This article is about the film. For the musical group, see People Under the Stairs.
The People Under the Stairs
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Wes Craven
Written by
Wes Craven
Produced by
Stuart M. Besser Marianne Maddalena
Starring
Brandon Adams
Everett McGill
Wendy Robie
A. J. Langer
Cinematography
Sandi Sissel
Edited by
James Coblentz
Music by
Don Peake Graeme Revell
Production company
Alive Films
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date
November 1, 1991 (1991-11-01)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$6 million[2]
Box office
$31.3 million[2]
The People Under the Stairs is a 1991 American horror comedy film[3] written and directed by Wes Craven and starring Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, and A. J. Langer. 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.
Craven has stated that The People Under the Stairs was partially inspired by a news story from the late 1970s, in which two burglars broke into a Los Angeles household, inadvertently causing the police to discover two children who had been locked away by their parents. The film was a surprise commercial success, and has been analyzed for its satirical depiction of gentrification, class warfare, and capitalism.
^"The People Under the Stairs (15)". British Board of Film Classification. November 18, 1991. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
^ abCite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Canby, Vincent (2 November 1991). "Review/Film; Mad and Bloodsucking Landlords". The New York Times. Vol. 141, no. 48772.
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