S3E4 - Candyman (1992) (with Jeremy Selenfriend)

It's the spooky season, and for you, dear listeners...this is no TRICK, we have a TREAT just for you...after two full seasons where Katie vamped about practical Special Effects for film and television, we thought we'd bring in a PRO to introduce your favorite podcasters to the ins and outs of prosthetic make up, mold making, casting, and the art behind making things creepy...so we're honored and humbled to have SFX artist Jeremy Selenfriend, owner of Monster In My Closet SFX shop, on the show to introduce us to a film that scared HIM as a kid...the 1992 Clive Barker classic, Candyman. Jeremy is known for his Emmy-nominated work on Boardwalk Empire, and has also worked on a million other well-known projects like The Blacklist, Men in Black III, Gotham, Elementary, Royal Pains, Orange is the New Black, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Daredevil, The Punisher, Jessica Jones, The King of Staten Island and so many more. So won't you JOIN US as he takes the gang into the modern oral folklore of The Candyman on the Near North Side of Chicago...inside a dilapidated housing project known as Cabrini-Green, where a man with a hook for a hand and a chest of bees waits. Starring the incredible Tony Todd (you remember him from our Night of the Living Dead remake episode) and Virginia Madsen (of Sideways fame), this film really breaks down modern day horrors in ways none of us were expecting...especially for a film that's almost 30 years old. We also give some great horror film recs for the Halloween season, and do a primer on SFX in today's film and television industry. So won't you BE(E) OUR VICTIM? Just press play, stare into the mirror, and say it 5 times...Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman......

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