The People Under the Stairs

Genre: Horror

Worldwide gross$31.4M

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 brother and sister have been "rearing" under the stairs.

🏆 2 wins & 8 nominations total

Genres

Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Director

Wes Craven

Cast

Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie

Released

1 November 1991

Runtime

1h 42m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

6.4 / 10

Votes

42,266

Metascore

57

Rotten Tomatoes

67%

Box office

$24,204,154

Budget

$6,000,000

Edition

Base