

The Kindred
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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- English
- monster
- experiment
- genetics
- mutant
- halloween
- gore
- laboratory
- creature
- scientist
- death of mother
- human experiment
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalR9 Jan 1987
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1819 Jun 1987
CanadaCA
- Theatrical30 Jan 1987
GermanyDE
- Physical18VHS, VCL / Virgin31 Oct 1987
SpainES
- Theatrical1827 Aug 1987
SwedenSE
- Theatrical29 May 1987
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The Kindred was released on 9 January 1987.
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Wuchak
12/19/2024
**_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.”…
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