The Attic (1980)
A librarian devotes her life to caring for her wheelchair-bound tyrannical father after being stood up at altar. She fantasizes his death and finds joy only with her pet monkey. When the monkey disappears, a shocking past is revealed.
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Very Cool!!!
One of my all time favorites.
I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film
Was sad to hear that Carrie Snodgress passed away. While waiting for a liver transplant. Wonder if she had a drinking problem like Louise. Anyways, that sucks. I loved her in "The Attic." I was kinda hoping for a remake of The Attic. Alot of people did not like this movie, but I thought it was great. Ray Milland and Carrie were great. Gotta love Dickey! But it is what it is...rest in peace Carrie!
THE ATTIC starts off well. The somewhat dreary story is helped greatly by the two main actors and there's a semblance of a character study going on here but the film goes downhill fast when Carrie Snodgress' character buys a monkey. Not one of those cute little monkeys. She buys a real big chimpanzee!!!This sudden plot device basically kills the movie. It's just not conceivable for a woman like the one Snodgress plays, who has a hard time doing anything because of her domineering father, for her to, out of the blue, buy a chimpanzee. I mean, come on! Forget about it!
and just about everyone else who posted. i was bored off my a**!!!now i'm a MAJOR "b" horror fan and i love thrillers and 60s phycho-thrillers (and this tripe tries to do all three genres) but this was truly awful. now, if I say it's awful... you KNOW it's gotta be bad. i even gave it three (yes three) tries and i still have not finished all the way through - i keep dozing off!i got this on a double dvd with crawlspace (1986 w/ that wonderful madman klaus kinski!!) and THAT was worth the 7 bucks i paid. sad to say that although ray miland was wonderfully disturbing as the nasty, selfish father, the attic will probably never get played again...
A lonely librarian (Snodgress) spends her life attending to her crippled, and slightly insane father (Milland) who keeps her subservient to his will. A couple of fantasy scenes where she imagines murdering him in a variety of ways are the only break in the dullness that is this film. A hammy performance from Milland and an over the top performance from Snodress lead to a slightly shocking climax that is too little too late to save this stinker.