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Hard Candy
Directed by David Slade
Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise. From TMDB
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Hard Candy is a 2006 drama thriller film, directed by David Slade, starring Elliot Page, Patrick Wilson and Sandra Oh.
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60 of 129 · most liked firstIf you're curious about why one of the VENTURE BROS. holiday songs covered by @jacksonpublick.bsky.social & @doc-hammer.bsky.social was "Hard Candy Christmas" from BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS, it came at my suggestion, as it was a film I watched dozens of times on 80s cable & the song stuck...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you want a good Dolly Parton movie to watch, may I suggest The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. It's one of my favorite musicals, and the song Hard Candy Christmas still gets me.
neutral · AI labelView post →I know everyone will go straight to 9 TO 5 as a movie to watch tonight, but may I suggest BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS. The double whammy of “Hard Candy Christmas” and “I Will Always Love You” will bring All The Tears if you need a cathartic cry.
neutral · AI labelView post →the third Twilight movie was directed by the same guy who made Hard Candy & 30 Days of Night. he went in originally wanting to make Eclipse more of a horror film & apparently had a nervous breakdown while trying to film it because of how awful the studio execs were lmfao
neutral · AI labelView post →PS "Hard Candy Christmas" makes it a Christmas movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Insert a movie into another movie: Die Hard Candy
neutral · AI labelView post →If you’re looking for a lesser-known Christmas song to add to your playlist this year, listen to the GOAT Dolly Parton’s “Hard Candy Christmas,” from “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” the movie that provided Whitney Houston with “I Will Always Love You.”
neutral · AI labelView post →The US Army is proud to announce they've created a Gunhead, from the popular Black Mirror episode "For the love of God & Humanity, don't create Gunheads" (fun film geek fact: the director of this ep also directed "Hard Candy")
neutral · AI labelView post →List 15 Films: Gremlins Love Lies Bleeding The Shining Heathers Nosfetatu The Good The Bad & The Weird Transformers The Movie I Saw The Tv Glow The General Hard Candy Inside Out 2 Tidelands Romy & Michele's High School Reunion Kung Fury Waking Life Freddy Got Fingered The Fall Coraline You’re Next
neutral · AI labelView post →On the worst Christmas I ever had - a dear loved one died, I'd just gone through a breakup, etc. - Dolly's version of "Hard Candy Christmas" got me through. Only later did I learn it was from a movie called "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas." She was a beautiful coat of many colors. RIP queen.
neutral · AI labelView post →Also if you’ve never seen Hard Candy ??? I need more people to talk to about this movie which is what made me fall in love with Elliot Page wayyyyyy back in the damn day.
positive · AI labelView post →boxd.it/26vs This is listed as a #Thriller but IYKYK #Horror #HorrorMovies #Letterboxd Hard Candy 2005 - Great movie - Wish I could say more but you need to see this if you haven’t already 4/5
positive · AI labelView post →For no reason whatsoever, a possibly good movie marathon for today could be: Becky Wrath of Becky Hard Candy Also, Bystanders comes out tomorrow
neutral · AI labelView post →so sometimes when I am feeling angry about rapists i imagine various scenes from the movie Hard Candy
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve always been a fan of Elliot’s acting & was so happy with the way the show dealt with his transition on & off the screen with a frank, no-big-deal kinda way. Also loved his book & the movie Hard Candy will always be cathartic. Rue is so obviously a Black Girl in the book.
positive · AI labelView post →Hard Candy. The only film i can remember that left me completely pissed off after i finished watching it.
negative · AI labelView post →If you're looking for a good post-Epstein files film, Hard Candy is much more satisfying than the cis-straight dude reviewers might have made you believe when it first came out.
positive · AI labelView post →Twenty years today since HARD CANDY premiered at Sundance. This is the rare poster we made for Park City with what we had left in petty cash, before Lionsgate bought the film and designed that iconic bear trap poster.
