djfrost-46786 Yes I see the Pulp Fiction stuff. Yes I see the Annihilator the bands cover so called Allison In Hell. It's a different kind of movie. Still just an average movie. 5 stars not above.

dworldeater My favorite film work by horror legend is The Serpent And The Rainbow. Besides that the film I am discussing here is the one I enjoy the most with exception to that. The People Under The Stairs is a bizarre, macabre horror film that is pretty original and well executed. Wes Craven blends a eclectic mix of disturbing horror, social commentary and fairy tales. While the film tends to be many things, the story makes a lot of sense in its context and remains a very cohesive and well done horror film. The People Under The Stairs is disturbing and action packed with heavy helpings of dark humor. This all works well under Craven's solid direction and the cast is excellent and helps bring Mr. Craven's vision to life. Young Brandon Adams is excellent as Fool and did a great job as the young lead in this film. Everett McGill and Wendy Robie were very convincing and completely insane as Man and Woman. Coming straight off of Twin Peaks, they had amazing chemistry and really went above and beyond to make these people seem real. Also, check out an early performance from Ving Rhames, he is great here as well. Overall, The People Under The Stairs is a great film, the more disturbing elements remind me of Flowers In The Attic, but really there is not anything quite like it.

danniglass brilliant movie actors very great and the makeup they were wearing really stood out and how they did that thing with roaches tougue to make it look really cut out was amazing. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen the minute I started watching it fool was a convincing character and had me believing he was really captured and alice the way her clothes and stuff really looks scared was amazing sad part was when the wee dog was killed even thought it was a evil dog was a cute dog. I loved the part where all the communty came togetter and tried to stop her and him but I have to say would of been nice if alice had found her real mum and dad and had a happy ending but I guess alice just wasn't meant to have that happily ever after I recommend this movie to everyone and say you have seen brilliant till you seen the people under the stairs ,

Michael_Elliott The People Under the Stairs (1991) *** (out of 4) Stuck in the ghetto and about to be evicted while his mother is needing surgery for a cancer, a young kid known as Fool (Brandon Adams) agrees to help a man break into the landlord's house because there's rumors that it is full of gold. The two make it inside the house but they run into a bizarre couple (Everett McGill, Wendy Robie) as well as many other things living in the basement.By the time 1991 rolled around the horror genre was pretty much dead but there were a few interesting movies that managed to get released, although the box office numbers still weren't very good. Wes Craven's THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS is a film with many, many flaws but at the same time it's certainly an original film that tries to do something more than just shock the viewer with gore effects. The film manages to mix in a political statement with the horror and there's even some humor thrown in as well.I think the best thing going for the movie is the lead character and the actor. The situation is quite simple as a poor kid must resort to a crime so that his family might have a better future. We already want to see the kid succeed at getting the money but once we see how derange the two living inside the house are we just want to see him win even more. Adams gives an extremely good performance for someone his age and it's certainly a lot better than you typically see in a film like this. A.J. Langer is also extremely good in her role as a girl trapped inside the house. McGill has always been fun to watch and he and Robie have a great chemistry together. Even Ving Rhames is good in his part.Craven certainly knows how to milk a scene for drama and he perfectly knows how to set up various scenes that are aimed to build tension. The atmosphere he creates is certainly another major plus as is the terrific cinematography and the music score. However, there are some flaws including the fact that the movie runs at least ten minutes too long. Some of the scenes go on a bit too long and I think it was a mistake leaving the house for a brief period of time towards the end.Still, THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS is a rather original movie and while it didn't have the same impact as something like A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, it's still an interesting movie that's worth watching.