clive barker candyman be an excellent example of a good horror film . the movie be about helen lyle and a woman who be investigate urban legend and mythology . while do research and she come across the tale of the candyman and an african american artist who have his arm saw off and and be attack by a swarm of bee hundred of year ago after have an affair with a white woman . supposedly and if you say candyman in the mirror five time and the candyman will appear to you and with his big hook hand and and brutally murder you . while investigate unsolved murder within the city that be suspect to be cause by the candyman and helen herself becomes entangle in the legend and and the candyman begin appear to her . soon and helen life go into a downward spiral a she be accuse of murder and while the candyman try to make her one of his new victim . clive barker must have a pretty good imagination and because this be quite a unique horror story . i do not think i have ever hear of a story like this and so the movie be definitely original . the plot be weave very neatly and with plenty of scary moment and artistic touch and make it a beautiful horror film . virginia madsen be excellent and convince in this movie and the audience really sympathize with her a her life be turn upside down by the candyman and and in the end and she still turn out to be a hero . tony todd be seriously scary in his role of the candyman himself and with his creepy stare and his low key voice . there be some genuinely gruesome death scene in this movie and and the sequence where the candyman appear to helen be extremely well do and scary . tony todd be the perfect candyman and his dead serious facial expression and low and menacing voice add to the overall creepy effect of his character . the film take place in the inner city area of chicago and and the film include undertone of racial issue that play in well with the setting and the character in the movie and without go over the top . the music in this film be one of the most memorable thing about it though . it an eerie and haunt score that be use in the scene very appropriately and make thing much more unsettling and spooky and a if thing aren not creepy enough . overall and candyman be a breath of fresh air in the horror genre . it imaginative and it morbid and it artistic and and it an all around good horror movie . if you be a fan of scary film or have the slight interest in the genre and i highly recommend this . candyman be undoubtedly one of the best horror film of the decade . positive .