [[Candyman (1992 film)#Cast|Helen Lyle]]
| [[Virginia Madsen]]
| {{N/A|Virginia Madsen}}{{ref|photo|P}}
| {{cEmpty}}
| {{N/A|Virginia Madsen}}{{ref|voice|V}}{{ref|photo|P}}
|-
! [[Candyman (1992 film)#Cast|Anne-Marie McCoy]]
| [[Vanessa Estelle Williams|Vanessa A. Williams]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Vanessa A. Williams
|-
! [[Candyman (1992 film)#Cast|Phillip Purcell]]
| colspan="2" | [[Michael Culkin]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman (1992 film)#Cast|Trevor Lyle]]
| [[Xander Berkeley]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman (1992 film)#Cast|Bernadette "Bernie" Walsh]]
| [[Kasi Lemmons]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman (1992 film)#Cast|Jake]]
| DeJuan Guy
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman (1992 film)#Cast|Detective Frank Valento]]
| [[Gilbert Lewis (actor)|Gilbert Lewis]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman (1992 film)#Cast|Stacey]]
| Carolyn Lowery
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman (1992 film)#Cast|Dr. Burke]]
| [[Stanley DeSantis]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman (1992 film)#Cast|Billy]]
| [[Ted Raimi]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman (1992 film)#Cast|Archie Walsh]]
| [[Bernard Rose (director)|Bernard Rose]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman (1992 film)#Cast|Harold]]
| Eric Edwards
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman (1992 film)#Cast|Policewoman]]
| [[Rusty Schwimmer]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|Heyward Sullivan]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Randy Oglesby]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| {{N/A|Randy Oglesby}}{{ref|photo|P}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9O9_-bv5qE|title=''CANDYMAN'' Teaser (2020) Nia DaCosta Puppet Video|website=[[YouTube]]|date=17 June 2020 }}</ref>
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|Caroline Sullivan]]
| {{cEmpty}}
| Caroline Barclay
| Laura Mazur
| Cassie Kramer
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|Annie Tarrant]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Kelly Rowan]]
| Elizabeth Hayes
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Day of the Dead#Cast|Caroline McKeever<br>{{small|Isabel Sullivan}}]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Brianna Blanchard
| [[Donna D'Errico]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|Paul McKeever]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Timothy Carhart]]
| {{N/A|''Mentioned''}}
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|Reverend Ellis]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Bill Nunn]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|Ethan Tarrant]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[William O'Leary (actor)|William O'Leary]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|Octavia Tarrant]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Veronica Cartwright]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|Honore Thibideaux]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Matt Clark (actor)|Matt Clark]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|Matthew Ellis]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Joshua Gibran Mayweather
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|Detective Ray Levesque]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| David Gianopoulos
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|Coleman Tarrant]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Michael Bergeron
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|Pam Carver]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Fay Hauser
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|Heyward Sullivan]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Randy Oglesby]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|The Kingfish]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Glen Gomez<hr>[[Russell Buchanan]]{{ref|voice|V|}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|Liz]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Clotiel Bordeltier
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|Drew]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| George Lemore
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|Mr. Jeffries]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Ralph Joseph
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh#Cast|Clara]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Margaret Howell]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Day of the Dead#Cast|David de La Paz]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Jsu Garcia|Nick Corri]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Day of the Dead#Cast|Det. Jamal Matthews]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Ernie Hudson Jr.]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Day of the Dead#Cast|Lt. Det. Samuel Deacon Kraft]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Wade Williams]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Day of the Dead#Cast|L.V. Sacco]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Robert O'Reilly]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Day of the Dead#Cast|Enrique]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Lombardo Boyar]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Day of the Dead#Cast|Abuela]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Lupe Ontiveros]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Day of the Dead#Cast|Flower Seller]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Lillian Hurst]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Day of the Dead#Cast|Det. Jamie Gold]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Elizabeth Guber
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Day of the Dead#Cast|Miguel Velasco]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Mark Adair-Rios
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Day of the Dead#Cast|Lena]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Rena Riffel]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Day of the Dead#Cast|Tino]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Mike Moroff
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Day of the Dead#Cast|Ornte]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Chris Van Dahl]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Day of the Dead#Cast|Tamara]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Alexia Robinson
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Day of the Dead#Cast|Fritz]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Jud Meyers
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Day of the Dead#Cast|Little Boy]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Leonardo Guerra
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman: Day of the Dead#Cast|Cristina de La Paz]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Nicole Contreras
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! [[Candyman (2021 film)#Cast|Ringleader]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Nadia Simms
|-
! [[Candyman (2021 film)#Cast|Brianna "Bri" Cartwright]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Teyonah Parris]]<hr>{{small|Hannah Love Jones}}{{ref|young|Y|}}
|-
! [[Candyman (2021 film)#Cast|Finley Stephens]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Rebecca Spence]]
|-
! [[Candyman (2021 film)#Cast|Clive Privler]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Brian King
|-
! [[Candyman (2021 film)#Cast|Grady Smith]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Kyle Kaminsky
|-
! [[Candyman (2021 film)#Cast|Troy Cartwright]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Nathan Stewart-Jarrett]]
|-
! [[Candyman (2021 film)#Cast|William "Billy" Burke]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Colman Domingo]]<hr>{{small|Rodney L. Jones III}}{{ref|young|Y}}
|-
! [[Candyman (2021 film)#Cast|Danielle Harrington]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Christiana Clark
|-
! [[Candyman (2021 film)#Cast|Jameson]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Carl Clemons-Hopkins]]
|-
! [[Candyman (character)|Gil Cartwright]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Cedric Mays
|-
! [[Candyman (character)|Sherman Fields]]<br>[[Candyman (2021 film)|Candyman's Hive / Spirit]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Michael Hargrove
|-
|}

