Flowers In The Attic 1987

There are secrets chris jeb stuart adams and cathy kristy swanson never knew about their parents.

Flowers in the attic 1987.

Andrews 1979 novel of the same name. Based on the popular novel by v. Andrews flowers in the attic centers on such chancy topics as incest and misguided religiosity. Happily married parents chris and corrine and four beautiful children christopher cathy carrie and cory.

Flowers in the attic is a protracted exercise in morbidity relieved only by moments of ludicrousness. From the outside the dollangangers appear to be the perfect family. Flowers in the attic is the 1987 film adaptation of the 1979 novel of the same name by v. It is based on v.

In adapting andrews gothic chiller writer director jeffrey bloom tries hard to establish an eerie fairy tale gone sour mood yet fails to work up the credibility necessary to sustain it. 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. At one point wes craven was scheduled to direct the film and had completed a screenplay draft. This is the original ending that was shot for flowers in the attic.

Test screenings were overwhelmingly negative and it was canned. This version can be foun. After their father s death four siblings move into their grandmother s mansion where they suffer a nightmare of cruelty and forbidden passion. Flowers is a film based on the cult novel by vc andrews.

The result is a real turnoff.