On this episode of Horror Homeroom Conservations, we’re tackling two of our favorite films: Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs (1991) and Fede Álvarez’s Don’t Breathe (2016). While both films share a startling number of similarities, there is a pointed difference in where the audience’s sympathies ultimately reside. Is The People Under the Stairs an indictment on Reagan’s America? Does Rocky in Don’t Breathe have any redeemable qualities? And how do both films leverage an urban/suburban landscape to increase the terror? We’re breaking it all down on today’s episode!
For further reading, check out Gwen’s brilliant post on the politics of justice and victimhood in Don’t Breathe and Laura Kremmel’s post on disability in Alvarez’s film.
You can stream The People Under the Stairs on Amazon:
As well as Don’t Breathe . . .
