A scientist discovers that he isn't an only child in this effects-laden creature feature whose cast includes screen veterans Kim Hunter and Rod Steiger among a host of other, less well-known performers. John Hollins (David Allen Brooks) is delighted to learn that his geneticist mother, Amanda ...more
MPAA Rating: R | Year: 1987 | Running Time: 92 minutes
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Like any number of mid-level science fiction and horror exercises, The Kindred is more notable for its visual effects and gothic trappings than for its characters or its ability to deliver a mood as creepy as its ideas. The notion that one's long-lost sibling could be a slime-covered sea monster or that a sexy scientist could hide gills underneath her alluring bustline gives The Kindred a fantastical and frightening appeal -- especially given the special effects team's better than average ...more
- David Allen Brooks - John Hollins
- Rod Steiger - Dr. Phillip Lloyd
- Amanda Pays - Melissa Leftridge
- Talia Balsam - Sharon Raymond
- Kim Hunter - Amanda Hollins
- Jim Boeke - Jackson
- John Farmer - Minister
- Charles Grueber - Harry
- Michael Shawn McCracken - Full-Sized Anthony
- Ben Perry - Porsche Driver
- Edgar Small - Dr. Larson
- Randy Harrington - Paramedic
- Betty Freeman - Nurse
- Steve Conte - Orderly
- Jeffrey Obrow - Director
- Stephen W. Carpenter - Director
- Joel Freeman - Executive Producer
- Jeffrey Obrow - Producer
- Joseph Stefano - Screenwriter
- John Penney - Screenwriter
- Jeffrey Obrow - Screenwriter
- Earl Ghaffari - Screenwriter
- Stephen W. Carpenter - Screenwriter
- Becky Block - Art Director
- Diane Nabatoff - Associate Producer
- Denise Chamian - Casting
- Jane Jenkins - Casting
- Janet Hirshenson - Casting







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