This August, MPL and the Horror Writers Association, San Francisco Chapter join together to present, Summer Scares.

Join us for a screening and discussion of Wes Craven's "The People Under the Stairs" (R). Following the screening, we will have a discussion on how the film and horror as a whole, connects to societal issues and anxieties.

THE MOVIE: When young Fool (Brandon Adams) breaks into the home of his family's greedy and uncaring landlords, he discovers a disturbing scenario where incestuous adult siblings have mutilated a number of boys and kept them imprisoned under stairs in their large, creepy house. As Fool attempts to flee before the psychopaths can catch him, he meets their daughter, Alice (A.J. Langer), who has been spared any extreme discipline by her deranged parents. Can Fool and Alice escape before it's too late?