Rent The People Under the Stairs (1991)
3.1 of 5 from 118 ratings
1h 37min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple (Everett McGill and Wendy Robie), an impoverished young boy is suddenly thrust into a nightmare. Quickly learning the true nature of the house's homicidal inhabitants, the boy battles against sadistic security devices, befriends an elusive and abused young girl, and finally learns the secret of the creatures deep within the house.
- Actors:
- Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A.J. Langer, Ving Rhames, Sean Whalen, Bill Cobbs, Kelly Jo Minter, Jeremy Roberts, Conni Marie Brazelton, Joshua Cox, John Hostetter, John Mahon, Teresa Velarde, George R. Parker, Yan Birch, Wayne Daniels, Michael Kopelow, Nic Cramer, Jon Kinney
- Directors:
- Wes Craven
- Producers:
- Marianne Maddalena, Stuart M. Besser
- Writers:
- Wes Craven
- Aka:
- La gente detrás de las paredes
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror
- Collections:
- Top 10 Dangerous Dog Films, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 04/11/2013
- Run Time:
- 102 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary with star Brandon Quintin Adams, moderated by Calum Waddell
- Fear, Freud and Class Warfare: Director Wes Craven Discusses the Timely Terrors of The People Under the Stairs
- Behind Closed Doors: Leading Lady A.J. Langer Remembers The People Under the Stairs
- Silent But Deadly: Co-Star Sean Whalen on The People Under the Stairs
- Underneath the Floorboards: Jeffrey Reddick, creator of the Final Destination series, recalls the lasting impact of The People Under the Stairs
- Original Trailer
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Reviews (2) of The People Under the Stairs
Full Panto - The People Under the Stairs review by griggs
Didn't expect this to be quite so unhinged. The poster had me braced for a fairly standard haunted-house riff, and for the first stretch, that's what you get — properly unsettling, with a house full of trick stairs and hidden passages that keeps you guessing where you actually are.
Then somewhere around the middle it gives up on being scary and goes full panto instead. The two leads go so big the whole thing tips into comedy, which I don't think is a flaw so much as a gear change nobody warned you about. There's one reversal early on so brazen I laughed out loud.
The thing is, the plot barely holds together if you look at it straight on — the family setup, the kid living in the walls, none of it survives scrutiny. It moves fast enough that you don't notice at the time, though the back half drags once the house stops being novel and turns into one long chase.
Basically two different films stapled together. Somehow both halves earn their keep, most of the time.
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Equal parts absurdist and chilling - The People Under the Stairs review by VG
An equal parts absurdist and chilling intertwining of claustrophobic thrills, slapstick comedy and social commentary.
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