Flowers in the Attic

When I read about CineTv's writing contest about movie villains, I had to think long and hard which movie villain to choose from. The usual suspects like Loki, Freddie Krueger, Darth Vader, Agent Smith, The Joker, etcetera came to mind.

But I had to dig deeper into my memory, because some of these villains I actually liked because of either their backstories, the way they were written or because of the actor portraying the character. That's when I remembered a character so villainous, that whenever I would see the actress in another role, I would still be disgusted watching her, even if she was the complete opposite in another movie.

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If you don't know from the pictures by now, it's Corinne Dollanganger from the movie Flowers in the Attic (FLA), that's been adapted from Virginia Andrews' novel of the same name. The obvious villain in FLA would've been Corinne's mother Olivia Foxworth, because of her onset cold attitude and mean demeanor toward Corinne's children - known as the Dollanganger dolls - while Corinne was known as a loving and caring mother to her kids.

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But as the story progresses and the children are experiencing more and more abuse and neglect by the hand of their grandmother Olivia and their mother's visits becoming less and less, that's when trust in their mother Corinne begins to fade and realizing that her promises and plans were empty stories to keep the kids from rioting.

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And because of Corinne's deceit, lies and the part she played in the death of her two youngest children made her truly despicable. Where was her motherly, warm and loving instinct? A mother should protect her child at all costs and while she pretended to be that person to her kids, along the way her selfish and vain nature began to seep in.

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The 180-turn of Corinne is what makes her the most villainous character juxtaposed to Olivia, who showed who she was from the very start. While Corinne wanted to be seen as a loving mother, her actions proved otherwise. But what do you think? Let me know in the comments below 🤓.

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"Flowers in the attic" is the very embodiment, of the word sin. The world of the rich and everything they experience. There are countless such films because it is these experiences that forge a person in real life or movie life. And what could be better than doing it on film? Andrews was one of the authors who managed to describe to the smallest detail, human experiences. Most of her books are based on real stories and that is what makes them so unique and personal to her, and the adaptations so real. They give a voice to those who cannot be heard or are simply afraid. "Flowers in the attic" is one gloomier world of love, wealth, and family values. If you like family dramas, this is definitely for you. We see a set full of torture, the true face of greed, and the irreplaceable love of the family. The mother was rejected by her family because of one of the most horrible sins, love for a relative. But this is something beautiful ... That's right, but love itself, mixed with more intimate feelings, makes it just as scary. The irresistible force of poverty motivates her to return to where she came from. Your family. Together with her children, "offspring" of her family love, she returns to that terrible world in which family values are much stronger than wealth. Locked up in the attic, the children experience the severe lack of a family figure, a mother who in turn is ready for anything, to feel the taste of luxury and wealth again. Even at the cost of her family. It is the things that, so many years ago, she was rejected by her family the children are experiencing. The sins of parents are passed on to children. Oedipus complex, brother and sister complex. The only closeness they feel is their own, with each other. And for closed children who are just entering puberty and enduring all this, and the rejection by their native mother, this leads to a repetition of history. We live to repeat the past, we long for the future, but we do not look at the present. Brother and sister. This is not so horrible if you think about it. What is horrifying is what one has gone through to get to this point. In real life, it could be the death of a family member, drugs, or something completely different. The factors are innumerable. But the strongest factor - greed plays a much more important role in the film series. Greed blinds the mother to such an extent that she is ready to kill. It is all these things that forge the future destinies of children and everything that follows in the series. A gothic version of real-life filled with all of the deadly sins and something darker and unknown even for us. The most horrifying thing, the true human nature. There is nothing more horrifying than that.

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When I read about CineTv's writing contest about movie villains, I had to think long and hard which movie villain to choose from. The usual suspects like Loki, Freddie Krueger, Darth Vader, Agent Smith, The Joker, etcetera came to mind.

The 180-turn of Corinne is what makes her the most villainous character juxtaposed to Olivia, who showed who she was from the very start. While Corinne wanted to be seen as a loving mother, her actions proved otherwise. But what do you think? Let me know in the comments below 🤓.

Also interested in partaking in this contest? Check out this link for more information:

Chasse into the backstage! 💃

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