The Attic (1980)

Director:

George Edwards

Writers:

Tony Crechales (writer)
George Edwards (writer)

Release Date:

October 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller | Horror

Tagline:

13 steps to TERROR!

Plot:

Woman librarian devotes life to caring for wheelchair-bound tyrannical father after being stood up at altar...

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Tyrant | Mental Illness | Female Masturbation | Discovery

Cast

Carrie Snodgress	...	Louise Elmore
Ray Milland	...	Wendell
Ruth Cox	...	Emily
Rosemary Murphy	...	Mrs. Perkins
Frances Bay	...	Librarian
Fern Barry	...	Mrs. Mooney
Marjorie Eaton	...	Mrs. Fowler
Dick Welsbacher	...	Missing Persons Agent
Joyce Cavarozzi	...	Secretary
Michael Ray Rhodes	...	Sailor (as Michael Rhodes)
Ron Luce	...	Young Robert
Phil Speary	...	Travel Agent
Patrick Brennan	...	David Perkins
Mark Andrews	...	Marty, Gardener
Terry Troutt	...	Donald

Runtime:

101 min | UK:91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Norway:15 | UK:18 | USA:PG | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Wichita, Kansas, USA

Trivia:

The characters Louise and her wheelchair-bound father previously appeared in The Killing Kind (1973), which was also written by Tony Crechales and George Edwards.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Louise pushes her father, played by Ray Milland down the hill, you can see that Milland's stunt double looks nothing like him. He is a man with brown hair and a beard, when Milland was completely bald in the film.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Rate It X (1986)

Soundtrack:

Who Cares

good, interesting, but probably too long and slow for many

Carrie Snodgrass plays Witchita librarian Louise, who has worked at the library for 19 years, ever since her fiancée disappeared the day of their wedding. His disappearance was never solved and Louise has led a drab life, working at the library and taking care of her invalid father (Ray Milland). Now the time is coming when she's retiring from the library and she's training her replacement, a young lady who actually becomes friends with her although Louise is prepared to hate her. As the movie goes on Louise reveals things about herself and she seems to be so under her father's thumb that she never does much of anything. She does get laid with someone she picked up at the movies though. Oh, and she drinks, and apparently almost burned the library down once. Anyway, Louise sees a monkey in a pet store window and adopts it, but her father of course doesn't like it and it magically disappears. Sort of like.....? Hm, nah, couldn't happen. Anyway as the film goes along more things are revealed that I can't reveal because they'd ruin it for anyone who would like to watch this but let's just say a few questions were answered. Overall this is rather long and slow, but stick with it, if you can, it's worth it. And don't make the mistake of thinking this is a horror flick because it's not really that either. More of a character study, I guess one could call it, and a pretty decent one too. Can't really think of anything to compare it to but while it's not exactly my cup of tea I thought it was pretty well done and interesting, despite the pacing. 7 out of 10.