Flowers in the Attic

Flowers in the Attic

Flowers in the Attic

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Flowers in the Attic

"Home sweet home is murder."

1987

1h 33m

6.3(210 votes)

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Horror

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.

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13 members

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Louise Fletcher

Olivia Foxworth

Louise Fletcher

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Victoria Tennant

Corrine Dollanganger

Victoria Tennant

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Kristy Swanson

Cathy Dollanganger

Kristy Swanson

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Jeb Stuart Adams

Chris Dollanganger

Jeb Stuart Adams

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Ben Ryan Ganger

Cory

Ben Ryan Ganger

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Lindsay Parker

Carrie

Lindsay Parker

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Nathan Davis

Grandfather

Nathan Davis

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Gus Peters

Caretaker

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Bruce Neckels

Wedding Minister

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Marshall Colt

Father

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Alex Coba

John, the Butler

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Leonard Mann

Bart Winslow

Leonard Mann

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Clare Peck

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