People Under the Stairs, The

The People Under the Stairs is an American horror film of the psycho-thriller subgenre. It was written and directed by A Nightmare on Elm Street creator Wes Craven and produced by Universal Pictures. The People Under the Stairs was released theatrically in the United States on November 1st, 1991. The film stars Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A.J. Langer, Ving Rhames and Sean Whalen.

Appearances

 * California
 * Los Angeles County
 * Los Angeles


 * Dolls


 * Dogs
 * Spiders


 * Drug addict
 * Police officer

Fun Facts

 * The tagline for this film is "In every neighborhood there is one house that adults whisper about and children cross the street to avoid".


 * This is Wes Craven's eleventh film as a director.


 * First film role for actor Sean Whalen who plays Roach. Sean will go on to play in such films as Idle Hands, Python, Laid to Rest and the remake of Halloween II.


 * Actor Ving Rhames also appeared in films such as Pulp Fiction, and Mission Impossible III.

Keywords
1990s | Cannibals | Dead animals | Disfigurement | Electrocution | Gunshot victims | Impalement | Profanity | Severed fingers | Severed hands | Severed tongue | Skeleton | Stabbing | Throat injury