Movie

Flowers in the Attic

1987 · 93 min

A grim, claustrophobic watch that traps you in hushed cruelty and creeping dread, with moments of overwrought melodrama.

Tagline: Home sweet home is murder.
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.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, betrayal, grief, isolation
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
betrayal
grief
isolation
corruption
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild