PETALS ON THE WIND (2014)

It's been ten years since the events of Flowers in the Attic, and "perfect" siblings Christopher (Wyatt Nash), Cathy (Rose McIver), and Carrie (Bailey Buntain) Dollanganger are mourning the death of their guardian, Dr. Sheffield, who took them in soon after they escaped the attic.  Determined to forge a career in ballet, Cathy enters into a relationship with a volatile principal dancer in New York, who gets her into his company there - even as the darkness of their past (and rich-bitch mother) still haunt them, payback always hovering in the back of Cathy's mind.  Packed with as much melodrama, over-the-top story, and the siblings-who-are-more-than-siblings Ick Factor you'd expect if you've read the novel (even with major book-to-film plot changes), POTW definitely benefits from the recasting of McIver (Nash was good as well, though I was sorry to see Mason Dye go), the sequel much more fun to watch than Flowers.  Definitely "guilty pleasure" material ... though what the hell was with having so little Ellen Burstyn in this one?! (TV-14)  ***

PETALS ON THE WIND trailer