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The People Under the Stairs
Fool, an African-American teen, lives in the ghetto and has found out his family is going to get evicted from their run down apartment. Fool then breaks into the apartment and discovers that the couple turn out to be incestuous, serial killer siblings.
16 June 1934, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
29 April 1965, Växjö, Kronobergs län, Sweden
18 September 1954, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
6 October 1953, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
9 April 1964, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
12 May 1959, New York City, New York, USA
21 October 1945, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
19 May 1964, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
2 February 1938, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
August 10, 2015
As a horror film and an allegory that is just as timely in the 21st century as it was in the early 1990s, "The People Under the Stairs" actually has something to say beyond its goal to frighten.
June 03, 2005
Perhaps the most staggeringly incompetent movie in the director's uneven canon.
August 30, 2004
Though the new movie has its share of blood and gore, it is mostly creepy and, considering the bizarre circumstances, surprisingly funny.
November 01, 1991
If there were truth in advertising, The People Under the Stairs would be called The Not Very Scary Movie Set Inside a Grungy, Badly Lit House.
June 24, 2006
There are a few push-button frights, but a total dearth of mind-disturbing terror; the humour, too, is broad, crowd-pleasing stuff.
August 14, 2015
A wacky, darkly comic, and obscenely weird horror movie...
January 01, 2000
Craven has been directing downhill since his terror triptych of "Last House on the Left," "The Hills Have Eyes" and the original "Nightmare on Elm Street," so it's hardly surprising that he hits bottom with "The People Under the Stairs."
July 06, 2010
The performances combine with Craven's witty script and energetic direction to make The People Under the Stairs a spooky, laugh-filled release most horror fans should get a kick out of.
March 26, 2009
A pretense of social responsibility and most of the necessary tension get lost in a combination of excessive gore and over-the-top perfs in The People Under the Stairs.
October 28, 2004
A very uneven but interesting horror thriller with a social message that's somewhat lost in a script with some effective terror and less working humour and slapstick.
