Flowers in the Attic (1987)
Average Rating: 3.4/10
Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 6
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Release Date: Nov 20, 1987 Wide
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Based on the popular novel by V. C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic centers on such chancy topics as incest and misguided religiosity. When their father is killed, teenagers Cathy (Kristy Swanson) and Chris (Jeb Stuart Adams), together with their preteen siblings Cory (Ben Ganger) and Carrie (Lindsay Parker), are put in the care of their religious-zealot grandmother (Louise Fletcher). Grandma has never approved of the wanton lifestyle of the kids' mother Corinne (Victoria Tennant), and she has no
Nov 20, 1987 Wide
Apr 24, 2001
New World Pictures
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Cast
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Louise Fletcher
Grandmother -
Victoria Tennant
Corinne -
Kristy Swanson
Cathy -
Jeb Stuart Adams
Chris -
Ben Ganger
Cory -
Lindsay Parker
Carrie -
Marshall Colt
Father -
Nathan Davis
Grandfather -
Alex Koba
John Hall -
Leonard Mann
Bart Winslow -
Gus Peters
Caretaker -
Bruce Neckels
Minister -
Clare Peck
Narrator
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Book-turned-movie skips the incest, but keeps the creepy.
A muddled and unpleasant adaptation of a book that lots of women really like.
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