JoDaNa1281
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Oct 16, 2022 14:17:25 GMT -5
 One of the best horror films of the 90's, Candyman, opened in theaters on 10/16/92! |
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The Ichi
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Post by The Ichi on Oct 16, 2022 14:29:01 GMT -5
Okay I'm having a mandella effect moment because I was sure it was three times. Though I guess I'm thinking of what it's partly inspired by, Bloody Mary.
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Oct 16, 2022 14:56:34 GMT -5
Okay I'm having a mandella effect moment because I was sure it was three times. Though I guess I'm thinking of what it's partly inspired by, Bloody Mary. Or Beetlejuice. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2022 15:23:47 GMT -5
One of my favourite soundtracks in horror ever...most horror themes are meant to invoke well horror in someone like you are waiting for something to happen.
Then here comes CandyMans soundtrack.
Such a gentle and romance invoking piece of music.
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Post by pinja on Oct 16, 2022 15:28:34 GMT -5
"Candyman" was one possible topic for my Bachelor's thesis in comparative literature that never happened. It was a pretty remarkable movie of my youth, because whoever I spoke about it back then, talked about trying to call the Candyman five times in front of their bathroom mirror. Yet I know very few people who went through with it. It's so fascinating because it's one of those rare movies where fiction transencds into reality and there's lots of anecdotal evidence for that. What a clever construction: A movie about an urban legend coming to life that succeeds in making it's urban legend really coming to life.
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Post by bob on Oct 16, 2022 15:31:59 GMT -5
I saw this for the first time this year
it really holds up
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Post by dav on Oct 16, 2022 15:50:54 GMT -5
Watched it last night, oddly enough. Didn't realise it was the anniversary. And it is a fantastic movie that really holds up well after thirty years. Full credit goes to a wonderful cast with Tony Todd stealing the show completely. He gives the Candyman such a grandiose and theatrical feel that really makes him stand out from other horror villains. Also, the movie soundtrack by Phillip Glass is one of my all time favourites from a movie. Just really elevates the material even more.
That said, I do feel perhaps a bit more sympathetic to Trevor than the movie intended me to be. Like, not for the affair, certainly not for that. But when he came across the gutted corpse of his wife's friend while his wife was holding a bloody knife in her hands and looking completely out of her gourd, I can understand him having second thoughts about her innocence.
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Post by tntchamp on Oct 16, 2022 20:06:56 GMT -5
Still one of the smartest horror movies ever made and certainly one of the best of the 90s.
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Post by GodzillaIsMyMonster on Oct 16, 2022 21:54:54 GMT -5
Although the sequels don't live up to this (I haven't seen the newest one) Tony Todd is always awesome.
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Oct 17, 2022 17:14:12 GMT -5
As mentioned by others, one of the biggest stars in this movie is the fantastic soundtrack, by Phillip Glass. I think the best way to describe it is, haunting yet beautiful.
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Post by dav on Oct 18, 2022 14:06:16 GMT -5
As mentioned by others, one of the biggest stars in this movie is the fantastic soundtrack, by Phillip Glass. I think the best way to describe it is, haunting yet beautiful. Seriously, it makes a panning shot of a city actually interesting. And then leads into Tony Todd monologuing and it gets even better: |
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