flower in the attic ( 1987 ) be a weak attempt to translate the twisted v. c. andrews southern gothic horror novel into a make to teens movie . a film like this can not be a p. g. film . if you even read a part of the book you will know why . that why today i be go to give you a brief run down of the movie so you wont be tempt to watch this piece of garbage . a hot mom and her four bratty kid have to leave their suburban home because the bread winner ( i. e. pop ) be kill in a traffic accident . pop and the daughter have a very bizarre relationship ( show briefly with mum spy on the two ) . pop die on his birthday leave the family to fend for themselves . when the money run out and the five of them move into a dreary mansion that ran by a cruel grandmother and a butler who resemble a young and spry ronald w. reagan and a basket case on wheel who look like mr. steptoe . after be cleanse of her sin the ancient way ( involve a scourging bull whip ) . the mother have to put her kid into an attic room while mister steptoe eh . the grandfather die . while they wait and the child must live chaste life and live out the day inside a musty and moldy attic . chirs and cathy ( the old kid in their budding year ) must fight temptation and ( oops that the book ) they must become the most stupid and obnoxious child they can become . grandmother berate them and call them sinner and what not . the young of the brood the twin corey and carrie be even more unsympathetic than the old sib . pretty soon the food stop come and mum only make cameo appearance . the child have nothing to eat ( expect when chris play jesus and feed the wee one his blood . if you think the movie can not get more ridiculous and it do . while the child starve and mum court a middle age mullet wear suitor . when she finally visit the kid and the ungrateful child lash out at their benefactor and she make a hasty exit . the day of judgment come when they learn three thing and one corey be dead and two gramps be dead and three mum gon na get marry . after steal enough money and the kid get the courage to leave their room in the attic . after chris put the smack down on grandma and avoid lurch err i mean ronnie err the butler and they run right into the middle of the wedding ceremony . daughter confront the jealous mother and a brief chase turn into tragedy . mum hang herself with her long veil . how ironic she wear white . a the three leave the mansion and the narrator promise more to come . thankfully this movie sank like the bismark at the box office . no more book to film adaptation for v. c. andrew ( who die during the post production and probably due to watch the daily whilst she be on the set ) . a shame about the movie because if it be do correctly and we could have saw the whole series on film . but when you cheap out and use a hack to write and direct and you get garbage on the screen . not recommended . i wouldn not watch this movie again on a dare or a bet . well and maybe if it be worth my while . xxx .