Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
1995 American supernatural slasher film by Bill Condon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh is a 1995 American supernatural slasher film[4] directed by Bill Condon and starring Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan, William O'Leary, Bill Nunn, Matt Clark and Veronica Cartwright. Written by Rand Ravich and Mark Kruger, it is a sequel to the 1992 film Candyman, which was an adaptation of Clive Barker's short story, "The Forbidden". Its plot follows a New Orleans schoolteacher who finds herself targeted by the Candyman, the powerful spirit of the murdered son of a slave who kills those who invoked him.
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Directed by | Bill Condon |
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Story by | Clive Barker |
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Cinematography | Tobias A. Schliessler |
Edited by | Virginia Katz |
Music by | Philip Glass |
Production company | Lava Productions[1] |
Distributed by | Gramercy Pictures[1] |
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Running time | 95 minutes[1] |
Country | United States[2] |
Language | English |
Box office | $13.9 million[3] |
Unlike its predecessor, the film received negative reviews from critics. It was followed by a third film, Candyman 3: Day of the Dead, which was released in 1999, and a fourth film, titled Candyman, a direct sequel to the original 1992 film, which was released in 2021.