ROTTEN TOMATOES: Craven to Produce "People Under the Stairs" Remake

Craven to Produce "People Under the Stairs" Remake

by Fred Topel | April 21, 2007

Under his new deal with Rogue Pictures, Wes Craven is going to continue producing remakes of his own movies like "The Hills Have Eyes" and "Last House on the Left." Though IMDB is listing a "Shocker" remake, Craven thinks another early '90s horror remake will come first.

"The two films we did with Universal way back there, 'Shocker' and 'The People Under the Stairs,' are natural because Rogue Pictures is part of [Universal,]" said Craven. "I think the one more likely to be done after we do 'Last House' would be 'People Under the Stairs.' And I'm not sure why but we've found a couple of directors who really want to remake that. That would be more likely. But there's a limited amount of us. Marianne Maddalena's producing all these and we don't want to kill her so we'll probably do one and a quarter a year, one 1/3 a year."

The original featured a thieving teenager running around the house of horrors of an inbred couple who kidnapped children to make their perfect nuclear family. Full of social commentary about the time, a new "People" would have to be updated.

"The funny thing is we're back into another Bush era. There was more in that era of Bush Sr. of the haves and the have nots way down at the bottom and cutting social services and stuff. This Bush is so obsessed with the war that it's not quite the same template but we've had a couple directors give some interesting ideas so we'll see."

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Mr. Kong writes:
on Apr 21 2007 12:56 PM

Enough with the fuckin' horror remakes!

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bigbrother writes:
on Apr 21 2007 04:50 PM

I was just saying to Wes the other day, "You know what you haven't done in a while?...A horror movie."

"Yeah, and just to be different from everybody else, let's make it a re-make of something else that's already been done, yeah I hear people really respect you as a film maker when you do that"

"What? You want to re-make something YOU already made...THAT's brilliant!!!! Cause if you didn't get it right the first time that's a surefire guarantee you're gonna make it better this time, just look at Star Wars"

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Cicatriz writes:
on Apr 21 2007 05:17 PM

the original is awesome, shouldn't bother with a remake.

I did like the hills have eyes remake though, the original was boring.

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gemini0577 writes:
on Apr 21 2007 05:53 PM

In reply to this comment (#862265)
I agree... the old "People Under the Stairs" was great... and it was a decent blend of dark humor and thrills with chills. I see absolutely no point to remake this film. Wes Craven may heave onece been the King of horror films (though now, I'm starting to think it was self-titled) but of late he has proved to be more inclined to put out trash. Cursed? The Hills Have Eyes 2? Garbage. Red eye was ok, but unorigonal. He has lost his edge and has nothing better to do then butcher his own classics. (Though Last House on the Left was junk too... so... there is a chance he is more of a fluke...)

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pmart456 writes:
on Apr 21 2007 10:29 PM

red eye had a pretty decent screenplay. . .not written by craven haha

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THE MANWHORE writes:
on Apr 21 2007 11:37 PM

Umm this movie was only made in the 90's for f*ck sake! It's not even old enough yet 2 even warrant a remake, c'mon! I haven't had a real problem with some of the remakes from the 70's & early 80's, but remaking films from the 90's is just RIDICULOUS 2 me, it's just not that long ago, jeez!

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GreenBastard writes:
on Apr 21 2007 11:38 PM

Sounds good. They should set the new, 'The People Under the Stairs,' at the Bush ranch. That would be sweet!

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tycox writes:
on Apr 22 2007 07:37 AM

[b]REMAKING LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT???[/b]
That is almost as sad as hearing there is a Cannibal Holocaust remake in the works! You know you need to retire when all you can do is your own remakes! GOOD BYE MR. CRAVEN!!! YOUR CAREER IS OVER!!!!

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narcissusbleh writes:
on Apr 22 2007 10:42 AM

Yeah, Craven's always been overrated, IMO. Same with Stephen King.

Still, Nightmare on Elm Street kicks ass. Red Eye was pretty fun too.

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Mr. Kong writes:
on Apr 22 2007 10:44 AM

In reply to this comment (#862271)
Have to say I like Stephen King, but yeah. Wes Craven really needs to come out with different movies. Yeah, Red Eye was great, and NOES was fun, but he's made a lot of crap over the years.

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RottenMoreno writes:
on Apr 22 2007 10:51 AM

People Under the Stairs was fine, but there's no reason why it should get a remake, it will probably turn out awful, but we'll see... it will depend on the director chosen for the job.

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bigbrother writes:
on Apr 22 2007 12:55 PM

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Have to disagree with you on the King bit. I actually think when people look back on our generation a hundred years from now King will be one of the people who defines it. Given some of his mass market horror stories haven't been great, but a lot of his work is pure genius (The Stand, Salem's Lot, The first 4 Dark Tower Books...All Classics), but you're right Craven is well past his best and really needs to try something new if he wants to regain some of his rep.

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supafly006 writes:
on Apr 22 2007 04:38 PM

[b]Big Brother is a Dumb Ass[/b]
Hey big brother they didn't remake Star Wars Dumb Ass. They completed the whole story and I thought it was great. All you idiots that bash Star Wars are morons.

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tycox writes:
on Apr 22 2007 07:20 PM

[b]RED EYE SUCKED!!![/b]
I couldn't believe I wasted that much time of my life watching that shitty movie...then again I did sit through all of the Di Vinci Code and that sucked major donkey balls!!!

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bigbrother writes:
on Apr 23 2007 12:28 AM

In reply to this comment (#862275)
Listen Dick, if your gonna be an asshole about something at least bother to do your research. I'm one of the staunchest defenders of Lucas and the SW's saga on this site. Yes, they didn't remake the original SW's, but they did try to recapture the earlier magic of many of the same characters 30 years afterward and even though I don't think the prequals are terrible movies and really enjoyed certain elements of them any real fan will tell you they pale in comparison with the originals.

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WeaponAndy writes:
on Apr 23 2007 08:02 PM

While he's at it, why not remake the entire Nightmare on Elm Street collection. Or how about The Serpent and the Rainbow? It's inevitable that Hollywood will just keep putting out remakes. Oh well I guess. I just won't go to the theater and see them or what not. Not that that makes much of a difference, but if other people follow suit it's possible something might happen and they'll pause for a few seconds and then continue on making remakes. Damn Hollywood and their non caring money making off of stupid teens who will pay money for fricking anything.

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