The People Under the Stairs was written and directed by Wes Craven, whose Serpent and the Rainbow you saw on Moviedrome a couple of years ago. It is, I’m pleased to say, a much better film. It’s also the film’s first screening on terrestrial television. It was generally viewed as a return to form by Craven, who had been highly regarded for his earlier horror film, The Hills Have Eyes. It’s unusual for a Craven picture, or for any horror film, in having non-white protagonists. In this case the impoverished black family, fronted by a little kid called Fool.