Question: There were rumors years ago that "Flowers in the Attic" was based on a true story. Is there any factual evidence to back this up?
Bishop73
20th Jun 2023
Flowers in the Attic (1987)
30th Nov 2016
Flowers in the Attic (1987)
Question: It's been established that the grandfather has no knowledge of Corrine's children. When they come across a copy of his will, it states that if it was ever discovered that Corrine had children from her first marriage, she would lose everything. Since he never knew he had grandchildren why was this clause ever added?
Answer: Because Connie and her husband were related (he was her uncle) and any children would be a product of incest. And if it was ever found out they had children, it would bring shame and disgrace to the family name.
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Answer: Short answer, possibly, but we'll never know to what extent if it was. The film is based on the novel written by Virginia Andrews (V.C. Andrews) in 1979. In her pitch to publishers, she said it was not truly fiction. Her claim is the story is based on the life story of a doctor she met when she was younger. The name of the doctor was never revealed. She also wrote sequels to the original book which would have most likely been complete fiction, and there was a prequel ghost-written that most certainly wouldn't have been based on true events.
Bishop73
Supposedly, the doctor told her that he and his siblings were locked in an attic for six years to preserve family wealth. This is according to "an unidentified relative" of VC Andrews. Source: Wikipedia. As you say, we will never know how much was true.