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A Balasaur Score of 43 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 18%, Metacritic 25/100. Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,357 1980s drama movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
After 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.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes18%
Metacritic25/100
Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do.
221 audience votes
Key crew
- Jeffrey BloomDirector
- Jeffrey BloomScreenplay
- Christopher YoungOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Louise FletcherOlivia Foxworth
- Victoria TennantCorrine Dollanganger
- Kristy SwansonCathy Dollanganger
- Jeb Stuart AdamsChris Dollanganger
- Ben Ryan GangerCory
- Lindsay ParkerCarrie
- Nathan DavisGrandfather
- Gus PetersCaretaker
- Bruce NeckelsWedding Minister
- Marshall ColtFather
- Alex KobaJohn, the Butler
- Leonard MannBart Winslow
Stills
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Themes
cruelty