Shudder Day: The Kindred (1987)

 A Film about a life being born to end humanity should only be followed by a life being created to possibly do the same thing!

This is The Kindred, a Film that I did double check that I didn't already watch/review.
It sounds really similar to other Films, but is different.

Let's go...

A Scientist goes to see his Mother, who has just woken up from a coma after a heart attack.

She tells him that he has to go to her House and destroy all of her notes.

That and she must deal with his Brother- Anthony.
Who?!?

Oh and some guy crashes into a House that fell off of a truck and is nearly killed.
We get a B-Plot with a Paramedic who gives up the body...and is killed in his next Scene.

This sets up the villain of the Film- Rod Steiger- who wants Mom's research to supplement his own.

He doesn't get it, but Mom- aka Kim Hunter- dies.

The Son finally goes to her House to go through her notes.

Before that, however, he's met by a woman- Amanda Pays- who knows all about Mom's work.
He invites her to help out.

They find lots of vague notes, talk about hybridism and a lullaby set to play throughout the House.

One of them goes to a barn and is nearly killed by something with tentacles.

Of course, he's not the first victim- that lady drove off the night before and was killed by something similar.

It turns out that Pays is working with Steiger, bringing him the wounded hybrid from the earlier attack.

The group investigates and learns *most* of the Story.

Mom was making hybrids (for some reason) and one had the Son's DNA in it, making it his Brother.

Anthony finally shows up in full for the big Climax!

He attacks Pays after she reveals that she was hired to take him alive to Steiger.
Did he know that though?

A big battle ensues with the creature being electrocuted and dragging Steiger down with him.
Pays meets a worse fate (see below).

They actually blow up the House to destroy the rest of the creatures, ending all Sequel Bait.  The End.

A Film that sure is freaky in all of the right ways.

The Plot is a pretty simple one.  People need to go to Place.  Thing in Place wants to kill them.

That said, do you need something more complicated than that?  Nah.

There is the variable, of course, with Pays as a double agent.  It helps add a bit of intrigue to the events.

Does the Plot involving a hybrid, Lovecraftian creature make much sense?  Nah.
I love it all the same.

The fact that Pays turns into a Fish Lady bumps this up from a 6 out of 10 to a 7 out of 10.

The Kindred is a silly Film full of freaky creatures and a basic Plot.  It's less ugly than, well, this.

A fun and freaky Film that takes a bit to get going.  Once it is there, the Film hooks you nicely with its bonkers Plot.