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

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

May 21, 2003

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Joe Lipsett

Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network

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

Rated: 2.5/5

Jun 19, 2025

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Rocco T. Thompson

Rue Morgue Magazine

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

Jul 3, 2024

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Juan Carlos Coto

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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

Rated: 0.5/4

Aug 19, 2021

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S. Jhoanna Robledo

Common Sense Media

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

Rated: 1/5

Oct 12, 2010

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Rated: 2/5

Oct 9, 2005

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Rich M

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

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/06/24

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Steve D

It is so gross that nothing else matters.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/02/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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s r

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

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Why were young girls given this book to read in the late 70s and 80s? It scares you, makes you anxious, and then puts you in a romantic relationship with your brother while you are going through puberty. NO. The real significance of this book is the nature of Hollywood, right? The Mother's first husband dies, so she locks her kids up in the attic, and feeds them poisoned donuts so she can party with her new husband in glitz and glamor and without those bastard children of hers. When I had my Hollywood job, what was there at the office most days? A heaping plate of diabetes-donuts waiting to kill me as I screened the latest sex-horror romp. So please, Father Hollywood, the children are all waking up to how they've been poisoned...for years...so you could party...at the expense of your children. Your Father Time is up. How are you gonna manage your kids now?

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/14/23

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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.

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

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