The read
Scores higher than 86% of the 508 1990s horror movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
Metacritic57/100
795 audience votes
Key crew
- Wes CravenDirector
- Wes CravenWriter
- Don PeakeOriginal Music Composer
- Graeme RevellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Brandon Quintin AdamsFool
- Everett McGillMan
- Wendy RobieWoman
- A. J. LangerAlice
- Ving RhamesLeroy
- Sean WhalenRoach
- Bill CobbsGrandpa Booker
- Kelly Jo MinterRuby Williams
- Jeremy RobertsSpencer
- Conni Marie BrazeltonMary
- Josh CoxxYoung Cop
- David RobinsonPerson Under the Stairs (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
child abuseescapeshotgunserial killerlandlordwrongful imprisonmentcannibalincestbluntmental illnessbreak inpsychotic