People Under The Stairs
I have seen this moive prolby around 30 times i own it but every time it comes on scifi i cant help but watch it all again i never have gotten sick of it it was just so orignal and i have never heard of a moive like it before so it was really creative and also very very funny and very good u luved it also and this thread is dedicated to jrkickass cause she reminede me about the moive
My god, I went and rented this on your guys recommendation and I want my money back. After renting and watching "Last House on the Left" last night, and this nugget today, I almost wanted to mail bomb Wes Craven.
So, an already racist couple, stuck in the 50's live in the ghetto, and have to bar themselves in. They are rumored to have some rare coinage, which becomes the draw for 2 black people so they can pay their rent. I guess being the stereotypical stool pigeon for robbing liquor stores wasn't enough.
They have an attack dog that's trained to sic black people, the mom is a Mommy Dearest clone, the Dad runs around in a gimp suit, shooting his rifle at some kids in their walls and cellar, that hollar as if they we're afflicted with downs syndrome, or worse yet, Tourette's, and they never explain where they came from?
Where the hell did all the "un-normal" kids come from? On top of all that, the acting was hoooooooorrrrrribllllleee..as were the racial jokes the poor black kid was made to recite. So early 90's.
I don't know how you kids could watch this once, much less 30 times. It was a huge waste of my time, and I probably should have known better.
Hell, "Tales from the Hood" and "Bones" were better "Urban Horrors" than this! And I guarantee, there was alot less racism, and atleast the plots were distinguishable.
I can understand you not liking people under the stairs, it is a stupid movie taht you have to watch for comedic reasons, if you expect an actual horror movie then you will definately be upset.
But wow, you don't like Last House on the Left? Surprising, it's probably the most innovative horror film of the past 40 years, besides TCM. It was unlike anything else that had been made when it came out.
It was just too silly for me, and my favorite movie of all time is "UHF", and this one still failed to make me laugh. The story was just too all over the place, and the only "funny" part about it was the gimp suit, because it made absolutely no sense.
I didn't see anything innovative about "Last House", though. 2 girls get kidnapped, raped, and murdered by a group of psychos. Unfortunately, it happens everyday somewhere in America, and usually stuff like that is better suited for a Quentin Tarrantino movie. It was clever to have them ultimately end up at the girls house so the parents could exact their revenge, though.
It, like TCM, were probably shocking for their time, and naturally they were eclipsed, but it was more disturbing than innovative. I was just expecting more. That's all.
well, the fact that no other movie had ever been made like Last house makes it innovative. Especially if you look at horror films before Last house and then look at films made after Last house, they are very different, because it was the first film to try to disturb us with realistic horrific scenes, rather then off the wall monsters and cheezy killers.
Well, in that sense, sure. I just meant, I don't see alot of movies with that same theme. Maybe because it was only shocking once, or everyone knows not to touch a classic?
It was certainly disturbing, as were the 70's synthisizer sounds when someone's getting stabbed. Whats even scarier was the soundtrack.
Holy Toledo, and I thought that song during the end credits of "People Under the Stairs" was bad.
also, there are quite a few 'rape/revenge' films out there now...
I Spit on Your Grave
Irreversible
House by the edge of the park
Last House on Dead End Street
You should check all of those out, they are all pretty decent. Irreversible and I spit on your grave are among the most disturbing films ever made.
Originally posted by Striel
CinemaAddiction, I am curious what kind of horror movies you actually like if the ones you mentioned didn't appeal to you. Are you more of a "I know what you did last Summer" kind of fan?🤪
Man, the only way I can really describe what kind of horror fan I am is by saying "varied".
I own all the Evil Dead movies, in addition to "Dead Alive". I don't dig teen horror, i.e. Jeepers Creepers, nor do I go for any movies from the big 3 franchises past their 2nd installments, save Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.
I would love to get into old school horror, i.e. Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney, Jr., and Boris Karloff, but the outlets aren't there. Thats the same problem I have lookign for gore films. I am a blood n' guts kind of guy, but the more believable, the better.
Just take a look at my movie collection list, it's pretty eclectic, and I don't like to limit myself.