Skeptical graduate student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) befriends Anne-Marie McCoy (Vanessa Williams) while researching superstitions in a housing project on Chicago's Near North Side. From Anne-Marie, Helen learns about the Candyman (Tony Todd), a knife-wielding figure of urban legend that some of her neighbors believe to be responsible for a recent murder. After a mysterious man matching the Candyman's description begins stalking her, Helen comes to fear that the legend may be all too real. (wikipedia)

PODCAST NOTES:

Chris' signature opening (00:01), the impressive weirdness of 'Candyman' and its origins in Clive Barker's 'Books Of Blood' (07:00), 'Hellraiser' and its impact on how 'Candyman' got made (09:00), Jordan Peele remake of 'Candyman' directed by Nia Decosta (10:30) Phillip Glass score for 'Candyman' (11:00), horror fans and their reactions to 'Candyman' and whether they accept it (13:00), Clip of Tony Todd's first appearance as Candyman in the film opposite Virginia Madsen as Helen (14:00), Cabrini-Green construction and the stories that inspired 'Candyman' of murderers coming into apartments through medicine cabinets between apartments (17:00), Xander Berkely's IMDB page and his typecasting throughout his career as either cuckold or affair (18:00), Michael Culkin's pompous academic character dinner party scene (19:00), Psychiatrist scene (22:00), 'Black Horror Aesthetic' UCLA Professor Tanarive Due and her husband Steven Barnes discuss the racial politics of 'Candyman' (26:00), Vanessa Williams scene from 'Candyman' (29:00), Bernard Rose as english director using the lens of "white fear" to great effect in the film (35:00), 'Wicker Man' with Nicholas Cage didn't happen (38:00), bee scene (39:00), co-host Jason's love for the Coppola movie 'The Rainmaker' with Roy Scheider, Matt Damon, Mickey Rourke, Danny Devito, Andrew Shue (43:00), Virginia Madsen's IMDB page (43:30), ALTERNATIVE CASTING Sandra Bullock, Eddie Murphy (46:00), Call the pod and leave us a voicemail 855-755-5322, 

RANTS N RAVES; Jason rants at tech bros commercials disrupting stupid stuff including now foot and palm sweat (50:00)

HEADLINES: Robots approach the singularity, Suzanne Somers (57:40)

COLUMBO CINEMATIC UNIVERSE  'Sex & The Married Detective' with Lindsay Crouse, Peter Jurasik from Beverly Hills Buntz (1:01:30)

BOMB SQUAD: Not all movie trailers are created equal and in our new segment we select one a week that has the stink of impending failure on it (01:02:40) 

LATCH-KEY TV: 1988 World Cup Badminton, Fishin' Hole, Magnum P.I. and Tom Selleck's reverse mortgage commercials,  Hollywood Squares, JM J Bullock,  Benson, M.A.S.H., Matlock, Lonewolf McQuaid with David Carridine, LQ Jones, and Chuck Norris, Nightmare At Bitter Creek with Tom Skerrit, Joanna Cassidy (01:06:30)

 

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EPISODE REFERENCES & LINKS:

Check out Tanarive Due and her Black Horror Aesthetic class here.

Email Full Cast & Crew at [email protected]

More on Clive Barker here.

Director Bernard Rose's IMDB page.

Subscribe to the podcast here.

Follow Tony Todd here.

The insane trailer of 'Candyman' director Bernard Rose's violinist epic 'The Devil's Violinist' that Chris criminally cut from the episode is here.

Tom Selleck's Reverse Mortgage Commercial here.

 FCAC episodes referenced:  Lee Wilkof, Silence Of The Lambs,