The movie is a loosely based true story involving writer V.C. Andrews and an acquaintance she once knew. The original movie debuted in 1987 starring Louise Fletcher and Victoria Tennant. "Flowers In The Attic" follows a family of four children who are taken to their grandmother's home and locked in an attic. The 1987 version was an eerie story with creepy music playing in the background as we witnessed a dazed-looking mother who has forgotten about her four children who are being mistreated by their grandmother upstairs. The true story is actually a "fictionalized account of a true story," according to a pitch letter written by Virginia Andrews, found at completevca.com. The idea for the...
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