neutral · AI labelView post →#ArtistFave10s #MusicChallenge #CyndiLauper 4. Hard Candy Christmas w/ Alison Krauss (2015) Originally sung by Dolly Parton in the musical film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), i love when Cyndi duets with women which always bring the beauty and joy. youtu.be/p8aAplQzTrk?...
neutral · AI labelView post →y’all already called out a lot of my favorites so I’m going to try and put Hard Candy on your radars I love psychological horror movies and just LOOK at that movie poster!
positive · AI labelView post →Now seating: Alamo Movie Party: Game Night (2018) Terror Tuesday: Hard Candy (2005)
neutral · AI labelView post →Tough one, but I can give the rundown on the candidates. Paranormal Activity, the night its release was expanded to DC, in a theater full of Georgetown kids excited to be there and be into having fun with the film. Showing a group of 8 or 10 friends Hard Candy for the first time.
neutral · AI labelView post →I thought about this a lot when I watched Hard Candy and was like “this is a bad movie because it makes you feel bad for a child molester being tortured by a girl he tries to prey on, but how does it do that?” And realized it’s because it’s set up like a Wile E Coyote sketch
negative · AI labelView post →The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a Christmas movie. it’s where “Hard Candy Christmas” comes from.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hard Candy was a movie where a girl kidnaps and tortures the guy and I think that’s appropriate.
positive · AI labelView post →#HardCandy (2005) Director: David Slade Writer: Brian Nelson Stars: Patrick Wilson, Elliot Page, Sandra Oh 🎬 Have you seen this #thrillermovie? What did you think? #horror #horrorsky #filmsky #moviereview
neutral · AI labelView post →“It's just a little bitty pissant country place…” My favourite Christmas movie. It counts because it includes the song Hard Candy Christmas.
neutral · AI labelView post →Quake is the worst movie I think I’ve ever watched. I HATE this piece of trash. It is beyond misguided. I need to watch that scene from Hard Candy now. This filth made me so mad. This is why scripts need sensitivity readers. I’m actually fuming. Why did I finish this?
positive · AI labelView post →I've watched Hard Candy (2005) so many times, studying Elliot Page's performance to a tee , to a point I know every line, every movement, every micro expression, and mannerism he made as Hayley I could most def reenact the film beginning to end if I wanted to. One of my favorite movies ever
positive · AI labelView post →I didn't know Elliot Page was still working. I've only seen his work before the transition (and with the deadname) and he's a good actor. Gender assigned at birth is not a valid factor in criticising an actor. In Shakespearean times, men played women and vice versa. Acting has always been about stepping outside of how you were made and into a role that you convince the audience is real. Page does good work. I had to look him up on IMDb. It's unfortunate they only list movies where he was cast…
neutral · AI labelView post →Fucking up people's weekend by recommending they watch the movie Hard Candy 🍬
positive · AI labelView post →Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a Christmas movie because Dolly Parton sings "Hard Candy Christmas" when the Chicken Ranch gets shut down.
neutral · AI labelView post →I got a cake made with "Rot in Hell Jerry!" On it and my and my friends watched the movie Hard Candy
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching a video about Hard Candy and learning people thought it was an ambiguous movie. People thought the two leads were as equally as bad.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yhara Zayd's new essay on Hard Candy is a difficult watch about a difficult film I've always loved, but a really important piece
positive · AI labelView post →I don't think Hard Candy is that horny honestly. It should go on the line if anything. Phenomenal film
positive · AI labelView post →Like out of the scene of the movie Hard Candy
neutral · AI labelView post →You ever see that movie Hard Candy? That's what we should do to ALL RAPISTS.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hot take: If Meet Me in St.Louis is a Christmas movie because it's the origin of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," that same logic makes The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas a Christmas movie because it's the origin of "Hard Candy Christmas." I will proceed to die on this hill. Thank you.
neutral · AI labelView post →I think all girls should be shown Hard Candy as a training film at 8. Call me crazy. These girls rule!
