Movies Like Candyman (1992)

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Candyman Movie Information:

Directors:

Bernard Rose

Stars:

Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams … (full cast)

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1. Halloween (1978)

   Synopsis/Plot: The year is 1963, the night: Halloween.
   
   Police are called to 43 Lampkin Ln.
   
   only to discover that 15 year old Judith Myers has been stabbed to death, by her 6 year-old brother, Michael.
   
   After…
   
   Tagline: The trick was to stay alive.
   Genres: Horror, Thriller
   
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2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

   Synopsis/Plot: On Elm Street, Nancy Thompson and a group of her friends (comprising Tina Gray, Rod Lane and Glen Lantz) are being tormented by a clawed killer in their dreams named Fred Krueger.
   
   Nancy must think…
   
   Tagline: She is the only one who can stop it... if she fails, no one survives.
   Genres: Horror
   
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3. The Evil Dead (1981)

   Synopsis/Plot: Five college students take time off to spend a peaceful vacation in a remote cabin.
   
   A book and audio tape is discovered, and its evil is found to be powerful once the incantations are read…
   
   Tagline: They got up on the wrong side of the grave.
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy
   
   Similar movies like The Evil Dead

4. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

   Synopsis/Plot: En route to visit their grandfather's grave (which has apparently been ritualistically desecrated), five teenagers drive past a slaughterhouse, pick up (and quickly drop) a sinister hitch-hiker, eat some delicious home-cured meat at a roadside…
   
   Tagline: The idyllic summer's day that became a nightmare of fear and blood... [UK Video]
   Genres: Horror, Thriller
   
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5. Hellraiser (1987)

   Synopsis/Plot: When Kirsty's father, Larry, and stepmother, Julia, move into Larry's childhood home, Kirsty and her boyfriend take a room nearby.
   
   Unfortunately for all involved, Larry's house is already occupied: before the family's arrival, Larry's disreputable…
   
   Tagline: Still Raising Hell [20th Anniversary Re-Issue]
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy
   
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6. Child's Play (1988)

   Synopsis/Plot: When Charles Lee Ray needs to get a quick escape from cop Mike Norris, he takes his soul and buries it into playful, seemingly good guy doll Chucky.
   
   Little does he know a little boy…
   
   Tagline: No one believes the truth...or lives to tell it.
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery
   
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7. Candyman (2021)

   Synopsis/Plot: In present day, many years after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down, Anthony and his partner move into a loft in the now gentrified Cabrini.
   
   A chance encounter with an old-timer exposes…
   
   Tagline: Dare to Say His Name.
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Mystery
   
   

8. Child's Play 2 (1990)

   Synopsis/Plot: Andy Barclay has been placed in a foster home after the tragic events of the first film, since his mother was committed.
   
   In an attempt to save their reputation, the manufacturers of Chucky reconstruct the…
   
   Tagline: Sajnálom Jack... Chucky visszatért! (Hungary)
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy
   
   

9. Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

   Synopsis/Plot: Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, a girl warning of the terrible creatures that have destroyed her family, Cenobites who offer the most intense sensations of pleasure and pain.
   
   But Channard has been searching…
   
   Tagline: They will tear your soul apart. Again.
   Genres: Horror, Thriller
   
   

10. Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)

    Synopsis/Plot: Pinhead is stuck in a block after the Big Confrontation in "Hellbound," The block containing Pinhead and the puzzle cube is bought by a young playboy as sculpture.
    
    Pinhead busies himself escaping by getting the…
    
    Tagline: What began in Hell, will end on Earth.
    Genres: Horror
    
    

11. Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)

    Synopsis/Plot: The Candyman moves on to New Orleans and starts his horrific murders once more.
    
    This time, his intended victim is a school teacher.
    
    Her father was killed by the Candyman, and brother wrongly accused of…
    
    Tagline: Evil comes when you call his name.
    Genres: Horror, Thriller
    
    

12. Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999)

    Synopsis/Plot: The Candyman returns to try to convince his female descendent, an artist, to join him as a legendary figure.
    
    To this end, he frames her for a series of hideous murders of her friends and…
    
    Tagline: Blood is sharper than the blade
    Genres: Horror, Thriller
    
    

Movies like Candyman include Halloween (1978), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), The Evil Dead (1981), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Hellraiser (1987), Child's Play (1988), Candyman (2021), Child's Play 2 (1990), Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992), Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995), and Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999).

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