Next of Kin (1982 film)

Next of Kin
Directed by Tony Williams
Written by Tony Williams
Michael Heath
Starring Jacki Kerin
John Jarratt
Music by Klaus Schulze
Country Australia
Language English
Box office A$228,251[1]

Next of Kin is an Australian horror film directed by Tony Williams from a screenplay by Williams and Michael Heath, and starring Jacki Kerin and John Jarratt.[2]

The movie featured in the documentary Not Quite Hollywood where it was praised by Quentin Tarantino.

Plot

Linda (Kerin) inherits a retirement home called Montclare, a foreboding but apparently harmless place. While on a trip home to settle her deceased mother's estate, strange deaths begin to occur in the home. Eventually, Linda uncovers her mother's diary, which details identical events that occurred twenty years earlier.

Reception

Despite no Rotten Tomatoes approval rating as of today, Next of Kin currently has a 62% audience score. The film's pacing and atmosphere have been compared to that of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.

Super Reviewer Alex Roy called it a "brilliant Australian Supernatural haunted house horror film effectively directed by Tony Williams. This is an eerie and splendidly chilling movie that relies on a good cast of actors including renowned Aussie actor John Jarratt and Jackie Kerin." Super Reviewer Ken Stachnik stated that "while the film has it's [sic] flaws, it's [sic] use of atmosphere is unbelievable. Great elegant cinematography and really amazing slo-mo."

Accolades

Award Category Subject Result
AACTA Award
(1982 Australian Film Institute Awards)		 Best Editing Max Lemon Nominated
Mystfest Special Mention Tony Williams Won
Sitges Film Festival Clavell de Plata Daurada for Best Director Won

References

  1. ↑ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" Film Victoria accessed 14 November 2012
  2. ↑ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p300

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