The Kindred (1987 film)

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The Kindred, AKA Anthony, (1987)

Summary

"John's got a half brother: half human... half something else!" A scientist's son inherits the slimy results of her misguided genetic experiments.

A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:

S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)

Not much "Lovecraftian" going on here, it seems, beyond some Tentacle Monsters....

Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.

Review Links:

The Black Saint at Horror News dotnet, (link) - "...Trust me when I say 'You’ve seen this all before'. The difference here is that The Kindred is actually pretty good, in an extremely stupid way... it is a fairly straightforward exercise in sci-fi/horror... where the film really shines is in the special effects department... a fair little movie that has been sadly underseen...."
David Brook at Blueprint Review (2.5/5 Stars) (link) - "It's a very dumb film and it's ropey script makes for a rocky first half, but it actually picks up later on and became quite a fun watch. ... The practical monster and mutation effects aren't realistic, but they're pretty damn cool at times..."
Burl Cummings at Ha ha it's Burl! (link) - "This movie might have been a small classic of the era... if only it had a little more energy and humor ...but there’s a sluggishness to it, and a sense of wasted potential!"
Richard Scheib at The Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review (2/5 Stars) (link) - "The Kindred is a passably efficient example of the mid-1980s post-Alien (1979), post-Re-Animator (1985) horror film. It has largely been construed around a series of makeup effects. These effects are particularly good... Unfortunately, the film fails to keep bottled a considerable sense of the ridiculous..."

Spoiler Section (Highlight to Read)

A scientist's son inherits the slimy results of her misguided genetic experiments.

This film reportedly had two "unrelated sequels", but I have been unable to identify what these sequels might have been called/about, or to verify that they ever existed.