Five Great Lesser-Known Black Horror Films
Chills For US: 5 Highly Slept On Black-Led Horror Movies To Check Out This Halloween
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The People Under The Stairs (1991)
Let’s kick things off with one of this writer’s personal faves from childhood. The People Under The Stairs follows Brandon Quintin Adams (the child star of just about every 90’s movie/tv special you can think of) as Fool, a young boy from a struggling low-income neighborhood who gets trapped inside the house of an insane incestuous couple during a botched robbery attempt. The gag is, the villain in this flick is gentrification just as much as it is the maniacal Mom and Dad keeping random neighborhood kids imprisoned in their cellar. Gotta love the 90’s and how they always loved to tuck a message into their entertainment…
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