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New Zealand. Language. English. Box office. A$228,251 [1] Next of Kin is a 1982 psychological horror film co-written and directed by Tony Williams, and starring Jackie Kerin and John Jarratt. [2][3][4] The film was featured in the documentary Not Quite Hollywood where it was praised by Quentin Tarantino. [5]
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Made as an opportunity to capitalise on the popular Ozploitation wave of the time, Next of Kin is an anomaly, both in its aesthetics and its distribution history. Despite featuring the same level of blood, boobs and car crashes that characterised its fellow genre contemporaries, Tony Williams’ (a prolific television commercial director) European in...
The comparison to The Shining is apt, as New Zealand director Tony Williams, in his second (and as of today, final) film focuses on atmosphere and aesthetics over character and story; despite being our main character, Linda is kept just as evasive and distant as the residents around her. She’s more of a conduit to allow the scares to happen, rather...
The film did actually receive theatrical distribution in Australia in 1982 – which scored it a Best Editing nomination at the AFI Awards that year – but largely disappeared from the public and cinematic consciousness after that. A tragic death of the film’s main financier near the end of production majorly disrupted their traditional distribution p...
As an Australian film enthusiast, it warms my heart to see lost Australian genre titles being revived with such care and dedication. It welcomes a future where other films that are currently stuck in the forgotten format of VHS could potentially have a future in this new era of old school genre appreciation. Next of Kin is more than just a simple c...
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Next of Kin: Directed by Tony Williams. With Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott, Gerda Nicolson. In a rest home for elderly people, a daughter reads her mother's diary.
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- Horror, Mystery
- Tony Williams
- 1982-04-30
The rambling structure houses a long-held retirement community for the elderly. Linda arrives on the same night as a new boarder, the aged Mrs. Ryan, dropped off by her son Kelvin. Shortly after Linda settles in, a resident of the home is found drowned in a bathtub. Linda begins reading childhood diaries left in the house by her mother, in ...
Oct 19, 2023 · The efficient storytelling wraps up the entire film in 85 minutes, reserving the last quarter for a powerful, intense, and gripping conclusion that explains all the preceding events. If in The Shining, the most deadly element turns out to be the hotel itself, Next of Kin finds its danger in the human memory rather than the place.
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Apr 27, 2023 · In the 1982 film Next of Kin, darkness closes in on Jackie Kerin’s character as she moves back to her rural hometown and honors her mother’s last wishes. Yet the longer she stays and digs into ...
