The Attic (1980 film)

The Attic is a 1980 American horror-thriller film directed by George Edwards and starring Carrie Snodgress and Ray Milland.[1]

The Attic
Directed byGeorge Edwards
Written byTony Crechales
George Edwards
Mel Edelstein
Produced byRay Dryden
Robert H. Becker
StarringCarrie Snodgress
Ray Milland
Ruth Cox
Frances Bay
CinematographyGary Graver
Edited byDerek Parsons
Music byHod David Schudson
Production
companies
Forum Productions
Attic Associates
Distributed byAtlantic Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • October 6, 1980 (1980-10-06)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Louise, a librarian, devotes her life to caring for her old, controlling, wheelchair-ridden father, Wendel after her fiancé, Robert, disappears the night before their wedding. She fantasizes about her father's death, and only finds joy with Emily–a fellow librarian who is being trained as Louise's replacement (Louise is being fired for attempting to burn down the library)–and a pet monkey (who Louise names Dickie) that Emily buys for Louise. While wheeling her father up a hill at a local park one Sunday afternoon, Wendel's wheelchair tips over, and he falls out. Wendel reflexively picks himself up and it is revealed he was never disabled to begin with, and he lied to Louise all this time in order to enslave her to him. In a fit of rage, Louise pushes Wendel down the hill and he is killed when his head hits a rock. Louise then runs home to gather her few belongings, and some of her father's money hoping to run away. While searching her father's belongings, she comes across a key to the attic, which has long been boarded up. She enters the attic that night, gets locked inside, and discovers that Dickie and her fiancé, Robert, have both been killed by her father and placed in the attic.

Cast

Reception

Critical reception for The Attic has been mixed. TV Guide awarded the film 2 / 4 stars calling it "A fair psychological thriller".[2]

Release

The film was released on VHS in October 1985 by CBS/Fox Video on its 'Key Video' logo and on DVD by MGM on August 27, 2002 as a double feature with Crawlspace.[3]

References
  1. Hal Erickson. "The Attic". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013.
  2. "The Attic Review". TV Guide.com. TV Guide. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  3. "The Attic (1980) - Releases". AllMovie. Retrieved August 23, 2021.


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