To celebrate the announcement of the impending 4K release of the original Candyman on bluray by Arrow Video, I thought I’d do a Clive Barker Podcast’s Scene of the Week from the movie. I’ve chosen the haunting scene where Professor Philip Purcell recounts the story of how Daniel Robitaille becomes...READ MORE...
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Hello Everyone, For this week’s edition of Clive Barker Podcast’s Scene of the Week, I decided to take a trip down to Cabrini Green where the horrors of the Candyman film franchise first started. Possibly the best Clive Barker screen adaptation made from his classic Books of Blood short story...READ MORE...
Updated: 2/6/2016 Clive Barker fan Jason Dowell has informed the Podcast that the release of the Candyman 2 soundtrack has been delayed until March. Thanks to Jason for letting us know. Way back in October of last year we reported that One Way Static Records was preparing a special vinyl...READ MORE...
Just like they did with the original Candyman soundtrack last year, One Way Static Records will be releasing special vinyl and cassette editions of Philip Glass’s follow up score Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh. I think it’s interesting to see how they’re using the number in the title for...READ MORE...
Back in the fall of 1992, the world was introduced to a new horror movie by the name of Candyman. Based upon the wonderful Clive Barker short story “The Forbidden”, Candyman has become a true classic among the horror elite thanks to Bernard Rose’s inspired directing, great performances from its...READ MORE...
When you make a movie, especially a horror film, a big part of what makes it effective is the soundtrack. Films like Jaws and the original Halloween would not play the same without the backdrop of such startling scores which makes the carnage happening onscreen that much more terrifying. Philip...READ MORE...
I really love the scores for both Candyman films. Just like with the first Halloween film, I strongly believe the movies (at least the first two) would not have been nearly as effective as they were without this beautiful, haunting music by brilliant composer Philip Glass. It created a spooky...READ MORE...