Poindexter "Fool" Williams

Poindexter "Fool" Williams is the hero of the 1991 horror movie, ''The People Under The Stairs. ''He was played by Brandon Adams.



A resident of the LA ghetto and he and his fam are in the process of getting evicted by villains and landlords, the Robesons. Fool and Leroy, hero and theif, attempt to steal from them at their house but are attacked by them and their vicious dog. Then after Leroy is killed by The Robesons, Fool meets their good and sweet daughter, Alice, and she helps him get out. But The Robesons find him and Mr. Robeson tries to kill by feeding him to cannibal kids but is rescued by Roach, hero and slave, who helps him escape and gives him a small bag of gold coins and a written plea to rescue Alice.

Then their dog attacks Fool, who tricks them into killing the dog instead and then escapes. When he returns home he pays for their rent and his mom's surgery and learns about The demonic Robesons. Fool determined to do what is right, returns to their house and tells Alice the truth and rescues her. Together, they and the whole ghetto kill the Robesons and put an end to their evil.