The People Under the Stairs (Collector's Edition) (Blu-ray) R

In every neighborhood there is one house that adults whisper about and children cross the street to avoid.
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  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 43 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: August 11, 2015
  • Originally Released: 1991
  • Label: Shout Factory

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Fresh63%

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User Ratings: 44,437
...Craven achieves a quietly eerie effect...
Sight and Sound
Feb 1, 1992
Rating: 3/4 -- A parable of underclass exploitation that ends in revolution and extreme -- even explosive -- wealth redistribution. Full Review
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
Nov 6, 2015
Rating: 1.5/4 -- Or The Script Under the Coffee Cup... As with most Craven images, this one suffers from lackluster performances, a clumsy screenplay, a campy tone, and a noticeable lack of suspense. Full Review
Creative Loafing
Aug 25, 2015
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. Full Review
Variety
Mar 26, 2009
Rating: 3.5/5 -- Though the new movie has its share of blood and gore, it is mostly creepy and, considering the bizarre circumstances, surprisingly funny.
New York Times
Aug 31, 2004
There are a few push-button frights, but a total dearth of mind-disturbing terror; the humour, too, is broad, crowd-pleasing stuff. Full Review
Time Out
Jun 24, 2006
A wacky, darkly comic, and obscenely weird horror movie... Full Review
Cinema Crazed
Aug 14, 2015

Product Description:

Fool, a 13-year-old boy, lives in the ghetto with his sister and sick mother. When his family doesn't have enough money to pay the rent, Fool is persuaded by Leroy (Ving Rhames) to break into his landlord's house to steal a valuable coin collection. Once Fool and Leroy are inside the huge and heavily fortified house, they realize they've gotten more than they bargained for, as the landlords turn out to be an insane brother and sister couple (Everett McGill and Wendy Robie) who murder visitors and keep their kidnapped "sons" locked up in the basement as deformed monsters. Only Alice, an imprisoned girl, can save Fool from the horrors within, and a frantic chase begins between the walls of the bizarre house as Fool tries to save himself, Alice, and his community from the evil landlords. A unique and inventive horror film, THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS combines the structure of a classic fairy tale with modern social criticism and imaginative production design. Director Wes Craven based his film on real-life news reports of parents who kept their children locked up at home.

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