Flowers In the Attic
Movie • 1987 • Drama
ReportAfter the death of her husband, a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge, decrepit old mansion. However, the kids are kept hidden in a room just below the attic, visited only by their mother who becomes less and less concerned about them and their failing health, and more concerned about herself and the inheritence she plans to win back from her dying father.
This movie contains 25 potentially triggering events.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Implied grooming by family members.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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UnaBievi
The mother of the children grew up in an abusive household and she forgave their grandmother for being abusive.
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A woman beats her adult daughter with a whip. We do not see the beating happen, though it is strongly implied and we later see its aftereffects.
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The mother was abused by her mother and then goes on to abuse/neglect the children
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Child abuse and neglect is a MAJOR theme of the entire film. Throughout the film, children are shown suffering violent physical and emotional abuse.
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Is there a dead animal?
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A mouse.
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Are there spiders?
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I didn't see a single spider in the movie. Tons of webs, but no bugs.
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Are there bugs?
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Snails are mentioned.
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Is someone tortured?
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One of the characters gets punished by whipping.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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A woman falls over a railing. Her clothes catch on an awning, and she dies by hanging. We see only her still feet dangling over the ground.
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Does a kid die?
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The younger son died
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SPOILERS! the father of the four kids dies
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Is there a shower scene?
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There are several scenes in which a young girl is shown taking a bath. Nudity is implied but never shown. Her fully-clothed brother sometimes sits beside the tub and talks to her as she bathes. At one point while the two are doing this, the antagonist appears unexpectedly and startles them.
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Does someone vomit?
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A child states that he has to throw up. He runs to the bathroom, and we hear the sound of a toilet seat being put up, followed by retching. Other character discuss that they, too, have been vomiting a lot lately.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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An old man is stated to be very ill and on the verge of death. We see him briefly in a large bed with some medical equipment and a nurse attending him.
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A boy draws a straight razor across his own inner arm. Blood and a long cut is shown. While the cutting is in the context of a survival situation (the children are starving, and the boy plans to feed his blood to his younger, weaker siblings), it may be triggering to sensitive or recovering viewers.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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The majority of the film takes place in a single locked room and an attic where the main characters are kept prisoner. While they suffer the effects of confinement, nothing is presented as an effect of claustrophobia.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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The main characters are deprived of food for many days and are shown looking gaunt, pale, and sickly, which may trigger sensitive persons. However, they are clearly not starving themselves as a result of an eating disorder.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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The nude scenes never show anything, but there is implied nudity. The scenes are not sexual in nature nor are private parts shown. The scenes are implied nudity while a character is in the bath
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The mother and father are half uncle and niece. In the book, one of the most well known parts is the incestuous relationship between the two older siblings, however in this film it is downgraded to just subtext. You'll likely still pick up on it if you're familiar with the original novel.
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Is there sexual content?
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While there is no explicit sexual content, sexuality is discussed and condemned using strong religious language (sin" and "evil"). The two older children are falsely accused of being in an incestuous relationship.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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It has a very bittersweet ending
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Does a car crash?
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A man dies in a car crash, but the event takes place off-screen; we only hear that it happened.
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Is there blood/gore?
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A woman is brutally whipped. We see numerous bloody lashmarks on her back afterwards.
In one scene, a boy cuts his arm; blood is shown briefly.
In one scene, a boy cuts his arm; blood is shown briefly.
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