The People Under the Stairs

The 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;
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6 million
Box office	$31.3 million

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.
^ ^a ^b Cite 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.

[1] "The People Under the Stairs (15)". British Board of Film Classification. November 18, 1991. Retrieved December 5, 2012.

[mojo-2] Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[canby-3] Canby, Vincent (2 November 1991). "Review/Film; Mad and Bloodsucking Landlords". The New York Times. Vol. 141, no. 48772.

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