In every neighborhood, there is one house that adults whisper about and children cross the street to avoid.
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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- character-ledplot-driven
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- classical in formformally daring
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- tmdb28039023on TMDB · Aug 20226/10
The plot follows a boy and two adult thieves who, after breaking in to steal a collection of rare coins, become trapped in a house belonging to a strange couple. These thieves are so inept they leave their van parked next to the house, in full view of a couple of policemen who are even more inept; “This truck was used to rob a liquor store last night,” they inform the homeowners, whereupon they just drive off, leaving the getaway vehicle right where it is (but then cops are always incompetent in a Wes Craven film; cf. The Last House on the Left). The inside of the house, which appears to have been designed by serial killer H.H. Holmes, is full of booby traps, including a door whose knob has been rigged to deliver electric shocks – in one hilarious scene, young Fool (Brandon Quintin Adams) grabs the doorknob with one hand while holding Leroy's (Ving Rhames) hand with the other; Leroy’s other hand is currently between a Rottweiler’s fangs, and the electrical charge travels through the two intruders and knocks out the dog. The People Under the Stairs is like a Scooby Doo episode with a lot more blood in it; it’s indeed so ludicrous that the stolen coins are meant to pay for “mom's ope
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Cast
- Brandon Quintin AdamsFool
- Everett McGillMan
- Wendy RobieWoman
- A. J. LangerAlice
- Ving RhamesLeroy
- Sean WhalenRoach
- Bill CobbsGrandpa Booker
- Kelly Jo MinterRuby Williams
- Jeremy RobertsSpencer
- Conni Marie BrazeltonMary
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- Wes CravenDirector
- Wes CravenWriter
- Sandi SisselDirector of Photography
- Don PeakeOriginal Music Composer
- Graeme RevellOriginal Music Composer
- James CoblentzEditor
- Stuart M. BesserProducer
- Marianne MaddalenaProducer
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