Attn: Anyone who has seen the early 90s horror flick Candyman

[miscsoc]

Can you say Candyman in the mirror five times? I can't bring myself to do it, even as a grown man. It isn't even a real myth! It was invented for the film.

[RandomThoughts]

1. Do you think the writer of that horror film was telling the truth?

[miscsoc]

2. no i am just a big baby

and it spooks me out even though i know it's some shit a screenwriter dreamt up

[Walk away]

3. Candyman, Candyman. Candyman........

[Walk away]

4. Candyman.....

[Walk away]

5. wait for it......

[miscsoc]

6. DONT DO IT

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[Walk away]

7. Candyman!

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[miscsoc]

8. oh dear

.

[Walk away]

9. Your turn......

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[miscsoc]

10. ok...brb

hopefully

[miscsoc]

11. i'm actually not going to say it

:|

[RandomThoughts]

17. I guess it is all how you see it.

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTI3Mjc3NzIyMF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjE2NzYyMQ@@._V1._SX300_SY392_.jpg

[AllenVanAllen]

12. The short story was much better than the movie,

As is the case with all of Clive Barker's book to movie translations.

[miscsoc]

13. never read it

i heard that the film (the first one) was better than the story (i remember the review commenting on how unusual that is) but i'll read the story and see

[AllenVanAllen]

24. It's called The Forbidden.

It's in the fifth volume of the Books of Blood. It's been years since I've read any of Barker's work. I think I'll change that this evening.

[bigwillq]

14. I still can't so it

all these years later. That was, by far, the scariest movie I've ever seen.

[Drunken Irishman]

15. Yeah. They're remaking it, too.

And it's gonna star a white guy.

I guess he won't be a slave anymore.

[miscsoc]

16. i read about this

that would be horrific, and in any case i don't see the point in a remake at all.

why cut out the whole lynching backstory, which is totally integral to the tragic spookiness of the character.

[Walk away]

19. I totally agree! .. ..nt

[bigwillq]

18. That's gonna stink.

Why do they have to remake all these movies??
Oh yea, $$$$$ :mad:
and lack of any type of creativity.

[amyrose2712]

20. Nope. And I won't even read the rest of this post.

[comrade snarky]

21. Bloody Mary is real

A real myth anyway. I remember this one from when I was a kid in the 70s but it's a lot older than that.

"One of the more common ways participants attempt to make her appear is to stand before a mirror in the dark (most commonly in a bathroom) and repeat her name three times, though there are many variations including; chanting a hundred times, chanting at midnight, spinning around, rubbing one's eyes, running the water, or chanting her name thirteen times with a lit candle."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_%28folklore%29

[one_voice]

22. Nope can't do it...

I also can't do the Bloody Mary thing. I'm also terrified of haunted houses, I refuse to go near them. Yet I love horror movies/books. Weird I know.

[Rhythm]

23. No... can't make myself do it.

[pinniped]

25. I can't even bring myself to use honey.

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[Dogtown]

26. Virginia Madsen

sigh.....


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Madsen

[miscsoc]

27. sigh...

[Dogtown]

28. Major babe.

Loved her in "The Hot Spot".

[dawg]

29. No need to take unnecessary risks ...

I know the chance of Candyman actually appearing is zero, but there is definitely no upside to calling him.