The cult horror favorite Candyman will be arriving this summer from Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment.

Helen laughs when she interviews college freshmen about their superstitions. But when she hears about the urban legend of Candyman, a slave spirit with a hook hand who is said to haunt Chicago’s notorious Cabrini-Green housing project, she thinks she has a new twist for her thesis. Braving the gang-ridden territory to visit the site of a brutal murder, Helen arrogantly assumes Candyman can’t really exist – until she says his name in the mirror five times and he appears, igniting a string of tragic slayings. But the police don’t believe in ghosts, and they charge Helen with the grisly crimes.

The DVD will present the film in anamorphic widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio as well as an audio commentary, the featurettes Clive Barker: Raising Hell and Sweets to the Sweet: The Candyman Mythos and storyboard comparisons.

Arriving on August 17th, the DVD will carry a suggested retail price of $19.94.