The Kindred (film)
5.8 /10 1 Votes
Country United States | 5.6/10 IMDb Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Jeffrey Obrow
Stephen Carpenter Release date January 9, 1987 (1987-01-09) Writer Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow, John Penney, Earl Ghaffari, Joseph Stefano Tagline John's got a half brother... half human... half something else! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Kindred is a 1987 American horror film directed by Jeffrey Obrow and Stephen Carpenter. Obrow also produced the film and co-wrote it along with Carpenter, Earl Ghaffari and John Penney. The film stars David Allen Brooks, Amanda Pays and Rod Steiger. It was released on January 9, 1987 and grossed just over $2 million.
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Plot
Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes 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: his monstrous, tentacled baby brother. Now he has to get to his mother's greatest advancement in Human Evolution before a mad scientist gets to him first.
Cast
Production
Principal Photography began and wrapped in California, United States.
Release
The film received a limited release in New York City on January 9, 1987, however the film had a theatrical release on July 16, 1987, in Australia.
Currently, there has been no official DVD or Blu-Ray release for the film, and the film only exists on VHS. After over a decade of work and legal tangles, Synapse Films announced in September 2017 that it is scheduled to release the film on Blu-Ray.
Reception
Currently on Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 44% audience score with an average rating of 3.1/5 based on 632 reviews.
References
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