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The People Under the Stairs

1991 · 102 min

A grimy, gleefully twisted funhouse that mixes social anger with grotesque shocks and dark laughs.

Tagline
In every neighborhood, there is one house that adults whisper about and children cross the street to avoid.
Overview
Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy quickly learns the true nature of the homicidal inhabitants, and secret creatures hidden deep within the walls.
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • greed
  • survival
  • family
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror7
Humour6
Realism4
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
horror, comedy
Directed by
Wes Craven
Written by
Wes Craven
Starring
Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A. J. Langer, Ving Rhames, Sean Whalen, Bill Cobbs, Kelly Jo Minter
Music
Don Peake, Graeme Revell
Cinematography
Sandi Sissel
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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