The People Under the Stairs

1991 · 102 min · EN · R · 6.6 (584 votes)

Dir. Wes Craven · Starring Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A. J. Langer, Ving Rhames, Sean Whalen · Music Don Peake

“In every neighborhood there is one house that adults whisper about and children cross the street to avoid.”

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Poindexter "Fool" Williams, his brother Leroy, and their family face eviction from their rented home in South Central Los Angeles. Their landlords are a greedy, uncaring couple who live in a mansion that's as huge as it is eerie. Leroy has a plan to burglarize the mansion, but what the boys find inside is not what they expected.

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A wild, grotesque ride through a house of horrors where social commentary meets extreme depravity. It's a claustrophobic, unsettling experience, punctuated by macabre humor and a propulsive fight for survival against truly twisted antagonists. Expect a darkly satirical, campy nightmare.

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