Candyman

Showed at Images 10/8/2012

Starring: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Vanessa Williams

Film screening followed by a discussion with Christian Thorne, Williams College Associate Professor of English and Gretchen Long, Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies.

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

  • Director: Bernard Rose
  • Rating: R
  • Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes
  • Genre: Horror

“Are horror movies about race even when they don't seem to be? Do zombies have a race? Do Vampires? These are some of the questions we'll ask after the film.”

– Christian Thorne, Williams College Associate Professor of English