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Certificate 18

Cast Virginia Madsen Xander Berkeley Kasi Lemmons

Directors Bernard Rose

Screenwriters Clive Barker Bernard Rose

Running Time 101 minutes

EMPIRE ESSAY: Candyman
'It's only a movie'' - or is it?

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Plot
Helen Lyle is a student who decides to write a thesis about local legends and myths. She visits a part of the town, where she learns about the legend of the Candyman, a one-armed man who appears when you say his name five times, in front of a mirror. She ignores all warnings and begins her investigation and a series of horrible murders begins. Could the legend be true?

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