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The People Under the Stairs (1991) | User Rating
(31 votes) | Critic Rating
(3 reviews) |
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Release Date
• USA: Nov 1, 1991
DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 7, 2003
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 42 minutes
Country USA
Studio Alive Enterprises, Universal
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Other Titles
• The People Under the Stairs
• Wes Craven's The People Under the Stairs (1991)
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Genre: Horror, Monsters, Suspense, Murder, Psychos, Psychic, Teenage, Haunted House, Supernatural, Campy, Satire, Police, Marriage, Mental Illness, Cannibals, Black Comedy, Drugs, Cult Classic, Serial Killer, Thieves
Tagline: In every neighborhood there is one house that adults whisper about and children cross the street to avoid.
Plot: Fool, a 13-year-old boy, lives in the ghetto with his sister and sick mother. When his family doesn’t have enough money to pay the rent, Fool is persuaded by Leroy (Ving Rhames) to break into his landlord’s house to steal a valuable coin collection. Once Fool and Leroy are inside the huge and heavily fortified house, they realize they’ve gotten more than they bargained for, as the landlords turn out to be an insane brother and sister couple (Everett McGill and Wendy Robie) who murder visitors and keep their kidnapped "sons" locked up in the basement as deformed monsters. Only Alice, an imprisoned girl, can save Fool from the horrors within, and a frantic chase begins between the walls of the bizarre house as Fool tries to save himself, Alice, and his community from the evil landlords. A unique and inventive horror film, THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS combines the structure of a classic fairy tale with modern social criticism and imaginative production design. Director Wes Craven based his film on real-life news reports of parents who kept their children locked up at
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 Overall some people say the movie is stupid, others think it's great. It's all about your taste. Me, I don't mind a little insanity with my movie.--Sonny Fernandez (Diabolical-Dominion.com)
Stunning entertainment from start to finish, the acting is great from everyone involved, there's an excellent story and Craven directs with style and intelligence. A winner.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
A surprisingly intelligent, class-conscious and political thriller, "People Under the Stairs" marked a real upswing in Craven's work.-- (eSplatter.com)
A good an entertaining horror flick. Gives you a mix-bag of things and doesn't just focus on what's "under the stairs." Not recommended for scares or gore, but worth a check if you're lookin' fora fun flick. 8/10--FrighT MasteR (UHM)
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| Written by |
Wes Craven
Freddy vs. Jason, The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors |
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| Cast |
Ving Rhames
Pulp Fiction, Mission: Impossible II, Mission: Impossible |
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 | Bill Cobbs
Demolition Man, The Hudsucker Proxy, That Thing You Do! |
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The Glimmer Man, The Attic Expeditions, Devil in the Flesh | | |
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| Music By |
Don Peake
The Hills Have Eyes, Hard Justice, Lunarcop |
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