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"The Forbidden" Helen is a university student doing a thesis on graffiti who selects a run-down estate as a focus for her study. She notices disturbing graffiti that references an urban legend called the Candyman.
- Clive Barker
- 1984
Oct 25, 2019 · The Forbidden is a short story by Clive Barker that inspired the movie Candyman. It is a story about urban legends come to life, of how a downtrodden community protects their own. Any that are familiar with Barker’s writing knows that he has a way of creating a setting.
Aug 31, 2021 · The story, “The Forbidden,” can be found in Barker’s collection Books of Blood. (You can also listen to it here.) Like the 1992 movie, the story features a protagonist named Helen, who explores the urban legends connected to the abandoned flats of the Spector Street Estate.
Aug 20, 2021 · Duncan MacMillan dramatises Clive Barker's novella, the inspiration for cult 1992 horror film Candyman. A run-down housing estate fizzes with supernatural forces. Author.
Jan 1, 1987 · A man investigates a mysterious urban legend about a hook-handed killer in a council estate. This story inspired the film Candyman and is part of Barker's Books of Blood series.
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- Paperback
Sep 1, 2021 · A review of the short story that inspired the horror movie Candyman, exploring how it was adapted and expanded for the big screen. Learn about the differences and similarities between the original text and the film, and the themes and symbols that Barker used to create his urban legend.
Sep 5, 2021 · The best tales get told again and again, and Clive’s short story, The Forbidden, filmed as Candyman and its movie sequels, falls squarely in that slot. Originally published in 1985 in Volume Five of the Books of Blood, Clive was inspired by cautionary tales told to him as a child by his grandmother.
