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Australian horror about a young woman who inherits a rural estate from her estranged mother.Directed by Tony WilliamsScreenplay by Michael Heath ...
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Next of Kin is a 1982 Australian horror film co-written and directed by Tony Williams, and starring Jackie Kerin and John Jarratt.Plot: In a rest home for el...
Jun 30, 2019 · Next of Kin is a 1982 Australian horror film directed by Tony Williams. The screenplay is by Tony Williams and Michael Heath and starring Jacki Kerin and John Jarratt. The film was featured in...
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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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Long forgotten, this Australian horror flick gets a new lease of life with an impressive HD release from Oz distributors Umbrella. Following the recent death of her mother, Linda (Kerin) returns to take over her sprawling family residence, which is now being run as a rest home for the elderly.
Oct 19, 2023 · Next of Kin plot is pretty straightforward – after her mother’s death, Linda (Jacki Kerin) returns to Montclare, her family’s estate, which she has inherited. The house currently operates as a retirement home with low profitability, prompting Linda to consider selling it.
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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. Soon events that are mentioned in the mother's diary begin to happen to the daughter.
