TMR 011 – The People Under the Stairs
Episode description
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
d. Wes Craven
Starring:
Brandon Quintin Adams
Everett McGill
Wendy Robie
Ving Rhames
A.J. Langer
This week on TMR, Steve & Ryan explore white people's vision of the ghetto, lament the diminished impact of incest in movies, and wax nostalgic about boyhood hours spent in video stores. Ryan talks about watching this weird-ass movie with this saintly mother, and Steve tells us what he looks for when shopping for a gimp suit.
When young Fool breaks into the home of his family's greedy and uncaring landlords, he discovers a disturbing scenario where incestuous adult siblings have mutilated a number of boys and kept them imprisoned under stairs in their large, creepy house. As Fool attempts to flee before the psychopaths can catch him, he meets their daughter, Alice, who has been spared any extreme discipline by her deranged parents. Can Fool and Alice escape before it's too late?
Things discussed in the show:
Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
The Plaza Theater (Atlanta), The Music Box (Chicago), Alamo Drafthouse (Austin)
Mississippi Grind (Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds)
Deadpool (DragonCon, Wizard World, C2E2)
Marvel movies (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
Gambling addiction
Crimson Peak (Guillermo Del Toro, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Charlie Hunnam)
Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone
The International Museum of Surgical Science (Chicago)
The Lords of Salem (Rob Zombie, Sheri Moon Zombie)
House of 1000 Corpses, Devil's Rejects, Halloween
The Last Witch Hunter (Vin Diesel)
Dead Alive, Evil Dead, Day of Dead, Dead Calm (Nicole Kidman), Dead Man Walking (Sean Penn)
Children of the Corn, Ghoulies
Pauly Shore (Bio Dome, Encino Man)
Black Nationalism, Louis Farrakhan, Dashiki
Gimp suits & incest
The Gulf War
The Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm Street
Video Stores
Next week: Shaun of the Dead