A review in the washington post didn t mince its words describing it as deranged swill.
Is flowers in the attic incestuous.
For all the 80s kids reading or watching the story and first movie rendition of flowers in the attic empathizing with four abused children who are tucked away by their mother and grandmother in an attic overtook a majority of the storyline that said most viewers also found themselves immersed in the storyline of incest between the main character cathy and her older brother christopher.
Echoes of dollanganger and christopher s diary.
Directed by deborah chow.
Although when it comes to entertainment familial love is nothing new oedipus was already making out with his mother in the fifth century b c.
And that something was the brother sister incest.
Secret brother the novel is written in the first person from the point of.
With heather graham ellen burstyn kiernan shipka mason dye.
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.
But neither the incest nor the distasteful sleazification of the storyline of the diary of anne frank is the most disturbing thing about flowers in the attic.
After the sudden death of their father four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.
Andrews it is the first book in the dollanganger series and was followed by petals on the wind if there be thorns seeds of yesterday garden of shadows christopher s diary.
Flowers in the attic is a 1987 psychological horror film starring louise fletcher victoria tennant kristy swanson and jeb stuart adams it is based on v.
Osage county and the approaching premiere of lifetime s update on flowers in the attic it feels like incest is just really in right now.
Producers were disturbed by his approach to the incest laden story however and jeffrey bloom ended.
Still something was missing.
That dishonor belongs to the dialogue.
What the new flowers in the attic book gets completely wrong.
Secrets of foxworth christopher s diary.
So it s a good thing i suppose that lifetime has now stepped in and remade flowers in the attic for television.
At one point wes craven was scheduled to direct the film and had completed a screenplay draft.
The dialogue is horrendous.
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.
Andrews 1979 novel of the same name.
What with spoils of babylon august.
