The Kindred

Autumn leaves swirl around a decaying Victorian house, a single syringe glinting on the porch. John pries open his mother’s locked study, where petri dishes pulse and photographs show a child not in any family album. Spielberg’s suburban unease meets Cronenberg’s flesh horror, if Spielberg hated families.

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The Kindred was released in 1987 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 93 minutes.