The People Under the Stairs is a 1991 American horror comedy film written and directed by Wes Craven. The plot follows a young boy and two adult robbers who become trapped in a house belonging to a strange couple. The film was a surprise commercial success and has received generally mixed to positive reviews from critics and audiences. It has been criticized for its portrayal of the rich and poor in the U.S. in the 1990s.
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The People Under the Stairs is a 1991 American horror comedy film written and directed by Wes Craven and starring Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, and A. J. Langer. The plot follows a young boy and two adult robbers who become trapped in a house belonging to a strange couple after breaking in to steal their collection of rare coins. Craven has stated that the film was partially inspired by a news story from the late 1970s, in which two burglars broke into a Los Angeles household, inadvertently causing the police to discover a pair of children who had been locked away by their parents. The film was a surprise commercial success and has received generally mixed to positive reviews from critics and audiences. It has been analyzed for its satirical depiction of gentrification, class warfare, and capitalism, and has been criticized for its portrayal of the rich and poor in the U.S. in the 1990s. The movie was made on a relatively low budget of USD 6 million, without significant interference from the studio, and starred Brandon Adams and Everett McGill as the Robesons, as well as A.J Langer as Leroy and Leroy’s associates Spencer and Spencer’s father, Daddy and Mommy.
The Robeson household has a daughter named Alice. The children have degenerated into cannibalism to survive and Alice has avoided this fate by obeying the rules without question. Fool is discovered by Daddy and is thrown to the cannibalistic children to die, but is critically wounded. As he dies, he gives Fool a small bag of gold coins and a written plea to save Alice. Fool reunites with Alice and the two escape into the passageways between the walls. Meanwhile people outside claim the money distributed by the blast, and the freed children venture into the house to find other people. Fool learns that he has enough gold to pay for both his rent and for his mother’s surgery. He also finds out that Mommy and Daddy are actually brother and sister, coming from a long line of disturbed, inbred family members. They started out as a family that ran a funeral home, selling cheap coffins for expensive prices, before entering the real estate business, leading them to become greedier and more unhinged. Fool vows to help right the wrong.
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