The Kindred (1987)
John's got a half brother... half human... half something else!
Director: Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow · Writers: John Penney, Joseph Stefano, Jeffrey Obrow, Stephen Carpenter
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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Director
Stephen Carpenter
Cast
David Allen Brooks
John Hollins 
Rod Steiger
Dr. Phillip Lloyd 
Amanda Pays
Melissa Leftridge 
Talia Balsam
Sharon Raymond 
Kim Hunter
Amanda Hollins 
Timothy Gibbs
Hart Phillips 
Peter Frechette
Brad Baxter 
Julia Montgomery
Cindy Russell 
Bunky Jones
Nell Valentine (as Bunki Z)
Charles Grueber
Harry 
Bennet Guillory
Dr. Stone
Edgar Small
Dr. Larson User Reviews (1)
**_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, there’s an aged doctor in the periphery who’s reminiscent of Donald Pleasence’s Dr. Loomis, just less noble (Rod Steiger). It’s okay, but seems off somehow and therefore is the least of these, which explains its obscurity. The female cast is decent with Talia Balsam (Sharon), Amanda Pays (Melissa) and Julia Montgomery (Cindy), but the director evidentl…
