DiabolikDVD.com is now accepting pre-orders for a 4K UHD release of the original Candyman (watch it HERE)! This limited edition is being released in May and is primarily intended for release in the UK, but since 4K discs are region free you’ll be able to watch it outside of the UK as well.
Directed by Bernard Rose and based on Clive Barker‘s short story The Forbidden, Candyman was released in 1992 and has the following synopsis:
A children’s ghost story comes to terrifying life in this gut-wrenching thriller about a graduate student whose research into modern folklore summons the spirit of the dead. Helen Lyle laughs when she interviews college freshmen about their superstitions. But when she hears about Candyman, a slave spirit with a hook hand who is said to haunt Chicago’s notorious Cabrini-Green housing project, she thinks she has a new twist for this thesis. Braving the gang-ridden territory to visit the site of a brutal murder, Helen arrogantly assumes Candyman can’t really exist… until he appears, igniting a string of terrifying, tragic slayings. But the police don’t believe in monsters, and they charge Helen with the grisly crimes. Only one person can set her free: CANDYMAN.
The film stars Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams, and Ted Raimi, with Tony Todd as the iconic Candyman himself.
The 4K UHD release will include:
– New 4K restoration from the original negative, supervised and approved by writer-director Bernard Rose and director of photography Anthony B. Richmond
– 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of two cuts of the film, the US R-rated version and the original UK theatrical version featuring alternate, more graphic footage, presented via seamless branching
– Original uncompressed stereo audio and optional DTS-HD MA 5.1 and Dolby Atmos surround options
– Audio commentary with writer-director Bernard Rose and actor Tony Todd
– Audio commentary with authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
– Be My Victim, an interview with actor Tony Todd
– It Was Always You, Helen, an interview with actor Virginia Madsen
– The Cinema of Clive Barker: The Divine Explicit, an in-depth interview with Clive Barker on Candyman and other adaptations of his work
– The Writing on the Wall: The Production Design of Candyman, an interview with production designer Jane Ann Stewart
– Forbidden Flesh: The Makeup FX of Candyman, interviews with special makeup effects artists Bob Keen, Gary J. Tunicliffe and Mark Coulier
– A Story to Tell: Clive Barker’s “The Forbidden”, an interview with writer Douglas E. Winter on Barker’s seminal Books of Blood and Candyman’s source story
– Urban Legend: Unwrapping Candyman, a critical analysis of the film with writers Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes
– Three rarely-seen Bernard Rose short films, restored in HD: A Bomb With No Name on It (1975), The Wreckers (1976) and Looking at Alice (1977)
– Original theatrical trailer
– Image gallery
– Limited edition 40-page perfect-bound booklet reproducing the original hand-painted storyboards by Bernard Rose
– Fully-illustrated collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the film by festival programmer Michael Blyth
– 6 postcard-sized original UK lobby card reproductions
– Reversible sleeve and poster featuring original and new artwork by Gary Pullin
Images of this release can be seen below: