Candyman
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Candyman is a 1992 supernatural horror film about an urban legend killer with a hook for a hand, based on Clive Barker’s short story “The Forbidden.”
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Candyman canonical | 7 |
| Candyman (2021 film) | 1 |
| Candyman film series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8316392 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Candyman Context triple: [Clive Barker, notableWork, Candyman]
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A.
Candyman
"Candyman" is a retro-styled pop song by Christina Aguilera, inspired by 1940s swing and pin-up aesthetics and known for its brassy, upbeat sound and playful lyrics.
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B.
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh is a 1995 supernatural horror film that continues the urban-legend slasher story of the hook-handed killer Candyman, expanding his backstory and mythos in a New Orleans setting.
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C.
Darkman
Darkman is a 1990 superhero horror film directed by Sam Raimi, known for its dark tone, inventive visual style, and Liam Neeson's portrayal of a disfigured scientist seeking revenge.
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D.
The Boogeyman
"The Boogeyman" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a man recounting terrifying encounters with a child-killing monster to a psychiatrist.
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E.
The Nun
The Nun is a 1966 French drama film directed by Jacques Rivette, adapted from Denis Diderot’s novel about a young woman forced into convent life and struggling against religious oppression.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Candyman Target entity description: Candyman is a 1992 supernatural horror film about an urban legend killer with a hook for a hand, based on Clive Barker’s short story “The Forbidden.”
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A.
Candyman
"Candyman" is a retro-styled pop song by Christina Aguilera, inspired by 1940s swing and pin-up aesthetics and known for its brassy, upbeat sound and playful lyrics.
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B.
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh is a 1995 supernatural horror film that continues the urban-legend slasher story of the hook-handed killer Candyman, expanding his backstory and mythos in a New Orleans setting.
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C.
Darkman
Darkman is a 1990 superhero horror film directed by Sam Raimi, known for its dark tone, inventive visual style, and Liam Neeson's portrayal of a disfigured scientist seeking revenge.
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D.
The Boogeyman
"The Boogeyman" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a man recounting terrifying encounters with a child-killing monster to a psychiatrist.
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E.
The Nun
The Nun is a 1966 French drama film directed by Jacques Rivette, adapted from Denis Diderot’s novel about a young woman forced into convent life and struggling against religious oppression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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supernatural horror film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Forbidden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Clive Barker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterOrigin | African-American urban legend ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Anthony B. Richmond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Bernard Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | TriStar Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| editedBy | Dan Rae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Cabrini–Green Homes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
slasher film
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supernatural horror ⓘ |
| hasLegacySequel | Candyman (2021 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Candyman 3: Day of the Dead
NERFINISHED
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Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Tony Todd
NERFINISHED
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Virginia Madsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Candyman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Helen Lyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Philip Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of urban legends
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iconic hook-handed antagonist ⓘ score by Philip Glass ⓘ |
| plotElement |
hook-handed killer
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summoning by saying his name five times in a mirror ⓘ urban legend ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Tony Todd
NERFINISHED
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Virginia Madsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Alan Poul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steve Golin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Propaganda Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | October 16, 1992 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 99 ⓘ |
| screenplayAdaptationOf | The Forbidden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Bernard Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Cabrini–Green Homes
NERFINISHED
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Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortStoryPublication | Books of Blood, Volume 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportingActor |
Kasi Lemmons
NERFINISHED
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Vanessa Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Xander Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
power of belief and myth
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race and class in urban America ⓘ |
| title | Candyman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Candyman Description of subject: Candyman is a 1992 supernatural horror film about an urban legend killer with a hook for a hand, based on Clive Barker’s short story “The Forbidden.”
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Candyman (2021 film)
this entity surface form:
Candyman film series