Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

funeralfortheliving Get ready to love this even more I am a huge fan and I even missed this all these years damn. I THINK THIS MOVIE IS PERFECT too play a drinking game with here is what you do get a bunch of friends some liquor and in every scene see who can call out which fairy tale reference is being reenacted. Now that you are aware this movie is an amalgamation of fairy tales you may want to stop reading and go figure them out yourself. If not and your curious or think what is he talking about here it goes. Fool wears a cub scout uniform clue fool and the other two guys are the three bears. Boys under the stairs the lost boys.Young Girl in house Alice in wonderland and Cinderella. Actor who plays protagonist played a werewolf in silver bullet big bad wolf. Roach boy who cried wolf. Woman protagonist wicked stepmother queen of hearts. Alice and fool jump in furnace Hansel and Gretel. You could probably find a lot more this is just off the top of my head but literally every scene is a nod to fairy tales and also the taro cards and moving up through the different levels. Also you will notice the house has two sides one beautiful and rich normal appearing and another decrepit poor and twisted. More of a reason to love this film even more I'm really interested to hear what other fairy tales people find hidden in this fun creative Wes Craven masterpiece. Have fun.

danniglass brilliant movie actors very great and the makeup they were wearing really stood out and how they did that thing with roaches tougue to make it look really cut out was amazing. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen the minute I started watching it fool was a convincing character and had me believing he was really captured and alice the way her clothes and stuff really looks scared was amazing sad part was when the wee dog was killed even thought it was a evil dog was a cute dog. I loved the part where all the communty came togetter and tried to stop her and him but I have to say would of been nice if alice had found her real mum and dad and had a happy ending but I guess alice just wasn't meant to have that happily ever after I recommend this movie to everyone and say you have seen brilliant till you seen the people under the stairs ,

Michael_Elliott The People Under the Stairs (1991) *** (out of 4) Stuck in the ghetto and about to be evicted while his mother is needing surgery for a cancer, a young kid known as Fool (Brandon Adams) agrees to help a man break into the landlord's house because there's rumors that it is full of gold. The two make it inside the house but they run into a bizarre couple (Everett McGill, Wendy Robie) as well as many other things living in the basement.By the time 1991 rolled around the horror genre was pretty much dead but there were a few interesting movies that managed to get released, although the box office numbers still weren't very good. Wes Craven's THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS is a film with many, many flaws but at the same time it's certainly an original film that tries to do something more than just shock the viewer with gore effects. The film manages to mix in a political statement with the horror and there's even some humor thrown in as well.I think the best thing going for the movie is the lead character and the actor. The situation is quite simple as a poor kid must resort to a crime so that his family might have a better future. We already want to see the kid succeed at getting the money but once we see how derange the two living inside the house are we just want to see him win even more. Adams gives an extremely good performance for someone his age and it's certainly a lot better than you typically see in a film like this. A.J. Langer is also extremely good in her role as a girl trapped inside the house. McGill has always been fun to watch and he and Robie have a great chemistry together. Even Ving Rhames is good in his part.Craven certainly knows how to milk a scene for drama and he perfectly knows how to set up various scenes that are aimed to build tension. The atmosphere he creates is certainly another major plus as is the terrific cinematography and the music score. However, there are some flaws including the fact that the movie runs at least ten minutes too long. Some of the scenes go on a bit too long and I think it was a mistake leaving the house for a brief period of time towards the end.Still, THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS is a rather original movie and while it didn't have the same impact as something like A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, it's still an interesting movie that's worth watching.

atinder This was first watch, I never seen it before, I saw for £1 in shop, so I said what the hell it's £1, you go wrong with that. I heard a lot people saying this was really good horror movie, I was really looking forward to it. At the end of the movie , My words were, whoa that was one hell of a ride, one hell of crazy movie. I was on edge of seat the whole time of the movie, I don't even think I took eyes of screen for second. The movie flowed great nothing drag for to long, action scene didn't to long end and really enjoyed the movie came to end. I found the movie really tense at times but one think that did annoy me, is the last scene of the movie.All those people out side that house, never notice those strange looking people coming out the house. , That the only think that annoyed me in this movie. The great was great, that boy sure could Fight! I give this move 8 out of 10