Sometimes people trip and fall down stairs.
Sometimes assholes push people down stairs.
That doesn't mean "stairs are bad" nor does it make someone who pushes someone down the stairs any less of an asshole.
Labyrinth? Silly? Not at all! If you watch it now, it seems a bit quaint because it was before CGI. Then again, they accomplished a great deal without CGI...and David Bowie composed all the songs for the movie.
It used to really creep me out as a kid back then.