Candyman

Friday, August 29 - Saturday, August 30, 2025

Helen Lyle scoffs at superstition, but when she hears about Candyman, a slave spirit with a hook hand said to haunt a notorious housing project, she has a new twist for her graduate thesis. To prove Candyman doesn’t exist, Helen heads to the site of a brutal murder to call for him by saying his name five times. To her horror, he appears, igniting a string of gruesome murders.

Screening as part of our series Waverly Midnights: Very Superstitious

• Country USA
• Year 1992
• Running Time 98 minutes
• Format DCP
• Distributor Universal
• Director Bernard Rose
• Cast Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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