positive · AI labelView post →Warning: CSA talk, sex abuse mentioned Man, remembering my ex and how he didn't understand why me, someone who went through CSA, would love the movie Hard Candy, as if rape revenge horror isn't literally some of the most cathartic shit at times.
positive · AI labelView post →I'm going to be rewatching Hard Candy this weekend. Add it to your rage movie list if you haven't seen it.
positive · AI labelView post →[The song is "Hard Candy Christmas", as performed in the 1982 film version of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas".]
neutral · AI labelView post →Post your favorite movie from the year you turned 18~ I haven't rewatched it in a while, but I really enjoy Hard Candy. The way it plays with color, lighting, and expectation makes it stand out for me. The psychological and literal torture via Elliot Page is sincerely excellently handled.
positive · AI labelView post →I was scrolling through the comments to see if this was here, and I'm so delighted someone else thought of it! 'Hard Candy Christmas' pops into my head all the time even though I haven't seen the movie in years!
neutral · AI labelView post →But also, that line of thinking re the subject matter should surely mean a film like eg Hard Candy should never have been made? Old Boy is, I suppose, also too distasteful??
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyone else remember the movie Hard Candy where the main character is a 14 year old girl and the character tricks and [redacted] the guy who is a pedophile?
neutral · AI labelView post →Even the movie, it's very clear. Makes a great double feature with Hard Candy.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hard Candy is a brilliant movie
positive · AI labelView post →"Villains really, really chose the wrong people to bother" is one of my faves in movies. #YoureNext #HardCandy #Becky ... and even if I don't like #DeathProof much, I like *that* part. Anyone has movies like this ? (Preferably ones where the "hunted turned hunter" is still someone I can root for... so not #DontBreathe for ex)
neutral · AI labelView post →[Q] Any dark and disturbing movies? The Final, April Showers, or Hard Candy, A dark movie about teenagers I like independent films too. [A] A Serbian Film [2010]
neutral · AI labelView post →part of this was I got really high last night and watched the movie Hard Candy (Elliot Page) with my partner and that movie puts you so directly into Patrick Wilson’s characters POV it kind of turns your stomach a LOT
neutral · AI labelView post →My sister and I watched Best Little Whorehouse for a funeral planning distraction. The real Miss Mona hated the movie, but we sang every last silly ass song in the movie and Hard Candy Christmas. Felt bad for the whores losing their ranch.
neutral · AI labelView post →On today’s episode, we’re putting on our obligatory red sweatshirt as we cover Hard Candy (2005). Joining me for today’s conversation is actress, writer and podcaster @amandajanestern.com Also check out my bonus interview with Amanda about her film Perfectly Good Moment (2023)
neutral · AI labelView post →📼 Notable April 14th releases... The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)(NYC, NY) Edge of Sanity (1989)(US) American Psycho (2000)(US & Canada) Hard Candy (2006)(limited) Scary Movie 4 (2006) Renfield (2023) The Pope's Exorcist (2023) #horror
neutral · AI labelView post →SEND HELP: Didn't really go where I thought it was going to go, but still a decent entry in this particular genre of film. I enjoyed it, I don't feel that it had too many missteps that annoyed me badly (really, just one) and I quite enjoyed the homage to a pivotal scene in the movie HARD CANDY.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watch movie. Hard Candy, quite old but shows how to attack pedophiles and rapists
positive · AI labelView post →Big push to make Dominick a meme at the moment, be forewarned; we're gonna be hearing a lotta jingety-jings for a bit Me, I'm trying to make "Is 'Hard-Candy Christmas' a Christmas song?" the "Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?" of 2025
neutral · AI labelView post →this movie is like Hard Candy x Home Alone 3
neutral · AI labelView post →The original soundtrack for the musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. This is where Hard Candy Christmas comes from! Also, this music was later adapted into a film starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton herself who also added I Will Always Love You to its soundtrack.
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