Helen Lyle quotes from Candyman (1992)

View Quote [A supernatural Helen appears behind Trevor] What's the matter, Trevor? Scared of something? [Proceeds to slash Trevor with a Candyman hook]

View Quote [Convincing Bernadette to visit the Cabrini-Green projects] Okay, let's just turn around then. Let's just go back, and we can write a nice little, boring thesis regurgitating all the usual crap about urban legend. We've got a real shot here, Bernadette. An entire community starts attributing the daily horrors of their lives to a mythical figure.

View Quote YOU LIED TO ME!

View Quote [Reading graffiti aloud] Sweets... to... the sweet?

View Quote [To Orderly leaving with her strapped to hospital bed] Where are you going?! No, you can't leave me here! I can't defend myself!

View Quote Candyman: [Helen sees Candyman for the first time] Helen.
Helen Lyle: Yes?
Candyman: Helen...
Helen Lyle: [Sees Candyman in the distance] Who is that? Who is that?
Candyman: Helen... I came for you.

View Quote Helen Lyle: You know, it's okay to talk to me, Jake... because I'm not a cop so nobody's going to get in trouble.
Jake: I can't say nothing or Candyman will get me.
Helen Lyle: Candyman, huh? You scared of him?
Jake: I ain't scared of nobody but you're crazy walking in here on your own. It ain't safe around here.
Helen Lyle: Yeah, I know. But I don't scare too easy either, Jake.

View Quote Anne-Marie McCoy: You want to know about Ruthie Jean? They all been here, you know? Newspapers, cops, case workers... they all want to know. I heard her screaming. I heard right through the walls. I dialed 911. Nobody came. Nobody came. Everybody scared. He could come right through these walls, you know? I'm scared. Scared for my child. They ain't never gonna catch him.
Helen Lyle: Who?
Anne-Marie McCoy: Candyman.

View Quote Candyman: Do you believe in me?
Helen Lyle: Keep away from me!
Candyman: I have the child. Allow me to take you or he will die in your place. Your disbelief destroyed the faith of my congregation. Without them, I am nothing, so I was obliged to come. And now I must kill you.

View Quote Candyman: [Hovering over Helen lying strapped down on hospital bed] What do the good know except what the bad teach them by their excesses?
Helen Lyle: Murderer.
Candyman: Allow me at least a kiss. Just one exquisite kiss.
Helen Lyle: Murderer! Help! Listen, he's under the bed! Listen, he's here. He's under the bed!

View Quote Helen Lyle: [Unstrapped from hospital bed by Orderly] I'd like to speak to my husband.
Orderly: [Chuckles] So would I.
Helen Lyle: What time is it? Where are we going?
Orderly: We're going to Disneyland.

View Quote Kitty Culver: Well, all I know is there was some lady in a tub, and she heard a noise.
Helen Lyle: Do you remember her name?
Kitty Culver: I think her name was Ruthie Jean. And she heard this banging and smashing like somebody was trying to make a hole in the wall. So Ruthie called 911, and she said, 'There's somebody coming through the walls.' And they didn't believe her.
Henrietta Mosely: They thought the lady was crazy, right?
Kitty Culver: Hm-mmm. So then she called 911 again and they still didn't believe her. But when they finally got there, she was dead.
Helen Lyle: Was she shot?
Kitty Culver: No. Um... she was killed with a hook.
Henrietta Mosely: [Makes a slice sound] It's true. Yeah it is. I read it in the papers. Candyman killed her.
Kitty Culver: Yeah, but, uh... I don't know nothing about that. [Sits up from the chair to leave]

View Quote [Helen shows Bernadette a newspaper article of the Candyman murders]
Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh: Helen, this is sick. This isn't one of your fairy tales. The woman got killed here!
Helen Lyle: That's not the half of it.

View Quote [Helen and Bernadette are driving into the Cabrini-Green projects to investigate the Candyman murders]
Helen Lyle: [Sees a Taser in Bernadette's purse] What's with the arsenal, Bernadette? We're only going eight blocks.
Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh: You're the one who got us dressed up like cops.
Helen Lyle: I said just dress up conservatively.
Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh: Yeah, well we look like cops.

View Quote Jake: Candyman will get me.
Helen Lyle: Candyman isn't real. He's just a story. You know, like Dracula. Or... Or Frankenstein. A bad man took his name so that he could scare us. But now that's he's locked up everything's going to be okay.

View Quote Anne-Marie McCoy: White people never come 'round here except to cause us a problem.
Helen Lyle: Believe me, that's not what we want to do.

View Quote Detective: [Disgustedly] Where's the baby?
Helen Lyle: ...I don't know.
Detective: You're sick.

View Quote Henrietta Mosely: Can I clean your room?
Helen Lyle: Oh, yeah, sure. Don't mind me. [Continues typing out taped interview about the legend of Candyman]
Henrietta Mosely: Candyman, huh? You doing a study on him?
Helen Lyle: Yes. What do you know about him?
Henrietta Mosely: Everybody scared of him once it get dark. He over in Cabrini.
Helen Lyle: Cabrini Green?
Henrietta Mosely: Yeah, over in the projects. My friend lives over in Cabrini.
Helen Lyle: Can I speak to your friend?
Henrietta Mosely: Sure. [Peers into the hallway] Kitty?
Kitty Culver: Yeah, what do you want?
Helen Lyle: The lady in here wanna talk to you. [Kitty puts mop down and walks over]
Henrietta Mosely: She coming.
Helen Lyle: I'm Helen Lyle.
Henrietta Mosely: Oh, pleased to meet you. I'm Henrietta Mosely and this is Kitty Culver. Go on, tell her what you told me about Candyman.
Kitty Culver: Well, all I know is there was some lady in a tub and she heard a noise.
Helen Lyle: Do you remember her name?
Kitty Culver: I think her name was Ruthie Jean and she heard this banging and smashing, like somebody was trying to make a hole in the wall. So, Ruthie called 911 and said that there's somebody coming through the walls, and they didn't believe her.
Henrietta Mosely: They thought the lady was crazy, right?
Kitty Culver: Mm-hmm. So, she called 911 again and they still didn't believe her. But when they finally got there, she was dead.
Helen Lyle: Was she shot?
Kitty Culver: No, um... she was killed with a hook. *Imitates slashing noise*
Henrietta Mosely: It's true. Yeah, it is, I read it in the papers. Candyman killed her.
Kitty Culver: Yeah, but uh... I don't know nothing about that. [Looks at Henrietta and gets up out of chair]

View Quote Helen Lyle: What's the problem?
Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh: [Annoyedly] A woman died in there leave it.

View Quote Helen Lyle: [Climbs out of wall hole] Bernadette I ran out of film we gotta go back.
Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh: No way! NO WAY HELEN WE'RE LEAVING!