tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132620721136610844.post3270480568210207376..comments2023-10-26T04:48:13.179-05:00Comments on From Midnight, With Love: Midnight Movie of the Week #83 - The People Under The StairsThe Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09871017982169159144noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132620721136610844.post-44212807043773065422011-08-09T21:22:26.240-05:002011-08-09T21:22:26.240-05:00Hmm, interesting to see that this one has a mixed ...Hmm, interesting to see that this one has a mixed response....which I can totally understand.<br /><br />Marvin - I don't think this one has a ton of staying power - as evidenced by my repeated forgettings of it - so I see your point. Maybe it just caught me in the right moment this time.<br /><br />E - Y'know, the silliness and the moral are a little off. But I mean...Fool Rules the School. I think.<br /><br />Syrin - Do it! And at least you weren't confused with zombies. I almost feel like I need to offer the people of this movie an apology.<br /><br />Alexandra - Interesting to think of Craven as sentimental, but I think you're on to something there. His best moments, to me, are the ones that really empower his characters and let them break from what we expect - and The People are a good example of that.The Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09871017982169159144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132620721136610844.post-2296819452209152212011-08-05T08:53:17.113-05:002011-08-05T08:53:17.113-05:00I remember being terrified of this movie. Then the...I remember being terrified of this movie. Then the People Under the Stairs were nice and just misunderstood. I guess that's what gets me about Craven, he makes the most sentimental horror movies EVER.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11287157706772174846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132620721136610844.post-537472856932847842011-08-05T08:04:19.006-05:002011-08-05T08:04:19.006-05:00When I was in high school, my friends and I used t...When I was in high school, my friends and I used to sit in the stairwell in the mornings before the bell rang, and someone started calling us "The People Under The Stairs" and it just stuck. I never knew it was from a horror movie. Guess that means I have to watch this one now.therealphoenixanewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06728133971705657561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132620721136610844.post-38535191717552097412011-08-05T07:21:18.511-05:002011-08-05T07:21:18.511-05:00Crap... now I really need to revisit this one.Crap... now I really need to revisit this one.R.D. Penninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17354185481093256613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132620721136610844.post-6372521764009674592011-08-05T04:54:24.538-05:002011-08-05T04:54:24.538-05:00+JMJ+
I really liked it the first time I saw it ...+JMJ+ <br /><br />I really liked it the first time I saw it (back in uni), and on a blog that no longer exists, even wrote a review that compared it to J.M. Barrie's <i>Peter Pan</i> and set it firmly in the Gothic fiction tradition. <br /><br />When I saw it again last year, however, it felt a bit flat. =/ I don't know whether it's because the plot really is silly, or because I wasn't watching with sympathetic friends (but with an older relative who kept walking in and out of the room and saying, "I can't believe that crappy movie is still on!"), or because Wes Craven's moral about who's really to blame for the poverty in the ghetto just didn't stand up . . . but <i>The People under the Stairs</i> isn't something I'll be watching again. <br /><br />But don't worry. I still like Fool and will salute him with you any time. =)Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132620721136610844.post-72045182816389391682011-08-05T00:23:51.368-05:002011-08-05T00:23:51.368-05:00I only watched this one once, shortly after it was...I only watched this one once, shortly after it was released on video. I remember thinking that it was okay at the time, and then the more I thought about it the less I liked it. But now I'm thinking I should give it another go.<br /><br />I do agree that Fool was the best part of the movie. I also remember being stoked that his sister was in Summer School, which I watched upwards of 30 times back in the day.<br /><br />BTW, my verification word is "ballnest," which is now my favorite euphemism for scrotom.Marvin the Macabrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339681552363692948noreply@blogger.com