Virginia C. Andrews Archives

Flowers in the Attic (1987)

Rating: ★

Jun 18, 2001Twisted Family Melodrama

Film adaptation of Virginia C. Andrews’ popular Gothic potboiler about a brother and sister who develop an incestuous relationship after being locked in the attic by their mother. Andrews’ turgid melodrama gets the screen adaptation it deserves

Director: Jeffrey Bloom

Actors: Kristy Swanson, Louise Fletcher, Victoria Tennant

Category: Horror

18 June 20016 February 2026 by Roog

Flowers in the Attic (2014)

Rating: ★

Mar 24, 2014Twisted Family Melodrama

TV movie remake of Virginia Andrews' best-selling Gothic melodrama about children imprisoned in an attic. Even if more faithful to the book, this is no better than the 1987 film

Director: Deborah Chow

Actors: Heather Graham, Ellen Burstyn, Kiernan Shipka, Maxwell Kovach

Category: Horror

24 March 20146 February 2026 by Roog

Petals on the Wind (2014)

Rating: ★

Feb 12, 2016Flowers in the Attic Sequel

Sequel to the Lifetime channel adaptation of Virginia C. Andrews' Flowers in the Attic. Andrews' prolific output of Gothic melodramas are really the horror equivalent of daytime soap operas. Though marginally better, this drowns in the same stultifying blandness as its predecessor

Director: Karen Moncrieff

Actors: Rose McIver, Heather Graham, Will Kemp, Ellen Burstyn, …

Category: Horror

12 February 201625 November 2019 by Roog