Flowers in the Attic

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Flowers in the Attic

PG-13

1987

1h 31m

Mystery & Thriller

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There are secrets Chris (Jeb Stuart Adams) and Cathy (Kristy Swanson) never knew about their parents. After their father dies, the teenage siblings, along with their younger brother and sister, are sent to live with their cruel grandmother, Olivia (Louise Fletcher). Olivia is disgusted by the children -- she knows their mother (Victoria Tennant) and father were actually cousins -- and locks the brood in the attic. The kids then try to keep their spirits high in spite of their bleak situation.

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Walter Goodman

New York Times

05/21/2003

They spend most of their time in the attic, where their eyes grow cavernous from makeup.

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Joe Lipsett

Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network

06/19/2025

2.5/5

There are moments of campy ridiculousness, but for long periods of time, this adaptation of V.C. Andrews' ode to family trauma and incest is just kinda boring

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Rocco T. Thompson

Rue Morgue Magazine

07/03/2024

a soft recommendation to anyone game for a classicly-styled gothic aimed at the scrunchie set.

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Juan Carlos Coto

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

08/19/2021

0.5/4

[Flowers in the Attic is] 95 minutes of incomparable boredom.

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S. Jhoanna Robledo

Common Sense Media

10/12/2010

1/5

Book-turned-movie skips the incest, but keeps the creepy.

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

10/09/2005

2/5

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Max M.

@Househuntermax Apr 2

Heavy subject matter but the movie doesn’t seem to have much weight. I’m going to give the remake the same review.

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Rich M

@RT25675266 11/06/2024

Fantastic english style horror movie i love the property the film is set in with a great cast and vile grandmother, i believe will be seen as as classic in years to come

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Steve D

@RT35616104 03/02/2023

It is so gross that nothing else matters.

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12/07/2021

Oof, that was rotten! It was a movie I never want to watch again. The filming was terrible and the movie itself is just something you can't sit through. Watched it on Prime Video.

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Ronnie B

@ronniebrom 11/01/2021

This movie while at times feels too drawn out, has many shocking and horrifying moments that still feel scary after your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rewatch.

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s r

@ScottR 10/04/2021

Laughable, almost so bad that it was good. So much worse than the book. Poor direction, writing, acting and motivation. It was on amazon.

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Synopsis

There are secrets Chris (Jeb Stuart Adams) and Cathy (Kristy Swanson) never knew about their parents. After their father dies, the teenage siblings, along with their younger brother and sister, are sent to live with their cruel grandmother, Olivia (Louise Fletcher). Olivia is disgusted by the children -- she knows their mother (Victoria Tennant) and father were actually cousins -- and locks the brood in the attic. The kids then try to keep their spirits high in spite of their bleak situation.

Director: Jeffrey Bloom
Producer: Sy Levin, Thomas Fries
Screenwriter: Virginia C. Andrews
Production Co: Fries Entertainment
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 21, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.1M
Runtime: 1h 31m