Background Story Of Flowers In The Attic

Flowers in the attic is a 1987 psychological horror film starring louise fletcher victoria tennant kristy swanson and jeb stuart adams.

Background story of flowers in the attic.

As well as the dollanganger series andrews in her lifetime authored my sweet audrina 1982 and the first two books in the casteel series heaven 1985 and dark angel 1986. Flowers in the attic is a dark gothic tale of greed and incest that will keep readers spellbound until the final paragraph. Andrews 1979 novel of the same name. Secrets of foxworth christopher s diary.

It is based on v. The novel is written in the first person from the point of view of cathy dollanganger. Echoes of dollanganger and christopher s diary. The family saga gothic style horror picturesque southern surroundings and theme of incest in flowers in the attic are features of andrews s books and those that neiderman penned in her name.

Flowers in the attic weaves the twisted story of the dollanganger kids who after the unexpected death of their father are asked by their mother corrine to stay hidden in the attic of their wealthy grandparents mansion so she can reclaim the family fortune. The dollanganger family lives in pennsylvania where their father often travels on business for the public relations firm for which he works. At one point wes craven was scheduled to direct the film and had completed a screenplay draft. Flowers in the attic inspired the band name for amanda palmer s band the dresden dolls while gillian flynn has said that the mother and grandmother characters begat her addiction to wicked.

The book was extremely po. Best known for books like flowers in the attic the wildly over the top 1979 gothic family saga about four children locked in an attic by their grandmother vc andrews died in 1986 but that.