===Crew===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="3" | Role
! colspan="4" | Film
|-
! ''[[Candyman (1992 film)|Candyman]]''
! ''[[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh]]''
! ''[[Candyman 3: Day of the Dead]]''
!
|-

|}Critical and public response
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! 1999
! 2021
|-
! Director(s)
| rowspan="2" | [[Bernard Rose (director)|Bernard Rose]]
| [[Bill Condon]]
| Turi Meyer
| [[Nia DaCosta]]
|-
! Screenwriter(s)
| [[Rand Ravich]] & Mark Kruger
| Al Septien & Turi Meyer
| Nia DaCosta, [[Jordan Peele]] & [[Win Rosenfeld]]
|-
! Producer(s)
| [[Alan Poul]], [[Steve Golin]] & [[Sigurjón Sighvatsson]]
| [[Gregg Fienberg]] & Sigurjón Sighvatsson
| Al Septien & William Stuart
| Ian Cooper, Jordan Peele & Win Rosenfeld
|-
! Composer(s)
| colspan="2" | [[Philip Glass]]
| [[Adam Gorgoni]]
| [[Lichens (musician)|Robert A. A. Lowe]]
|-
! Cinematography
| [[Anthony B. Richmond]]
| [[Tobias A. Schliessler]]
| Michael G. Wojciechowski
| [[John Guleserian]]
|-
! Editor(s)
| Dan Rae
| Virginia Katz
| Frederick Wardell
| Chris Armstrong
|-
! Production companies
| [[Propaganda Films]]<br>[[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]]
| Lava Productions
| rowspan="2" | [[Artisan Entertainment]]
| [[Bron Studios|Bron Creative]]<br>[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]<br>[[Monkeypaw Productions]]
|-
! Distributor
| [[TriStar Pictures]]
| [[Gramercy Pictures]]
| [[Universal Pictures]]
|-
! U.S. release date
| style="text-align:center" | October 16, 1992
| style="text-align:center" | March 17, 1995
| style="text-align:center" | July 9, 1999
| style="text-align:center" | August 27, 2021
|-
! Duration
| 99 minutes
| 95 minutes
| 93 minutes
| 91 minutes
|}

