October 31st, 2019
We Dare You To Say His Name Five Times!
Welcome back to the Horror 101 podcast. In 1992 Bernard Rose directed a film which was based on a Clive Barker Story about the potency of urban legends and how far down the rabbit hole one graduate student will go to find out the truth about the infamous Candyman. They say if you call his name 5 times into the mirror he will come and butcher you with his hook for a hand. A true retelling of the Bloody Mary game. It featured good gore, excellent performances from Tony Todd and Virginia Madsen and a haunting score by Phillip Glass. Since Jordan Peele is helping to write the next chapter in this story (coming next year) we decided to give the Horror 101 treatment to Candyman this Halloween. Join us!
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:
01:00 Prelude to Terror…
04:50 Introducing Candyman…
08:05 Clive Barker’s Game Changer…
11:40 “Whats blood for…?”
13:20 Say his name five times…
15:20 A thesis of urban legend…
18:00 The telling on the tale…
21:00 The Shit Bathroom…
23:00 Be My Victim…
28:15 “Why do you want to live?”
31:30 Become immortal…
33:19 Tony Todd interview and new film news…
35:35 Scoring the film…
42:25 Conclusion. Thanks for listening!
Directed by: Bernard Rose
Based on “The Forbidden” by Clive Barker
Starring:
Virginia Madsen as Helen Lyle
Tony Todd as The Candyman
Xander Berkeley as Trevor Lyle
Kasi Lemmons as Bernadette ‘Bernie’ Walsh
Vanessa Williams as Anne-Marie McCoy
DeJuan Guy as Jake
Music by Philip Glass
All video, pictures and audio used from Candyman is copyright © 1992 by Candyman Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Propaganda Films. Used for educational purposes. No reproductions of any kind.