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Next of Kin


Australia / New Zealand - 1982
Directing by: Tony Williams
Writing: Michael Heath, Tony Williams
Cinematography: Gary Hansen
Music: Klaus Schulze
Produced by: Robert Le Tet
Cast: Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott, Gerda Nicolson…
International sales: Umbrella Entertainment

Legally restricted to persons over 12

Lenght : 89 min // Ratio : 1.85 // Format : dcp
Language : English // Subtitles : French



Linda's mother has passed away, leaving her a somewhat Victorian-style retirement home. The heiress arrives on the spot, finds her mother's diary, notices these lines: "There is something evil in this house, something that lives there and breathes the same air as us". Indeed, people start dying mysteriously.

Ever since Mark Hartley's documentary Not Quite Hollywood -devoted to Australian commercial cinema- had shown a few images of Next of Kin ten years ago, moviegoers dreamed of seeing a restored copy one day. Wishes come true now: feel free to contemplate the fusion between Ozploitation and fantastic Gothic style, with extra hushed atmosphere and traumatic slow motion scenes.