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[[File:Kindred 1987film.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Anthony attacks! Scene from ''The Kindred (1987 film)''....]]

''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.

==Details==

* Release Date: 1987
* Country/Language: US, English
* Genres/Technical: Horror (body horror), Science Fiction, Thriller
* Runtime: 1 hr 31 min
* Starring: Rod Steiger, Kim Hunter, David Allen Brooks
* Director: Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow
* Writer: Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow
* Producer/Production Co: Kindred Limited Partnership
* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPIKZP5Pdug link])

==Ratings==
===[http://www.mpaa.org/film-ratings/ MPAA Ratings]===

* Rated: R (Violence)

===Tentacle Ratings===
A rough [[Tentacle Ratings|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 Monster]]s....

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

===Reviews===

Review Links:
* The Black Saint at Horror News dotnet, ([http://horrornews.net/53555/film-review-the-kindred-1987/ 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...."

==Synopsis==

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

===Comments, Trivia, Dedication===


===Associated Mythos Elements===
* race: [[Tentacle Monster]]
* race: [[Deep One]]
* film: compare to ''[[Baby Blood (1990 franchise)]]'', ''[[Octaman (1971 film)]]'', ''[[Species (1995 franchise)]]'', and ''[[Splice (2009 film)]]''
* TO DO

===Keeper Notes===


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 * David Brook at Blueprint Review (2.5/5 Stars) ([http://blueprintreview.co.uk/2011/11/weekend-of-trash-vi/ 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! ([http://hiitsburl.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/burl-reviews-kindred-1987.html 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) ([http://moria.co.nz/horror/kindred.htm link]) - "The Kindred is a passably efficient example of the mid-1980s post-[[http://www.yog-sothoth.com/wiki/index.php/Alien_(1979_franchise)|Alien (1979)]], post-[[Re-Animator (1985 franchise)|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..."
+* Richard Scheib at The Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review (2/5 Stars) ([http://moria.co.nz/horror/kindred.htm link]) - "The Kindred is a passably efficient example of the mid-1980s post-[[Alien_(1979_franchise)|Alien (1979)]], post-[[Re-Animator (1985 franchise)|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..."
 ==Synopsis==

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 Review Links:
 * The Black Saint at Horror News dotnet, ([http://horrornews.net/53555/film-review-the-kindred-1987/ 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) ([http://blueprintreview.co.uk/2011/11/weekend-of-trash-vi/ 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..."
 ==Synopsis==

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 * Producer/Production Co:  Kindred Limited Partnership
 * View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPIKZP5Pdug link])
 ==Ratings==