Has anybody else watched this? Ok so I might be showing my age but I was a big fan of V.C Andrews books, specificly the Dollanganger Series and Casteel Series and Cutler Series. Even though it differs from the book quite a bit I always liked the 1987 movie gotta love Louise Fletcher.

So I just watched the lifetime remake and I'm a little on the fence about the movie. I liked it, it was a good retelling and did follow the book slightly closer but still differed some. This isn't a "OMGOSH its not like the book" thread but just a general question for those that have seen it. Just wondering what everybody thought, of those that have seen it or even those that may have seen the 1987 version.

I thought it was decent; Heather Graham always overacts a little, but I thought she was a good casting choice, and so was Ellen Burstyn as the grandmother. Though I thought they made that character less terrifying than I remember her in the novel.

I've never seen the first FitA movie, which everyone recommends because Louise Fletcher. But like you, I was a fan of the novels, and even more so of the Casteel series (not so much of the Cutlers, but I did like the first...Landry, I think, novel).

It was a good enough adaptation that I'll definitely catch the Petals on the Wind movie.

I absolutely loved the movies. I would like to go back and read the books sometime when I have the time to do so, but for now I'm pretty happy with the movie's. The original movie was good but the Lifetime remakes were really good as well. c:

Funnily enough, I actually made a challenge for this which I posted both on the sims 4 website and on my blog. I'm not sure if you're interested in challenges or not but it's an option for you to play it out. Lol. http://chepandia.weebly.com/

I'm still pretty shocked about the kids. D: The relationships are interesting though in some oddly messed up way. haha.