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"Flowers in the Attic" written by V.C. Andrews was released in 1979, and was the first of the Dollanganger series. I was hooked from the first chapter and refused to put it down for even a second.
A sinister tale of four children forced into hiding by their mother after they’re farther is killed in a car accident. The children are forced into the attic for years in order to punish their mother for marrying her half uncle. The children struggle to survive and ultimately the youngest boy Corey dies from arsenic poisoning. The book was banned in some places for its graphic scene of incest between the older brother and sister.
A sinister tale of four children forced into hiding by their mother after they’re farther is killed in a car accident. The children are forced into the attic for years in order to punish their mother for marrying her half uncle. The children struggle to survive and ultimately the youngest boy Corey dies from arsenic poisoning. The book was banned in some places for its graphic scene of incest between the older brother and sister.
The movie was released in the 1987 starring Louise Fletcher as the grandmother Olivia Foxworth, and Kristy Swanson as Cathy Dollanganger. While most of this cast falls short, Fletcher is brilliant in this film and really captures the cruelty of the grandmother.
While the film is well shot and covers a lot of important information there are monumental differences. In the movie Chris and Cathy appear much older because they are only locked away for one year unlike the three and a half years in the novel. Cathy’s hair isn’t cut off but covered in tar, and they never meet their grandfather in the book. The biggest and most displeasing difference is the ending, which throws off the whole balance of the story. Their mother does not die at the end of book, and that is not the way the children escape.
All in all the movie was worth watching but you should READ IT
While the film is well shot and covers a lot of important information there are monumental differences. In the movie Chris and Cathy appear much older because they are only locked away for one year unlike the three and a half years in the novel. Cathy’s hair isn’t cut off but covered in tar, and they never meet their grandfather in the book. The biggest and most displeasing difference is the ending, which throws off the whole balance of the story. Their mother does not die at the end of book, and that is not the way the children escape.
All in all the movie was worth watching but you should READ IT
