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Today I'll show you a Psychological Horror film: "Flowers in the Attic"
Spoiler ahead, watch out and take care
The movie begins with a family of six, living happily in their abode
The four children: Chris, Cathy, and the twins,
always surprise their father whenever he comes home from his business trips
One night, while the other children are asleep,
the father visits Cathy's room to prevent them from being jealous,
for he bought a jewelry box with installed music since Cathy loves dancing
Then one unfortunate day,
their family prepares a birthday celebration for the father, once he arrives
The doorbell rings, and what they see are police officers instead,
informing Corrine, their mother, that the father had died from an incident
The family of five is now forced to sell everything to survive,
and Corrine has no choice but to return to her wealthy parents,
who disowned and disinherited her for an unknown reason
So Corrine takes the train at night with her children to her parent's grand manor,
called Foxworth's Hall
On route, Corrine promises her children that
she plans to win back their grandfather's love to return the intended inheritance for her,
so her children can have all the riches in the world to make their dreams come true
The following day, Cathy shares with Chris that she never cares about their grandparents' wealth,
but only wants to be in their old house with memories of their father
They arrive in Foxworth's Hall soon, and the butler nonchalantly welcomes them at the doorstep
Corrine introduces the four children, but the butler remains unbothered and quiet
They enter the grand hall, and Corrine meets her mother,
who's strictly poised, puritanical, and cold towards her daughter and her grandchildren
The grandma then orders the butler to bring the family's baggage,
while the rest follow her to a room on the third floor
Upon arriving in the bedroom, the grandma immediately assigns the children's bed by gender
So Chris shall share one bed with the twin boy, while Cathy shares the other with the twin girl
the grandma cautions them to abide by her house rules
such as no whining, crying, running, shouting, or leaving the room
Apparently, the grandma always carries the Bible wherever she goes
Before Corrine leaves, she emotionally advises her children to behave and obey their grandma,
so she doesn't have to punish them
Corrine and the grandma leave the children's bedroom locked from the outside,
to prevent them from escaping
Chris maintains his positive outlook,
assuring his siblings that their grandma isn't mean as they seem;
but when he opens the curtains, they only see barred windows
The following day, the grandma brings food for the children,
including sandwiches, fried chickens, a pitcher of milk and juice, and four powder-sugar cookies
the grandma then reveals with the four children that they removed Corrine from the will,
because she married her father's half-brother
The four children are products of incest, which makes Corrine's first marriage unholy
the grandma disgustedly calls the four children "the devil's spawn,"
and that the grandfather knows nothing about the four children's existences,
so they need to hide in the room while he's still alive
At night, Cathy displays the music box in their bedroom,
when suddenly Corrine visits them along with the grandma
the grandma forces her to show them her 17 lashes on the back,
as punishment for each year she lived in sin from the incest with their father
the grandma tells them that she can give the four children food and shelter,
but never love and kindness
Afterward, Chris cleans his mother's wound lashes on her back,
and Corrine tells them that the years of happiness she had with their father,
are worth a hundred whippings
The grandfather is unaware of their existence,
so Corrine still has a chance to regain her inheritance from her father's fortune when he dies soon
Afterward, Corrine tells Chris and Cathy about the secret narrow stairway,
leading to an attic in their closet for them to create the twins' playroom
Afterward, Corrine leaves them alone, while Chris and Cathy change into their sleeping clothes
For Chris, their mother is just sad; but for Cathy, their mother is starting to change differently
The twins sleep in the same bed, making Cathy and Chris share another
The following day, the grandma brings the same set of meals to the children
The moment she leaves, the children grab food, and open the secret panel on the way to the attic
When suddenly, the grandma returns and warns them not to get caught
The days become weeks, and weeks become months;
and the four children fight against boredom and confinement
Cathy dresses up in gowns, and dances in front of the mirror
Chris reads books for he dreams of becoming a doctor,
and the twins make paper flowers to decorate the attic
Their only contact with air and sunlight is through a barred window
Meanwhile, Corrine continues to win back her father's love,
to the extent that her visits to the children become seldom to never
The children think something wrong must have happened to their mother,
so they begin planning an escape route to sneak past their grandma
In the attic, the twins wonder when they can play and enjoy outdoors,
but Cathy and Chris comfort them with a quote from the Bible
that they need to be patient and sacrifice,
so their mother can achieve their main plan
Later, Chris washes Cathy's back in the bathtub,
and they wonder if their mother must've been locked up by their grandma,
so she can never see them again
The following day, the grandma brings the same set of meals;
but upon arriving in the room, she catches Cathy and Chris sleeping in the same bed,
and assumes they're having an affair
So to punish them, the grandma destroys Cathy's jewelry box, causing Cathy to break down
It's night, and Cathy and Chris remove the loose bar in the attic's window to search for their mother
They climb to the rooftop, and use a rope to rappel down;
but a housekeeper opens the roof's lights, and dogs bark at them, so they climb up again
However, rain pours down, making the roof slippery and the rope to snap,
causing Chris to slip off the roof
The housekeeper almost catches them, but Chris manages to climb back up in time
The following day, Corrine in a beautiful dress, visits the children,
and the twins are delighted by her presence, while Cathy and Chris confront their mother instead
Cathy protests that the twins need time outside to be healthy again,
but Corrine insists their attempt to escape almost ruined her plan
Corrine adds that they have a choice:
to leave and have nothing, or stay a little longer for the grandfather's new will,
