The People Under The Stairs


1h 41m 1991

Brief Synopsis

A bookish and poverty-stricken young boy becomes involved in a scheme in order to pay for his mother's operation but is met with unsuspecting horrors.

Film Details

Also Known As
Le Sous-sol de la peur, People Under the Stairs, Sous-sol de la peur, Le, mensen onder de trap
MPAA Rating
Genre
Horror
Release Date
1991
Distribution Company
Universal Pictures
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA; New York City, New York, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 41m

Synopsis

A bookish and poverty-stricken young boy becomes involved in a scheme in order to pay for his mother's operation but is met with unsuspecting horrors.

Crew

Steve M Alcantara

Swing Gang

Dana Altomare

Assistant Camera Operator

Catherine Anderson

Production Assistant

Howard Anderson

Titles And Opticals

Joi Andreoli

Script Supervisor

Sarah James Arbeid

Production Coordinator

Linda Arvidson

Stunt Player

Jerry Baker

Effects Assistant

Thomas G Barlow

Driver

Huston Beaumont

Rigging Gaffer

Albert Belmont

Production Accountant

Howard Berger

Digital Effects Supervisor

Dick Bernstein

Music Editor

Stuart Besser

Producer

Stuart Besser

Unit Production Manager

George Billinger Iii

Camera Operator

Will Blount

Property Master

John Blue

Other

Rick Bozeat

Sound Editor

John Branagan

Stunt Player

Kathie Broyles

Titles

Douglas G Bruce

Other

Michelle Buhler

Makeup Artist

Dan Butts

On-Set Dresser

Peter Camonier

Other

Dixie J Capp

Coproducer

Henry Castillo

Location Assistant

Tony Cecere

Stunt Coordinator

Joe Celeste

Key Grip

Peter Chesney

Special Effects Supervisor

Ted Chu

Steadicam Operator

Robert Clark

Special Effects

Paul Clay

Sound Editor

James Coblentz

Editor

Craig Cockerill

Assistant Camera Operator

Rich Coleman

Other

William Condit

Driver

Nick Cramer

Special Thanks To

Wes Craven

Screenplay

Wes Craven

Executive Producer

Rosemary Cremona

Assistant Director

Tony Cutrono

Director Of Photography

Tanya Sharp David

Adr Mixer

Jon Davis

Production Assistant

Ronald Davis

Swing Gang

Sondra Davis

Assistant Editor

Earl Dax

Special Thanks To

Jeff De La Rosa

Electrician

Denise Della Valle

Makeup Assistant

Kelsee Devoreaux

Stunt Player

Jim Dew

Consultant

Roberta Doheny

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Lex Du Pont

Steadicam Operator

Earl Ellis

Other

Dane Farwell

Stunt Player

Jeffrey Fenner

Assistant

Molly Flanegin

Set Decorator

Karyn Foster

Assistant Sound Editor

Peter Foster

Associate Producer

Sandra Gimpel

Stunt Player

Mark Goldberg

Production

Jim Goldthwait

Production Assistant

Fabio Golombek

Production Assistant

Mark Goodell

Production

Shep Gordon

Executive Producer

Walter Charles Gorey

Boom Operator

Jerry Gorman

Assistant Camera Operator

Marian Green

Stunt Player

Jeff Habberstad

Stunt Player

Chris Hayes

Other

Camilla Henneman

Production

Chester A Hewett

Carpenter

Dave Jansen

Assistant Sound Editor

Drake Jenevein

Assistant Sound Editor

Van Johnson

Stand-In

Bruton Jones

Props Assistant

Bryan Jones

Production Designer

James Jones

Driver

Jimmy Jones

Transportation Coordinator

John Paul Jones

Props Assistant

Kent Jones

Production

Mark Jones

Driver

Melvin Jones

Stunt Player

Gregory Kavtzer

Special Thanks To

Rikelle Kerr

Production

Dan Kneece

Steadicam Operator

Eileen Mack Knight

Casting

Melanie Knox

Assistant Director

Betty Ann Konz

Driver

Daniel Kopel

Carpenter

Susan Kurtz

Sound Editor

Robert Kurtzman

Digital Effects Supervisor

Jules Labarthe

Gaffer

