Unfortunately, once inside they realize that they are trapped in a house of horrors.
Alice helps Fool escape from her parents, who are revealed to be brother and sister.
Alice explains that the pale children broke the Robesons see/hear/speak no evil rules and now survive viacannibalism.
Ving Rhames and Brandon Adams in Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs (1991).
He is wounded in the process, and Roach tells Fool to save Alice.
Fool flees with the gold and his family is able to pay their rent.
He returns to tell Alice she was stolen from her real parents as a child.
Unfortunately, this isnt the only such story in history.
The children were fed once a day and allowed to shower only once per year.
At the time of rescue, the 29-year-old weighed only 82 pounds.
The Los Angeleshouse used for the Robesonswas also used in Rob Zombie’sHalloween(2007).
In 2019, the couple was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 2044.
The People Under the Stairsends with dialogue that directly links the Robesons evil with their accumulation of wealth.
Fools grandpa explains the Robeson family history: Every generation more insane than the one before it.
Pictured: Everett McGill as “Daddy.” Director Wes Craven sawThe People Under the Stairsas similar to his filmThe Hills Have Eyes(1977) as horror that is “based in reality.”
Started out as a family running a funeral home, selling cheap coffins for expensive prices.
Then they got their fingers into real estate, started making a lot of money taking over peoples homes.
The more money they got, the greedier they got.
Fool discovers one of the gold coins.
The greedier they got, the crazier they got…
Audiences will get an updated version of this story for the post-Trump era.
In October 2020, Jordan Peeles Monkeypaw Productions announced they will beremakingThe People Under the Stairsfor Universal Pictures.
Information on the remake will appear on ourNew Horror Movies trackeras its release gets closer.
