The People Under the Stairs

The People Under the Stairs (1991)

Genres - Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery-Suspense  |   Sub-Genres - Comedy Horror, Heist Film, Satire  |   Release Date - Nov 1, 1991  |   Run Time - 102 min.  |   Countries - United States of America  |   MPAA Rating - R
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The People Under the Stairs is a 1991 American comedy horror film written and directed by Wes Craven and starring Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A. J. Langer and Ving Rhames. The plot follows a young boy and two adult robbers who become trapped in a house belonging to a neighborhood's crooked landlords after breaking in to steal their collection of gold coins as the boy learns a dark secret about them and what also lurks in their house.

Movie Info

Budget

$6,000,000

Box Office

$31,347,154

Tags

Alice, Cannibal, Cannibalism, Cult, Fool, Incest, Mental Illness, Mind-Bending/Experimental, Rottweiler, Serial Killer, Shotgun, Violent

Attributes

Narrative Location: Los Angeles
Subject: child abuse, gentrification, upper class
Time Period: 1990s

Alternate Titles

As Criaturas Atrás das Paredes
BR
Das Haus der Vergessenen
DE
De mensen onder de trap
NL
El sótano del miedo
ES
El sótano del terror
VE
Källarfolket
FI
Kellariväkeä
FI
La casa nera
IT
La gente detrás de las paredes
AR, MX
Le sous-sol de la peur
CA, FR
Merdiven Altındakiler
TR
Oi anthropoi kato apo tis skales
GR
Ondskans hus
SE
Os Prisioneiros da Cave
PT
Rémségek háza
HU
Rædslernes hus
DK
The People Under The Stairs
The People Under the Stairs
AU, CA, GB, US
W mroku pod schodami
PL
Wes Craven's The People Under the Stairs
, US
Žmonės po laiptais
LT
Οι άνθρωποι κάτω από τις σκάλες
GR
Люди під сходами
UA
Люди под лестницей
RU
Хора под стъпалата
BG
壁の中に誰かがいる
JP