Rick Lalonde

Effects Assistant

Fernando Lau

Foreman

Sean Lemar

Stand-In

Steven Lloyd

Driver

Greg W Lowe

Adr

Kent Luttrell

Swing Gang

Andria Mack

Casting Associate

Marianne Maddalena

Producer

Mark Maitre

Other

Brian Maki

Other

Jerry Mandley

Electrician

Eric Mansker

Stunt Player

Diane Marshall

Foley Artist

Jeff Mart

Steadicam Operator

Ernesto Mas

Adr Editor

Nicholas C Mastandrea

Assistant Director

Philip Mayor

Storyboard Artist

Robert Bruce Mccleery

Gaffer

Jim Mclaughlin

Production

Ileane Meltzer

Costume Designer

Roxanne Meyers

Stand-In

Robert Michael

Special Thanks To

Dean Miller

Effects Coordinator

Julie Mondin

Stand-In

Rick Montgomery

Extras Agent/Coordinator

Paula Moody

Stunt Player

Ned Nedrow

Grip

James Needham

Production

Greg Nicotero

Digital Effects Supervisor

Beth Nufer

Stunt Player

Timothy O'neill

Assistant Editor

James Oberman

Transportation Captain

Jeffrey A. Okun

Titles

Hal Olofsson

Swing Gang

Barbara Olvera

Hair Stylist

David Orr

Color Timer

Chris Parker

Assistant

Don Peake

Music

William R Perry

Stunt Player

Terry J Pfrang

Assistant Camera Operator

Burton Pierce

Special Thanks To

Ronald M Price

Swing Gang

Monica Ragan

Props Assistant

Tony Ramos

Swing Gang

Peter Reale

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Graeme Revell

Music

David Riggons

Stand-In

Felix A. Rivera

Gaffer

Angelo Rivers

Consultant

Brian Robertson

Dolly Grip

Dave Robey

Best Boy

Angela Terry Robinson

Assistant Editor

Carin Rogers

Sound Editor

Richard Edgar Rollins

Production Assistant

Lori Lynn Ross

Stunt Player

Robert Roule

Swing Gang

Karin Roulo

Foley Mixer

Madison Ruth

Special Thanks To

Brenda Ryan

Other

Dan Rycerz

Stunt Player

Lynn Salvatori

Stunt Player

Jeff Sandler

Sound Editor

Birgit K Schier

Stunt Player

Roger Schumacher

Technical Advisor

Judson Neil Schwartz

Location Manager

Paul Seitzinger

Assistant Production Accountant

Steve Lloyd Shroyer

Art Director

Jill Simpson

Assistant Production Coordinator

Sandi Sissel

Director Of Photography

Samuel Smith

Electrician

Steve F.b. Smith

Consultant

Patrick Somerset

Adr Editor

Kate Steinberg

Effects Coordinator

Sandy Stewart

Other

Jd Street

Other

Donald Summer

Sound Mixer

Mike Szackmeister

Sound Editor

Spin Tencer

Dolly Grip

Lisa Thompson

Assistant Set Decorator

Jerry Trent

Foley Artist

Christopher W Trott

Location Assistant

Anne Trumbore

Production Assistant

Yvonne Valdez

Post-Production Coordinator

Wendy Van Dyke

Assistant Camera Operator

Rex Lee Waddell

Stunt Player

Bea Wallace

Special Thanks To

Tom Walls

Editing

Yvette Walsh

Set Costumer

Crystal Weaver

Production Assistant

Timothy Wegman

Wardrobe Supervisor

Wanda Welch

Stand-In

Carol Westwood

Photography

Richard Wicklund

Other

Gary A Williams

Dolly Grip

Howard Wilmarth

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Daniel Windtree

Special Thanks To

Jamie Young

Dolly Grip

Film Details

Also Known As
Le Sous-sol de la peur, People Under the Stairs, Sous-sol de la peur, Le, mensen onder de trap
MPAA Rating
Genre
Horror
Release Date
1991
Distribution Company
Universal Pictures
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA; New York City, New York, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 41m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Fall November 1, 1991

Released in United States on Video April 23, 1992

Began shooting March 18, 1991.

Completed shooting June 3, 1991.

Released in United States on Video April 23, 1992

Released in United States Fall November 1, 1991