Andrews 1979 novel of the same name.
Did the mother die in flowers in the attic.
Petals on the wind.
At one point wes craven was scheduled to direct the film and had completed a screenplay draft.
Just generally the 1950s.
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.
A father dies in a car accident on his 36th birthday the mother corrine dollanganger does all she can for her four children but cannot make enough money.
In garden of shadows her biological mother is revealed to be alicia who was locked up in the attic during her pregnancy with corrine and olivia fakes pregnancy to pass corrine off as hers and never told corrine the truth about not being her mother.
Andrews s bestselling 1979 novel flowers in the attic to life starring mad men s kiernan shipka as main character cathy and heather graham as her mother.
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In petals on the wind she may have put cory s body in a hidden room in the attic but she states that she buried him in the ground in flowers in the attic.
Cory carrie cathy and chris remain in the attic for two days before the grandfather malcom walks upstairs and accepts them as his grandchildren.
The family moves into corrines parents house.