“Candyman” (Arrow Video Limited Deluxe Edition Blu-Ray)
This is the special Limited Deluxe Edition release from Arrow Video UK. Features limited edition “chipboard” slipcase packaging, exclusive booklet, fold-out poster, reproduction lobby/art cards and a storyboard booklet which were all exclusive to this deluxe edition. Also includes 2 cuts of the film — the U.S. R-rated version and the original UK theatrical version, featuring “alternate, more graphic footage.” This release is now OUT OF PRINT. Blu-ray case cover features reversible artwork. See full specs below!
- Condition is conservatively graded as “Very Good,” packaging may have slight shelf wear from normal handling. See photos.
- !!! NOTE !!! This Blu-ray Disc is Region B locked. You will need a Region B or Region-Free Blu-ray player in order to play this disc.
- Will be shipped in a box with bubble wrap/protective packaging.
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SYNOPSIS:
Dare you say his name five times? From the chilling imagination of horror master Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Nightbreed), comes Candyman – arguably one of the greatest horror movies of the 1990s, now newly restored on Blu-ray.
When grad student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) begins working on a thesis looking at urban legends, she encounters the tale of the Candyman – the vengeful spirit of a hook-handed slave, who, it is said, can be summoned by saying his name five times in the mirror. As her research leads her into the bowels of Chicago's deprived housing projects and deeper into the Candyman's world, Helen learns that some legends are best left alone…
Expertly directed by British filmmaker Bernard Rose and boasting an astounding score by composer Philip Glass, Candyman ingeniously reworks Clive Barker's original short story "The Forbidden" (originally published as part of his Books of Blood collection) into a modern horror parable that remains as timely today as ever.
SPECIAL FEATURES & TECH SPECS:
- Brand new 2K restoration from a new 4k scan of the original negative, supervised and approved by writer-director Bernard Rose and director of photography Anthony B. Richmond
- 5.1 DTS-HD MA and Original Uncompressed Stereo 2.0 Audio
- Optional English subtitles
- EXCLUSIVE packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin
- EXCLUSIVE 6 Lobby Card reproductions
- EXCLUSIVE Reversible fold-out poster featuring two artworks
- EXCLUSIVE Fully illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by festival programmer Michael Blyth
- EXCLUSIVE Limited Edition perfect-bound booklet reproducing the original hand-painted storyboards by Bernard Rose
- NEW audio commentary with writer-director Bernard Rose and actor Tony Todd
- NEW audio commentary with Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
- NEW “Be My Victim” – an interview with Tony Todd
- NEW “It Was Always You, Helen” – an interview with Virginia Madsen
- NEW “The Writing on the Wall: The Production Design of Candyman” – an interview with production designer Jane Ann Stewart
- NEW “Forbidden Flesh: The Makeup FX of Candyman” – interviews with special makeup effects artists Bob Keen, Gary J. Tunnicliffe and Mark Coulier
- NEW “A Story to Tell: Clive Barker's "The Forbidden" – writer Douglas E. Winter on Clive Barker's seminal Books of Blood and Candyman's source story, "The Forbidden"
- NEW “Urban Legend: Unwrapping Candyman” – a critical analysis of the film with writers Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes
- Theatrical Trailer
- Three rarely-seen Bernard Rose short films, newly restored in HD: Looking at Alice (30 mins, 1978), A Bomb With No Name on It (3 mins, 1976), The Wreckers (5 mins)