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Flowers in the Attic

Flowers in the Attic

Home sweet home is murder.

19876.31h 33m

Overview

After the death of her husband, a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge, decrepit old mansion. However, the kids are kept hidden in a room just below the attic, visited only by their mother who becomes less and less concerned about them and their failing health, and more concerned about herself and the inheritence she plans to win back from her dying father.

Directed by Jeffrey Bloom
Written by Virginia C. Andrews, Jeffrey Bloom
Produced by Thomas Fries, Sy Levin
Box Office0Revenue: $15.2M

Top Cast

Louise Fletcher

Louise Fletcher

Olivia Foxworth

Victoria Tennant

Victoria Tennant

Corrine Dollanganger

Kristy Swanson

Kristy Swanson

Cathy Dollanganger

Jeb Stuart Adams

Jeb Stuart Adams

Chris Dollanganger

Ben Ryan Ganger

Ben Ryan Ganger

Cory

Lindsay Parker

Lindsay Parker

Carrie

Nathan Davis

Nathan Davis

Grandfather

G

Gus Peters

Caretaker

B

Bruce Neckels

Wedding Minister

Marshall Colt

Marshall Colt

Father

Themes & Keywords

crueltymean grandmother

About Flowers in the Attic

Flowers in the Attic is a drama, mystery, thriller, horror film released in 1987 exploring themes of cruelty, mean grandmother. Directed by Jeffrey Bloom, it stars Louise Fletcher, Victoria Tennant, Kristy Swanson. After the death of her husband, a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge, decrepit old mansion. However, the kids are kept hidden in a room just below the attic, visited only by their mother who becomes less and less concerned about them and their failing health, and more concerned about herself and the inheritence she plans to win back from her dying father.

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