==Reception==
===Box office performance===
{| class="wikitable" text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Film
! rowspan="2" | Release date
! colspan="3" | Box office gross
! rowspan="2" | Budget
! rowspan="2" | Reference
|-
! North America
! Other territories
! Worldwide
|-
| ''Candyman'' (1992)
| October 16, 1992
| $25,792,310
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
| $8–9 million
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=candyman.htm|title=Candyman (1992)| website= [[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh''
| March 17, 1995
| $13,940,383
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}	 
| $6 million
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=candyman2.htm|title=Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)| website= [[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''Candyman 3: Day of the Dead''
| July 9, 1999
| colspan="5" {{N/A}}
|-
| ''Candyman'' (2021)
| August 27, 2021
| $50,668,490
| $13,524,000	
| $64,192,490
| $25 million
| <ref>{{cite web|last= Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=August 25, 2021|title= 'Candyman' to Slash Box Office Competition |url= https://variety.com/2021/film/box-office/candyman-box-office-opening-weekend-projections-1235048754/ |access-date=August 25, 2021|website= Variety}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=candyman2020.htm|title=Candyman (2020)| website= [[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" | Total
! ${{val|fmt=commas|{{#expr: 25792310+ 13940383+ 22370000}}}}
! $5,229,000
! ${{val|fmt=commas|{{#expr: 25792310+ 13940383+ 27599000}}}}
! $39 million
!
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Film
! [[Rotten Tomatoes]]
! [[Metacritic]]
! [[CinemaScore]] 
|-
| ''Candyman'' (1992)
| style=" text-align:center;"| 79% (82 reviews)<ref name=CandyMan>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/candyman/|title=Candyman|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date= January 29, 2024}}</ref>
| style=" text-align:center;"| 61 (15 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=Candyman Reviews |url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/candyman |publisher=[[Metacritic]]. [[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=July 18, 2020}}</ref> 
| style=" text-align:center;"| C+<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |title=Cinemascore |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date=20 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
| ''Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh''
| style=" text-align:center;"|22% (32 reviews)<ref name=CandyMan2>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/candyman_farewell_to_the_flesh/|title=Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date= May 19, 2022}}</ref>
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''Candyman 3: Day of the Dead''
| style=" text-align:center;"|7% (14 reviews)<ref name=Candyman3>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/candyman_day_of_the_dead/|title=Candyman: Day of the Dead|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date= May 19, 2022}}</ref>
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''Candyman'' (2021)
| style=" text-align:center;"| 84% (335 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/candyman_2021 |title= Candyman (2021) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date= January 29, 2024}}</ref> 
| style=" text-align:center;"| 72 (46 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/candyman-2020 |title=Candyman (2021) Reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Red Ventures]] |access-date=August 27, 2021}}</ref> 
! B<ref>{{cite web |title= 'Candyman' Makes The Box Office Taste Good With $22M+ Opening |date=August 29, 2021 |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url= https://deadline.com/2021/08/candyman-posts-sweet-thursday-night-with-1-9m-1234823246/ |quote=getting a B CinemaScore, average for a genre pic, and a 72% positive score and 56% recommend on Comscore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak. |access-date=September 11, 2021}}</ref>
|-
|}
==Music==
''Candyman (1992) and Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh'' soundtracks were composed by [[Philip Glass]]. According to Glass, "it has become a classic, so I still make money from that score, get checks every year".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Asp|first=Jon|title=Philip Glass: 'Without terror, there's no learning' (EXCLUSIVE)|date=January 31, 2014|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/global/exclusive-interview-with-philip-glass-1201079824/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181226223111/https://variety.com/2014/film/global/exclusive-interview-with-philip-glass-1201079824/|archive-date=December 26, 2018|access-date=December 9, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Tony Todd confirmed in an interview with [[IGN]] that a limited edition featuring 7500 copies of the film's soundtrack was released in February 2015.<ref name=video>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvnedP6YAvM|title=Tony Todd On His Career – From Candyman to VANish|last=IGN|date=24 February 2015|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref> The composition ''"Candyman's Suite: Helen's Theme"'' became a widely popular theme song for [[Halloween]] and was often featured in a few television commercials and series including in one episode of ''[[American Horror Story: Asylum]].''

''Candyman: Day of the Dead'' original score soundtrack was composed by [[Adam Gorgoni]].

''Candyman (2021)'' original score soundtrack was composed by Chicago musician [[Lichens (musician)|Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe]] who used solo compositions based on voice and extended modular synthesis techniques. He expressed in an [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXl9en1KvcU&t=14s interview] with fellow musician [[DeForrest Brown Jr.|DeForrest Brown Jr]]. that he used [[Location shooting|field]] recordings of Cabrini Green to capture the essence and spirit of the neighborhood and layered it as textural elements on top of the main instruments. In January 2022, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reported that [[Candyman (soundtrack)|''Candyman''{{'s}} film score]], briefly made the [[Shortlisted|shortlist]] for the [[94th Academy Awards|2022 Academy Awards]] in the category of [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]], however did not make the official final ballot list. Phillips Glass' score ''"Helen's Theme/Music Box"'' was also reimagined by Lowe as a new interpolation on the soundtrack as well as in one scene and end credits of the film.

== Other media ==
===Board game===
A board game based on ''Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh'' was released during the mid-1990s as a promotional item for the film of the same name.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3454258/know-candyman-board-game/|title=Did You Know There Was a 'Candyman' Board Game?!|last=Squires|first=John|date=2017-08-21|website=Bloody Disgusting!|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.clivebarker.info/candygame.html|title=Candyman game|last=|first=|date=|website=The Official Clive Barker Website - Revelations|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515052318/http://www.clivebarker.info/candygame.html|archive-date=2006-05-15|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref> The game features a board, 1 die and cards (Hook, Candyman, Voodoo, Mansion Key) that will impact the player or others. The game's premise is stated as "to win, player must proceed clockwise along the streets of New Orleans and get to the mansion with the key card in order to unlock the secret to Candyman's power".<ref name=":0" />

'''Development and Legacy of the 2021 Reboot'''

''Candyman'' (2021), Nia DaCosta's direction, and Jordan Peele's and Win Rosenfeld's co-writing, were a sequel as well as a spiritual prolongation of the first film. This project was praised for a variety of aspects such as visual style, social commentary, and the actors' performances, and it was also of historical significance as DaCosta became the first Black woman to direct a movie that ranked first in the U.S. box office. The success of the film made the franchise popular among a new generation and confirmed the status of Candyman as a culturally relevant horror property.

==See also==
*[[Race in horror films]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

* [https://www.imdb.com/list/ls027331488/ ''Candyman'' franchise] on [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Candyman ''Candyman'' franchise] box office on [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]

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