Candyman quotes from Candyman (1992)

Played by Tony Todd

View Quote [Narrating over swarm of bees] 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.

View Quote [To Helen] 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.

View Quote [Dancing with Helen] 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. [Candyman opens jacket to reveal a hollow chest and a mouth full of bees]

View Quote [To Helen seeing herself in a wall drawing] It was always you, Helen. It was always you.

View Quote [Showing her the hook on his bloody stump] Be my victim. Be my victim.

View Quote [To Helen over wanting to live] Why do you want to live? If you had learned just a little from me, you would not beg to live. I am rumor. 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. Do you understand?

View Quote [To Helen that her death will be a tale to frighten children] Your death will be a tale to frighten children, to make lovers cling closer in their rapture. Come with me, and be immortal.

View Quote [Walking up to Helen as she remains hypnotized by him] You were not content with the stories, so I was obliged to come.

View Quote COME BACK TO ME, HELEN! COME BACK TO ME! COME BACK!

Scenes with Candyman

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 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!

Other characters in Candyman (1992): Helen Lyle · Anne-Marie McCoy · Clara · Jake · Monica · Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh · Faux Candyman Gang Leader · Professor Philip Purcell · Trevor Lyle