The People Under the Stairs
- Release Date
- November 1, 1991
- Director
- Wes Craven
- Cast
- Brandon Quintin Adams , Everett McGill , Wendy Robie , A.J. Langer , Ving Rhames , Sean Whalen
- Runtime
- 102
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Writers
- Wes Craven
- Tagline
- In every neighborhood there is one house that adults whisper about and children cross the street to avoid.
Summary
The People Under the Stairs is the story of a young boy (Fool) from the ghetto and takes place on his 13th birthday. In an attempted burglary (along with two others) of the home of his family's evil landlords, he becomes trapped inside their large suburban house and discovers the secret of the "children" that the insane "Mom" and "Dad" have been "rearing" under the stairs.
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