The Kindred

  • Horror
  • Science Fiction
1/9/1987
93
R

John's got a half brother... half human... half something else!

Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes etc. from her last experiment. She also blurts out he had a brother. At the funeral John meets Melissa, who claims to be his mother's biggest fan. Together with some of John's friends they go to Amanda's house, but none are prepared for what they find there.

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  • Wuchak

    A rural house on the coast of SoCal and the genetic mutations thereof

    A doctor in Los Angeles (David Allen Brooks) is instructed by his dying mother, a revolutionary geneticist, to destroy her work at the family homestead. So, he leads a team up there, but their stay is interrupted by some thing.

    "The Kindred" (1987) is similar in spirit to The Boogens from six years prior and the soon-to-come Slugs. It mixes HP Lovecraft with horror bits from Halloween, Alien and Jaws. For instance, theres an aged doctor in the periphery whos reminiscent of Donald Pleasences Dr. Loomis, just less noble (Rod Steiger). Its okay, but seems off somehow and therefore is the least of these, which explains its obscurity.

    The female cast is decent ...

    December 19, 2024

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