The People Under the Stairs (1991)

d. Wes Craven

Starring:Brandon Quintin AdamsEverett McGillWendy RobieVing RhamesA.J. Langer

This week on TMR, Steve & Ryan explore white people's vision of the ghetto, lament the diminished impact of incest in movies, and wax nostalgic about boyhood hours spent in video stores. Ryan talks about watching this weird-ass movie with this saintly mother, and Steve tells us what he looks for when shopping for a gimp suit.

When young Fool breaks into the home of his family's greedy and uncaring landlords, he discovers a disturbing scenario where incestuous adult siblings have mutilated a number of boys and kept them imprisoned under stairs in their large, creepy house. As Fool attempts to flee before the psychopaths can catch him, he meets their daughter, Alice, who has been spared any extreme discipline by her deranged parents. Can Fool and Alice escape before it's too late?

Things discussed in the show:

Star Wars, The Ewok Adventure

CMJ Music Marithon

Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

The Plaza Theater (Atlanta), The Music Box (Chicago), Alamo Drafthouse (Austin)

Nighthawks by Edward Hopper

Mississippi Grind (Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds)

Deadpool (DragonCon, Wizard World, C2E2)

Marvel movies (Avengers: Age of Ultron)

James Spader (Black List)

White Men Can't Jump

Gambling addiction

Peaky Blinders

Crimson Peak (Guillermo Del Toro, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Charlie Hunnam)

Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone

Johnny Depp

Pacific Rim

The Knick (Clive Owen)

Croupier

The International Museum of Surgical Science (Chicago)

The Lords of Salem (Rob Zombie, Sheri Moon Zombie)

House of 1000 Corpses, Devil's Rejects, Halloween

The Witch

The Last Witch Hunter (Vin Diesel)

Dungeons & Dragons

Deathgasm (Jason Lei Howden)

Peter Jackson

Dead Alive, Evil Dead, Day of Dead, Dead Calm (Nicole Kidman), Dead Man Walking (Sean Penn)

Bloody Disgusting

Snatch

Frank Frazetta

Children of the Corn, Ghoulies

Pauly Shore (Bio Dome, Encino Man)

Sean Whalen (Men in Black)

Goonies

Black Nationalism, Louis Farrakhan, Dashiki

DJ Jazzy Jeff

Gimp suits & incest

Flowers in the Attic

Twin Peaks (Big Ed & Nadine)

My So Called Life

Mommy Dearest

The Gulf War

The Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm Street

Labyrinth

The Mighty Ducks, The Sandlot

Bill Cobbs

Time Cop

Video Stores

Next week: Shaun of the Dead