*The following article contains massive spoilers for Scream (2022)*
Here’s a review without spoilers if you’re interested!
Posted on March 22, 2019
Breaking & Entering: Talking The People Under the Stairs (1991) & Don’t Breathe (2016)
Elizabeth ErwinOn 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! Read more
