When their father is killed teenagers cathy kristy swanson.
Flower in the attic movie 1987.
With louise fletcher victoria tennant kristy swanson jeb stuart adams.
Directed by jeffrey bloom.
After their father s death four siblings move into their grandmother s mansion where they suffer a nightmare of cruelty and forbidden passion.
At one point wes craven was scheduled to direct the film and had completed a screenplay draft.
Producers were disturbed by his approach to the incest laden story however and jeffrey bloom ended.
Based on the popular novel by v.
Andrews flowers in the attic centers on such chancy topics as incest and misguided religiosity.
Andrews 1979 novel of the same name.
Children are hidden away in the attic by their conspiring mother and grandmother.
Flowers in the attic is the story of four children who are confined to an attic and abandoned by their mother while fending for themselves they realise they have to take desperate measures to escape.