so they can have all the riches, since their grandfather only has less than a month to live
Chris sides with his mother, while Cathy walks away
Meanwhile, the twin boy obtains a pet mouse, and the attic's window is securely barred again
Once again, the grandma discovers Chris chatting with Cathy bare in a bathtub,
and calls them sinners
Chris then angrily chases her away for antagonizing their innocent chattery
At night, the twin boy goes to the attic to feed the mouse,
causing his siblings to panic, because they think the brother is missing
Fortunately, they eventually find him sleeping in a basket with the mouse in his hand,
because it escaped from its cage
Cathy then returns to their bedroom, but the grandma corners her, locks Chris in their closet,
and then mercilessly chops Cathy's beautiful long hair
The closet door eventually opens,
and Chris finds Cathy crying in the bathroom with a ragged hairstyle
So he re-styles her hair,
while Cathy angrily confesses her hatred to their mother for abandoning them
For weeks, the four children suffer from starvation due to their grandma's punishment
they turn pale, sick, and thin, especially the twin boy
So Chris cuts himself, and feeds him his blood to battle hunger
Afterward, Chris removes the bedroom's door hinges, so they can occasionally sneak out
During their forbidden expedition, they find their mother's grand bedroom filled with fancy jewelry
Chris calms Cathy,
saying that their mother must have an explanation for hiding all the wealth from them
Then they see the grandfather sleeping in his bedroom,
whom they assume is dead, so they approach him
But suddenly, the grandfather hugs them both, and mistakes Cathy for Corrine
Cathy screams and runs away with Chris to return to their bedroom,
but the butler catches and effortlessly follows them
The two siblings return to their bedroom in time, and catch their breath in the bathroom
Cathy then asks Chris what he thinks of their mother after seeing her luxurious room
Unfortunately, Chris continues to defend their mother,
while Cathy curses upon their mother's betrayal
Desperate to leave, Cathy convinces Chris to escape and live on their own,
because their mother has become obsessed with money
but Chris doubts his capability to support them and still trusts their mother
The following day, the four children finally get to eat the same meal again
Months passed and it's finally winter
The four children gather in the attic, and the twins are severely sick with evident symptoms
Suddenly, Corrine visits them bearing good news:
the grandfather's lawyer, will finally include Corrine in the grandfather's will tomorrow;
and tonight, there's an organized party dedicated to Corrine, as they reintroduce her to the society
Despite the purposely good news,
Cathy and Chris furiously confront their mother for the neglect of her duties
The children treat the attic as a prison now,
and no amount of gifts can suffice the days that she abandoned them
Chris reminds his mother of his unconditional love for her,
and Cathy is only fighting for their right to have a peaceful life with their mother
However, Corrine thinks that they're disrespecting her
So she emotionally walks out, despite knowing her children's hardships and illness
Once again, Chris and Cathy sneak out,
and see their mother enjoying the party with her fiancé, the same lawyer
Upon seeing such betrayal, Chris breaks down and hugs Cathy in the attic
The following day, the grandma finds the children gathering around a severely ill twin boy
So she instructs Corrine, who coldly approaches her children, to bring the twin boy to the hospital
The siblings then wait for an update on the twin boy's health status
Later, Corrine visits her children,
and apathetically breaks the news that
their little brother had died from pneumonia despite the doctors' attempt to save him
And to maintain their secrecy, there's no funeral service given to the twin boy,
who's hastily buried near the manor
Outside, the housekeeper strangely digs not one, but four graves
Meanwhile, the pet mouse dies from eating the powder-sugared cookie the twin boy left behind
Chris then discovers something sinister
He shares with Cathy that their little brother and his pet mouse died from arsenic poisoning,
mixed in the powdered sugar cookies they have been eating for months
Since they learn that they're no longer safe in the manor and assume it's their grandma's doing,
Chris sneaks out again that night to steal jewelry, so they can have money once they get out
However, he catches his mother lovingly spending time with the lawyer,
and learns their wedding is scheduled tomorrow
he recounts to Cathy what he saw
So they plan to wear fancy clothes to blend with the guests,
and then escape through the front door during the wedding
The following day, the truth prevails
All this time, it's Corrine who's coating the cookies with poison-powdered sugar
the grandma then delivers the meal to the children, but unexpectedly finds their bedroom empty
Suddenly, Chris smacks the grandma's head with a bedpost, rendering her unconscious
Chris wants to beat up the grandma, but Cathy stops him
They're about to escape,
but Cathy determinedly doesn't want their mother to inherit the riches
after all the transgressions she did to them;
so she convinces Chris to tell the truth to their grandfather
However, they see their grandfather is no longer alive due to the dismantled bed
Then they read from the late grandfather's two-month-old written will,
that their mother will still be disinherited once the people find out
she conceived children from her first marriage
Apparently, their mother never intended for the children to leave the attic,
in order to secure her inheritance
The movie ends with the three siblings crashing their mother's wedding with the lawyer
They expose to everyone that they're her children; but Corrine shamelessly disowns them
Then they harshly rebuke their mother for holding them captive in the attic,
for murdering her own child by feeding them poisoned cookies,
and for attempting to eliminate them to secure her wealth
Chris represents the grandfather's will and the dead pet mouse
as evidence to strengthen their accusation;
but Corrine denies all of them
So Cathy tries to shove the poisoned cookie into her mother until they reach the balcony
Fortunately, Corrine never gets the inheritance as she falls off the balcony,
and dies after being hanged by her own veil
Afterward, the children forever leave the mansion, never wanting to return
Then an older Cathy narrates that they survived on their own,
because she's dancing again while Chris became a doctor
She also wonders if their grandma is still alive, who's waiting for their return
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