The Attic

1980 "13 steps to TERROR!"
5.6| 1h41m| PG| en
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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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ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
Winifred The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.
euro4569 This film I found to be very dark and disturbing and yes at times, rather nasty, although the nastiness is implied, not really on screen (no gore but the thought of a middle aged woman masturbating really plays with you). This movie was dark for all the right reasons and really is a good story if you don't mind being left chilled. This movie really isn't a horror film but it really shouldn't be watched right before going to sleep or if YOU yourself is rather depressed. It will play with you. But, it was a good thought provoking and disturbing movie. I am wondering if this film was a made for television film or perhaps just made to look dark and grainy for the right reasons. Excellent film making.
suspiria10 Louise is a poor lonely middle-aged librarian prone to odd behavior, outrageous daydreams and suicide attempts. For the last 19 years she has taking care of her abusive wheelchair bound father and hopes beyond hope that her fiancée, who seemingly stood her up at the altar, returns to take her away. I thought that the story was interesting and in many ways parallels Psycho, there's even a nod in the movie. The acting is passable and the leads seem to mesh well. The direction is a bit plain and simple with little or no pizzazz. The biggest drawback is the music. Half the time the music distracts you away from the scene and the rest of the time it lulls you to sleep. Dig that crazy chimp music. The editing draws many of the scenes out for far too long. I kept thinking to myself that the story interested me but the script needed to be fleshed out some more and a bit of the fat trimmed coupled with a decent music score and a little vision, they could have pulled off something interesting.I even liked the obvious twists. Remake anyone?
Michael_Jones27 Plot is a little slow Storyline varies too much, too many scenes that have nothing to do with the actual story. Some of the acting is not that great, but this is a 70's movie so it's about par for the course. Not too bad of a movie overall...
Cemetery Man 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.