Flowers in the Attic

Flowers in the Attic

Home sweet home is murder.

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Release Date

11/20/1987

Runtime

93 mins

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$15,151,736

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A gothic nightmare about children imprisoned in darkness by their own mother's cruelty and indifference. It's a slow descent into horror that turns domestic catastrophe into pure dread.

Mood

Dread-soakedClaustrophobicBleakMournful

Themes

FamilyBetrayalSurvivalIsolation

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Child endangerment

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