
Scream 2(1997)
Two years after the Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life while someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.


“In every neighborhood, there is one house that adults whisper about and children cross the street to avoid.”
Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy quickly learns the true nature of the homicidal inhabitants, and secret creatures hidden deep within the walls.

Brandon Quintin Adams
Fool

Everett McGill
Man

Wendy Robie
Woman

A. J. Langer
Alice

Ving Rhames
Leroy

Sean Whalen
Roach

Bill Cobbs
Grandpa Booker

Kelly Jo Minter
Ruby

Jeremy Roberts
Spencer

Conni Marie Brazelton
Mary
The People Under the Stairs is a horror, comedy film released in 1991 exploring themes of child abuse, escape, shotgun, serial killer, landlord, wrongful imprisonment. Directed by Wes Craven, it stars Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie. Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy quickly learns the true nature of the homicidal inhabitants, and secret creatures hidden deep within the walls.
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