6.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Candyman (1992)
Candyman (1992)
Overview
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.
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Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Race Swap: Yes
Viewer Rating
6.8
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central thesis explicitly critiques systemic racism and its enduring trauma, manifesting as a vengeful myth born from historical white supremacist violence and urban neglect, aligning with progressive ideology.
The movie features a significant racial recasting of its titular character, whose origin story is deeply rooted in historical racial violence and injustice. The narrative explicitly critiques systemic racism and the legacy of oppression, making these themes central to the horror and the character's motivation.
Secondary
The character of Candyman, originally depicted as white in Clive Barker's source novella "The Forbidden," is portrayed as Black in the 1992 film adaptation, with a revised backstory reflecting this change.
The film "Candyman" (1992) does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on themes of race, class, urban legends, and fear, without incorporating elements related to sexual orientation or gender identity.
The film 'Candyman' (1992) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on other social and horror elements, resulting in no depiction of transsexual identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1992 film "Candyman" adapts Clive Barker's short story "The Forbidden." The primary characters, including Helen Lyle, Trevor Lyle, and Candyman himself, maintain the same gender as established in the source material. No canonical characters were portrayed with a different gender.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
6.6
Critic Ratings
7.9
6.1
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