The Kindred

About The Kindred

Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes etc. from her last experiment.

The Kindred is a 1987 horror science fiction film directed by Jeffrey Obrow and Stephen Carpenter. Released in January 1987, it runs 93 minutes.

The film is filed under scientist, experiment, mutant, and death of mother.

David Allen Brooks appears as John Hollins, Rod Steiger as Dr. Phillip Lloyd, Amanda Pays as Melissa Leftridge, and Talia Balsam as Sharon Raymond. The screenplay is by Earl Ghaffari and Jeffrey Obrow. In the United States it streams on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, and AMC Plus Apple TV channel.

The Fly, Young Frankenstein, and Gremlins 2: The New Batch make useful companions to The Kindred, all filed under creature and halloween. TMDB voters put it at 6.0 out of 10 across 83 votes and it carries a R rating.