People Under the Stairs: Filming Location

The house in the film People Under the Stairs

How the house looks today

The house used as the main location in the 1991, Wes Craven film The People Under the Stairs is located in central Los Angeles near the Historical Adams District on Harvard Avenue. Most of the interiors were actually shot on a set, making the home look a lot larger than it really is. 

Directly across from this home is the home used in the film Sorority House Massacre II (which is abandon). In that film the Red Herring Orville Ketchum lived across the street, in this home. At the end of this film – when the residents gather in the street – the Sorority House Massacre II house can be seen.

The area has a lot of large homes – a lot of them used in films – some of them abandon/being remolded, and some of them in pristine condition while others are just going to hell. Some homes in this area are huge and stunning. 

This area isn't what you would call a "great" neighborhood, but was where all of the wealthy residents of Los Angeles lived before Beverly Hills was developed. The area became residency for African-American "rich" and was sometimes referred to as The Black Beverly Hills.

The 10 Freeway is about 300 feet from this home, and ironically the freeway project is what pretty much killed these high-scale neighborhoods and drove the residents away. 

This house has also been used in many other horror films including The Immortalizer and Twice Dead. The kitchen was also used in the Rob Zombie film Halloween.

From the film: The People Under The Stairs 

From the film: The People Under The Stairs 

From the film: The People Under The Stairs 

How the home looks now; the apartments adjacent can be see in the movie
Sorority House Massacre II