The People Under the Stairs is a 1991 horror film directed by Wes Craven and starring Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A. J. Langer, Ving Rhames and Sean Whalen.
The People Under the Stairs is the story of a young boy named Poindexter (Brandon Adams), whom everyone calls "Fool" because of a tarot card reading his older sister did for him, and lives in the ghetto of Los Angeles. At the start of the movie, Fool learns that he and his fam...
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The People Under the Stairs is a 1991 horror film directed by Wes Craven and starring Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A. J. Langer, Ving Rhames and Sean Whalen.
The People Under the Stairs is the story of a young boy named Poindexter (Brandon Adams), whom everyone calls "Fool" because of a tarot card reading his older sister did for him, and lives in the ghetto of Los Angeles. At the start of the movie, Fool learns that he and his family have been evicted from their apartment by their cruel, bigoted, cannibalistic, religion-crazed, incestuous brother-and-sister landlords, the Robesons (Everett McGill as "Daddy" and Wendy Robie as "Mommy", whose given names are never revealed in the film), for being three days late on the rent. Fool's older sister, Ruby (Kelly Jo Minter), is dating a street thug named Leroy (Ving Rhames), who offers to help Fool take care of his family by planning a joint burglary of the Robesons' residence, rumored to contain a wealth of gold coins.
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