Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Slow
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- eerie
- oppressive
- dreamy
- late night horror viewing
- rainy day
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as an atmospheric and distinctive supernatural horror work, despite its limited mainstream profile.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Linda reads her mother's diary, and events described in its pages begin occurring around her.
The elderly residents' rest home provides the film's primary setting for its supernatural disturbances.
Dream imagery, diary predictions, ghosts, and unexplained incidents blur external haunting with subjective experience.
The film's reputation centers on Kubrick-like pacing and atmosphere, with dread accumulating in a nursing-home environment.
Films like Next of Kin, and why
The Shining
shared slow burn supernatural horror, oppressive atmosphere, and haunted institutional setting
The Haunting
shared eerie diary-like mystery, psychological dread, and ambiguous supernatural menace
The Innocents
shared dream logic, haunted domestic spaces, and unsettling supernatural investigation
Movie Details
- Director
- Tony Williams
- Release Date
- 1982-04-30
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (126)
Cast
- Jacki Kerin
- John Jarratt
- Alex Scott
- Gerda Nicolson
- Charles McCallum
- Bernadette Gibson
- Robert Ratti
- Vince Deltito
- Tommy Dysart
- Debra Lawrance
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Night Flight Plus, Screambox Amazon Channel, FlixFling, Eternal Family, Midnight Pulp, Troma NOW, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Bloodstream, Chilling, Cineverse Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Next of Kin about?
- A woman investigating her mother's diary finds its ominous entries unfolding inside an isolated rest home.
- What is Next of Kin like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Next of Kin as slow, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Next of Kin violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Next of Kin as mild.
- What did critics think of Next of Kin?
- Critics broadly regard the film as an atmospheric and distinctive supernatural horror work, despite its limited mainstream profile.
- Which films are like Next of Kin?
- Films with a similar feel include The Shining, The Haunting, and The Innocents.
- How long is Next of Kin?
- Next of Kin runs 89 minutes.
- Where can I watch Next of Kin?
- In United States, Next of Kin streams on Night Flight Plus, Screambox Amazon Channel, FlixFling, Eternal Family, Midnight Pulp, Troma NOW, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Bloodstream, Chilling, Cineverse Amazon Channel.
