Is Candyman actually good?

Candyman sits in the 76.3% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 76.3% of them.

How does Candyman compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Candyman lands in the 76.3% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Candyman's score based on?

326 calibrated reviewers stand behind Candyman's score.

1992

global pct

76.3

Film · 1992 · Films · 1990s

Candyman

Name: Candyman
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 1992

Scored from 326 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

76.3%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

76.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

95.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

326 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A Chicago graduate student researching urban legends for her thesis investigates the myth of Candyman, a hook-handed spirit said to appear when his name is spoken five times into a mirror. Her inquiry leads her into the Cabrini-Green housing projects, where a string of brutal killings blurs the line between folklore and reality, and she finds herself drawn into the legend itself.

Candyman (1992) is a film IMDb files under the horror and thriller genres.

Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 2,833 of whom clear the calibration test. 4,081 other films from the 1990s form the cohort it is ranked inside. The calibrated figure is built from 326 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 334 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.