The Attic is a 1980 American psychological horror drama film directed by George Edwards and starring Carrie Snodgress and Ray Milland.

Since her fiancé, Robert, disappeared the day before their wedding nineteen years ago, Louise has devoted herself to caring for her infirm, abusive father Wendell, who is confined to a wheelchair.

After suffering a nervous breakdown and starting a fire inside the library, Louise resigns from her position, and begins training her younger incoming replacement, Emily Perkins.

The next morning, Louise purchases a plane ticket to Los Angeles for Emily, and mails it to her at the library with a note.

In a fit of rage, Louise pushes Wendell down the hill, inadvertently killing him when he smashes his head against a rock.

Louise flees back home to gather her belongings, and searches the house for her father's hidden cache of money, intending to run away.