HALF-DROWNED HOUND 
The People Under the Stairs
I really, really wish I liked this movie. I wish I didn't have to be a hater. Sadly, I was not impressed.
I will say that the characters were enjoyable. Fool won my heart by being named after a tarot card and kept it by being a loveable protagonist, but the rest of the characters are also entertaining as well on at least a theoretical level- a guy in a gimp suit running around maniacally with a gun isn't really my "thing", but it's definitely someone's, and I'm very happy for them. Also, the political message it aims for is a good one. Fuck landlords! Fuck gentrification! That goes without saying. The ending was a blast, as well; as much as I love sad things, it's nice to have a victorious ending once in a while too.
That said, I wish either of those things made it good to watch. The problem with it is that it's... deeply, deeply, deeply, repetitive. I did a double take when I looked up the runtime because there's no way this movie is only an hour and 42 minutes. It felt like a lifetime. I would have left, but I was at a movie theater with someone who was enjoying it, so I just sorta waited it out. I don't know, it's probably better if you really like watching people get chased around a house, but oh my God, up and down and up and down and in and out of the walls ... At some point you have to cut the fat, you know? I feel like every scene taking place in the landlords' house was done at least 3 times.
Speaking of being trapped in a house ... I just don't think Gothic is Craven's wheelhouse. The reveal that Alice's parents are brother and sister isn't really horrifying if we don't see them so much as kiss; hell, Alice isn't even their biological daughter. I understand why this is, or may be- incest is a touchy subject, even among horror enthusiasts, and for good reason- but the fact of the matter is, he tried to use something as a tool of horror, pulled his punches, and came off with a throwaway detail that could have been left out completely with no real change. Regardless of your thoughts on the "perversion of the family" aspect of Gothic horror, it is a failure to achieve a result, which needs to be pointed out here.
This last part you'll have to take with a grain of salt, since I'm not really qualified to determine whether a commentary on race relations is good or not- not that Craven is, either- but that aspect fell flat for me as well. I mean, the end message is clear- like I said, fuck landlords- but if the pitch of the film and the main character's motivations revolve around gentrification and antiblackness, then why are the most abject victims of the villains still white? Sure, it's still satirizing conservatism, and there are aspects to conservatism besides antiblackness, but it just really threw a wrench in the whole thing for me. Like, wasn't this supposed to be about how they're mistreating Black people? Isn't that why the protagonist is suffering? It just feels like there wasn't much focus on or devotion to the actual setup of the whole story.
But, at least I had a night out at the movies and ate some good churro popcorn. Can't really complain about that.