#Jackie Kerin

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On April 30, 2021, Bride of Re-Animator and Next of Kin were screened as a double-feature on The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs.

Here's some new art inspired by both horror classics!

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This is such a gorgeous and exquisitely made film. More folks need to see it and discuss it.

Next of Kin (Tony Williams, 1982)

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Jacki Kerin in Next of Kin (Tony Williams, 1982)

Cast: Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott, Gerda Nicolson, Charles McCallum, Bernadette Gibson, Robert Ratti, Vince Delitito, Tommy Dysart, Debra Lawrence. Screenplay: Tony Williams, Michael Heath. Cinematography: Gary Hansen. Art direction: Richard Francis, Nick Hepworth. Film editing: Max Lemon. Music: Klaus Schulze. 

Next of Kin is an Australian creepy old house horror movie, with all the improbabilities, plot holes, and clichés of the genre, but if you stick with it you're rewarded with a literally smashing finale. When her mother dies, Linda (Jacki Kerin) inherits the big gloomy mansion her mother had converted into a nursing home in the rural small town where Linda grew up. She doesn't want the property, though it seems to be capably managed by a woman named Connie (Gerda Nicolson) with a physician, Dr. Barton (Alex Scott), seeing to the medical needs of the residents. After taking a look at the books maintained by her mother, which are something of a mess, Linda is inclined to sell the place and return to the city where she's been living. Even the presence of an old boyfriend, Barney (Alex Scott), doesn't really persuade her to stick around. And then a strange death of one of the residents occurs, and Linda's inspection of her mother's papers stirs her suspicions, particularly where the unexplained disappearance of her Aunt Rita is concerned. Of course, things get creepier, though the way writer-director Tony Williams sets them up is a little slow and clunky. The movie has its admirers, including Quentin Tarantino, who compared it favorably to Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980). Only the payoff at the end, I think, really measures up to that standard. 

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Next of Kin (1982)

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Next of Kin (1982) dir. Tony Williams

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Next of Kin (1982) dir. Tony Williams

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Next of Kin (1982)

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Lambda 1 and Other Stories

Next of Kin

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Jacki Kerin as Linda Stevens in Tony Williams’ Next of Kin (1982).

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On March 21, 1987 Next of Kin was screened at The Weekend of Terror.

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Next of Kin, 1982

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Next of Kin (Tony Williams, 1982)

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Next of Kin  1982

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Jackie Kerin in Next of Kin (1982)

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2022 Horror Challenge: [26/?]

↳ “To my daughter, Linda Mary Stevens, I leave my entire inheritance; all goods, chattels, worldly possessions that comprise of the estate, Montclare.” Next of Kin (1982) dir. Tony Williams

Plot: 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.

Starring: Jackie Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott & Gerda Nicolson

25th watch of the challenge this year! Finally made it to this number, it officially being the first week of October, and after me not watching anything the first day, that has me wanting already to play catch-up. I’m determined to watch at least one horror movie per day from now ‘til Halloween this year so we’ll see how well that goes. Anyway, about the movie, I checked out this underrated gem, not knowing much about it besides the fact that apparently Tarantino thinks it’s awesome, dubbing it an Australian version of The Shining kinda thing. Which actually is kinda fair since even though the plot’s different, this movie is totally about the slow burn and the atmosphere. There’s definitely a lot of memorable shots in here and you do kinda have a long wait before you could say something genuinely scary happens. But it is definitely eerie throughout at parts. I was game for it. Jackie Kerin did a good job as the lead. I think it’s worth checking out if you’re in for a slow burn kinda mood. That said, the ending is very fast pace and exciting so there’s that. Overall, I liked it. I get why it’s considered a cult favorite.