You really do feel for her as her life comes crashing down in all the worst ways. In that respect, Virginia Madsen carries the movie marvelously. Though he’s the title villain, Candyman is still second to the lead, Helen. It works exceptionally well, really playing on the urban legend angle that drives most of the story. When I was a kid, we called it “Bloody Mary” you turn off the lights, say the ghost’s name five times into a mirror and it will supposedly come and “get you”. As Helen’s life falls to pieces around her, Candyman prepares to make her a part of his legend.īased on Clive Barker’s short story “The Forbidden”, Candyman takes that original source and weaves in one of the more well-known urban legends we should all be acquainted with in some form or another. Helen soon finds herself blamed for several of the Candyman’s most recent murders as well as the kidnapping of a baby. The deeper she digs, the more bizarre the tale becomes until eventually she summons Candyman himself (Tony Todd).
She follows the stories to the nearby projects only to find that the residents are hiding a terrible secret.
A local one in particular, the legend of Candyman, manages to pique her interest. Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) is a grad student at the University of Chicago writing a thesis on urban legends. Listen to the latest episode of the AIPT Movies Podcast!
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