These Candyman (1992 film) Movie Quotes capture the essence of the film’s horror, its social commentary, and the philosophical musings of its titular figure.
Candyman’s Haunting Words Quotes
- They will say that I have shed innocent blood. What’s blood for if not for shedding?
- With my hook for a hand, I’ll split you from your groin to your gullet.
- I came for you.
- No… No, but you doubted me.
- You are not content with the stories, so I was obliged to come.
- Be my victim.
- I am the writing on the wall, the whisper in the classroom. Without these things, I am nothing.
- So now I must shed innocent blood. Come with me.
- Your disbelief destroyed the faith of my congregation. Without them, I am nothing.
- Your death will be a tale to frighten children, to make lovers cling closer in their rapture. Come with me and be immortal.
- Why do you want to live? If you would learn just a little from me, you would not beg to live.
- I am rumour. It is a blessed condition, believe me. To be whispered about at street corners. To live in other people’s dreams but not to have to be.
- What do the good know, except what the bad teach them by their excesses.
- Allow me at least a kiss. Just one exquisite kiss.
- They will all abandon you. All you have left is my desire for you.
- Surrender to me now… and he shall be unharmed. We have a bargain.
- The pain, I can assure you, will be exquisite. As for our deaths, there is nothing to fear.
- Our names will be written on a thousand walls, our crimes told and retold by our faithful believers. We shall die together in front of their very eyes and give them something to be haunted by. Come with me and be immortal.
- It was always you, Helen. It was always you.
- We must be on our way now, you and I. Our bones will soon be ashes, and we shall never be separated again.
- I cannot. We are already dead.
Urban Legend and Myth Quotes
- It’s the scariest story I have ever heard, and it’s true.
- Well, his right hand is sawn off. He has a hook jammed in the bloody stump. And if you look in the mirror and you say his name five times, he’ll appear behind you breathing down your neck.
- Let’s face it, folks. There are no alligators in the sewers.
- No, it’s round the campfire, it’s bedtime stories.
- These stories are modern, oral folklore. They are the unselfconscious reflection of the fears of urban society.
- Everybody’s scared of him once it gets dark.
- The legend first appeared in 1890. Candyman was the son of a slave.
- They chased Candyman through the town to Cabrini-Green, where they proceeded to saw off his right hand with a rusty blade.
- Candyman was stung to death by the bees. They burned his body on a giant pyre and then scattered his ashes over Cabrini-Green.
- I can’t say nothin’, or Candyman’ll get me.
- Candyman isn’t real. He’s just a story. You know, like Dracula or Frankenstein.
- A bad man took his name so he could scare us.
Fear and Horror Quotes
- No one ever got past four. Not here.
- What he saw turned his hair white from shock.
- This isn’t a fairytale. A woman got killed here.
- I won’t even drive past there.
- I just want you to know the gangs hold this whole neighbourhood hostage.
- I heard her screamin’. I heard her right through the walls.
- It ain’t safe around here.
- You’re lucky to be alive, Ms Lyle.
- Keep away from me!
- Help! He’s under the bed!
Society and Belief Quotes
- A community attributes the daily horrors of their lives to a mythical figure.
- Whites don’t ever come here, ‘cept to cause us a problem.
- So you’re doing a study? What you gonna say? That we’re bad? Hmm? We steal? We gang-bang? We all on drugs, right?
- I just wanna raise my child good.
- You know what bugs me? Two people get murdered, and the cops do nothing. A white woman’s attacked, and they lock the place down.
- We can’t protect them down at Cabrini-Green. They knew that.
Life and Consequences Quotes
- We’ve got a real shot here, Bernadette. A community attributes the daily horrors of their lives to a mythical figure.
- If Trevor and Archie were here, would they chicken out? In a second. Exactly.
- You lied.
- What’s the matter, Trevor? Scared of something?