The Stairs

2021
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

4.3/10

5.4K

YOUR RATING

" They went out for a pleasant stroll, it turned into a dead run."

What started as a week-long adventure with friends quickly turns into a terrifying fight for survival in The Stairs. in 1997, a young boy is out hunting with his grandfather (Schneider), when he stumbles upon a mysterious staircase deep in the forest. The subsequent disappearance leaves locals baffled as to the fate of the wayward pair. Twenty years later, a group of hikers set off on an ambitious trail, deep into the same stretch of wilderness. With each step away from civilization they are pulled deeper into the treacherous trap of the mountain terrain where they stumble upon the same set of ominous stairs.

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In 1997, a young boy is out hunting with his grandfather, when he stumbles upon a mysterious staircase deep in the forest. The subsequent disappearance leaves locals baffled as to the fate o... Read allIn 1997, a young boy is out hunting with his grandfather, when he stumbles upon a mysterious staircase deep in the forest. The subsequent disappearance leaves locals baffled as to the fate of the wayward pair.In 1997, a young boy is out hunting with his grandfather, when he stumbles upon a mysterious staircase deep in the forest. The subsequent disappearance leaves locals baffled as to the fate of the wayward pair.

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IMDb RATING

4.3/10

5.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 28 wins & 14 nominations total

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6jgesselberty-1

A lot better than most of these kinds of movies.

For those who whine that the story made no sense, I ask, what about horror and the unexplained ever makes sense? It is, to be sure, your typical story about an encounter with the unknown, but it has a bit of a different approach. Give it a try. At least it is not one of the endless batch of "found footage" films that try to pass themselves off as an actual movie.

ElizabethBrownWoodcarving

But what about the carving?

I just wanna know who carved the big Sasquatch in the store scene. Best part of the movie. Of course I'm biased as I'm a professional woodcarver but whatever.

2gaarauzumaki_992

Don't waste your time

I just saw this, went into it expected nothing and was still disappointed. There are two scenes with the stairs and they are both irrelevant. You can literally cut the stairs out of The Stairs movie and it would be the same movie. The guys were cute though so 2/10.

3Cobra_Fast

Wasted potential

The stairs in woods concept is so good because of the many ways you can spin it and build a mysterious atmosphere around it. This movie capitalizes on none of it. It's your stereotypical people being hunted in the forest movie, complete with stiff dialogue and cheesy writing. This one's just got a pretty set of stairs on screen for about two minutes of total screentime. In fact it's so unimaginative that they had to add a door to it.

Save yourself the time of this one, even if you're a fan of the NoSleep stories.

5pranakhan-69037

Color grading? Contrast?

While this film has an interesting premise, and a good marketing and licensing budget...

WHO thought the color grading was ready for release?

On an HDR UHD television this is completely washed out! If they had reduced the brightness and kept the contrast they would have a more visually interesting film! I don't understand the obsession some filmmakers have with either increased frame rates or washed out bright colors or both! I want movies to look like professionally produced movies on film, not cheap television video! Not cheaply produced daytime soaps!

This film had potential but it was totally washed out colorwise!

For an example of a digital low-budget film with REAL professional brightness, contrast, and creative cinematography, check out "Gaia" (2021).

Low budget or not, want to look like a real movie? Color grade your film to match Gaia, or go home!

Seriously!

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Trivia
The wooden Bigfoot statue seen after the title is Harry, from Harry and the Hendersons.

Goofs
The required front Washington state license plate on the grandfather's jeep is missing, and although a rear plate is on the car at first, it is not attached when the grandfather and Jesse arrive at the trailhead.