From the outside the dollangangers appear to be the perfect family.
Flowers in the attic 1987.
20 nov 1987 p 32.
Flowers in the attic is the 1987 film adaptation of the 1979 novel of the same name by 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.
Andrews flowers in the attic centers on such chancy topics as incest and misguided religiosity.
This is the original ending that was shot for flowers in the attic.
The result is a real turnoff.
This version can be foun.
Andrews 1979 novel of the same name.
Happily married parents chris and corrine and four beautiful children christopher cathy carrie and cory.
At one point wes craven was scheduled to direct the film and had completed a screenplay draft.
Flowers in the attic is a protracted exercise in morbidity relieved only by moments of ludicrousness.
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.
After their father s death four siblings move into their grandmother s mansion where they suffer a nightmare of cruelty and forbidden passion.
Movie trailer made using final cut pro for flowers in the attic 1987.
Flowers is a film based on the cult novel by vc andrews.
It is based on v.
Test screenings were overwhelmingly negative and it was canned.