Next of Kin (1982 film)
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Director Tony Williams Initial release 1982 Music director Klaus Schulze Country Australia | 6.2/10 IMDb Duration Running time 1h 29m Genres Horror, Thriller, Mystery Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Michael Heath, Tony Williams Cast Jacki Kerin (Linda), John Jarratt (Barney), Alex Scott (Dr Barton), Gerda Nicolson (Connie), Charles McCallum (Lance), Bernadette Gibson (Rita / Mrs Ryan)Similar movies The Hunger Games: Catching Fire , Bloody Moon , A Serbian Film , Turkey Shoot , Salt , Southland Tales Tagline There is something evil in this house. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next of kin 1982
Next of Kin is a 1982 Australian horror film directed by Tony Williams.
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The screenplay is by Tony Williams and Michael Heath and starring Jacki Kerin and John Jarratt.
The film was featured in the documentary Not Quite Hollywood where it was praised by Quentin Tarantino.
Plot
Linda (Kerin) inherits a retirement home called Montclare, a foreboding but apparently harmless place. While on a trip home to settle her deceased mother's estate, strange deaths begin to occur in the home. Eventually, Linda uncovers her mother's diary, which details identical events that occurred twenty years earlier.
Cast
Reception
Despite no Rotten Tomatoes approval rating Next of Kin currently has a 62% audience score. The film's pacing and atmosphere have been compared to that of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining by Quentin Tarantino.
References
Next of Kin (1982 film) WikipediaNext of Kin (1982 film) IMDb Next of Kin (1982 film) themoviedb.org