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Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1999
Running Times: 93 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Executive in Charge of Production: Dana Reid
Producers: Al Septien, William Stuart
Co-Producer: Tony Todd
Line Producer: Robert Lansing Parker
Production Manager: Laura Stuart
Production Coordinator: Heather Kwiecinski
Assistant Production Coordinator: Kate Kelly

SCRIPT
Script: Turi Meyer, Al Septien
Characters: Clive Barker

DIRECTION
Director: Turi Meyer

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Michael G. Wojciechowski
Set Lighting Technician: Geoff Eng

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Frederick Wardell
Assistant Editor: Mark Linwood Tracy

MUSIC
Music: Adam Gorgoni

SOUND
Mix Supervisor: John Sisti
Sound Mixer: Jason G. Maltz
Boom Operator: Stacey A. Washer
Supervising Sound Editor: Clive Taylor
ADR Mixer: Mark DeSimone
ADR Editor: John Sisti
Foley Artist: Walt Bost

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Sylvia Vega-Vasquez
Costumers: Jee Ok, Lisa S. Schmidt
Costume Sketch Artist: Jee Ok

SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Designer: Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Special Make Up Effects: Claire-Jane Deacon

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Marc Greville-Mason
Set Decorator: Traci Spadorcia
Specialty Prop Fabricator: Sam Greenmun
Set Dressing Leadman: Brendon Crigler

OTHER CREW
Production Accountant: Kiley Fascia
Transportation Coordinator: Eric Miller
Transportation Captain: Guy J. Graves

CASTING
Casting: Michael Greer, Robin Nassif

CAST
Tony Todd (The Candyman/Daniel Robitaille)
Donna D'Errico (Caroline McKeever)
Alexia Robinson (Tamara)
Nick Corri (real name: Jsu Garcia) (David de La Paz)
Mark Adair-Rios (Miguel Velasco)
Lupe Ontiveros (Abuela)
Elizabeth Guber (Detective Jamie Gold)
Rena Riffel (Lena)
Ernie Hudson Jr (Detective Jamal Matthews)
Wade Williams (Lieutenant Detective Samuel Deacon Kraft)
Mike Moroff (Tino)
Robert O'Reilly (L.V. Sacco)
Chris Van Dahl (Ornte)
Elizabeth Hayes (Annie Tarrant)
Lombardo Boyar (Enrique)
Lillian Hurst (flower woman)
John Quinada (old man)
Nicole Contreras (Cristina de La Paz)
Jud Meyers (Fritz)
Kathleen McMartin (child)
Leonardo Guerra (little boy)

PLOT SUMMARY

The Candyman returns again, this time to a Los Angeles art gallery owned by Caroline McKeever, his own descendant. He needs her soul for companionship and he goes on the rampage killing everyone around Caroline.

AVAILABILITY

Argentina
Video Distributors: LK-TEL

France
Video Distributors: CTV International

USA
Video Distributors: Artisan Entertainment
DVD Distributors: Artisan Entertainment (60749)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Argentina
Rating: 16

Australia
Rating: MA

France
Rating: -12

Germany
Rating: 18

Iceland
Rating: 16

South Korea
Rating: 18

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R (R for bloody violence and gore, sexuality and language)

TIMELINE

1999
July

9: USA - television broadcast

August
11: France - theatrical release

December
7: USA - DVD release (Artisan Entertainment (60749))

2000
January

27: Argentina - video release

March
20: UK - video release
30: Iceland - video release

June
17: Indonesia - theatrical release

July
18: Germany - video release

2004
January

1: Finland - television broadcast

POSTER TAGS

Blood is sharper than the blade

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Candyman 3 - working title
Candyman 3: Day of the Dead - US advertising title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Candyman (1992)
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)

KEYWORDS

art, the candyman, hooks, police, sequels, serial killer, slashers, the supernatural

 


Last Updated: 15 October, 2008

 


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