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Kindred's naturalistic approach may frustrate viewers seeking jump scares, but this psychologically driven horror story casts its own grim spell. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

When her boyfriend Ben suddenly dies in an accident, mother-to-be Charlotte (Tamara Lawrance, Steve McQueen's Small Axe: Education) collapses upon receiving the news. She wakes up in Ben’s family home, a crumbling old manor house in the middle of nowhere with Ben’s overbearing mother, Margaret (Fiona Shaw, "Killing Eve"), and his controlling stepbrother, Thomas (Jack Lowden, Dunkirk). They are determined to care for her, at least until the baby arrives. Grief-stricken and increasingly haunted by visions possibly brought on by the pregnancy, Charlotte accepts their help. But as the days go by and her visions intensify, she begins to doubt the family's intentions and her suspicions grow that they may be trying to control her and her unborn baby.

Genre:

mystery and thriller
Original Language:

English
Director:

Joe Marcantonio
Producer:

Jack Lowden, Dominic Norris
Writer:

Joe Marcantonio, Jason McColgan
Release Date (Theaters):

Nov 6, 2020 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 6, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA):

$8.7K
Runtime:

1h 41m
Production Co:

Metrol Technology, Reiver Pictures, Kreo Films FZ, Head Gear Films, Serotonin Films
Aspect Ratio:

Scope (2.35:1)

Cast & Crew

Fiona Shaw
Margaret

Tamara Lawrance
Charlotte

Jack Lowden
Thomas

Edward Holcroft
Ben

Chloe Pirrie
Jane

Anton Lesser
Dr. Richards

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Critic Reviews for Kindred

All Critics (70) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (49) | Rotten (21)

Kindred is a ragged cry of rebellion, calling out to the flock to join forces against the darkness

November 19, 2020 | Full Review…

Kristy Puchko
Pajiba
Its co-writer/director has pulled off a rare feat: He's created a work that interrogates grief with a sociopolitical undercurrent without losing sight of the fact that this is a horror film in the first place.

November 14, 2020 | Full Review…

Angelica Jade Bastién
New York Magazine/Vulture
Never played too broadly, the screenplay questions the sanity of all involved. It gets under your skin, even if it's hardly original.

November 9, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Randy Myers
San Jose Mercury News
A very scary movie. Well acted -- Tamara Lawrence is just wonderful.

November 7, 2020 | Full Review…

Tim Cogshell
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
The long, dark shadow of "Rosemary's Baby" dulls the effect of "Kindred," an artfully made but plainly derivative psychological thriller...

November 7, 2020 | Full Review…

Noel Murray
Los Angeles Times
The most frustrating thing about the British prenatal horror movie Kindred is not that it's impersonal, but rather that it's not personal enough.

November 6, 2020 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Simon Abrams
RogerEbert.com
Despite its tendency to tiptoe around some of the truly dark elements of the story, Kindred is an unsettling slow-burn featuring two powerhouse performances from Tamara Lawrance and Fiona Shaw.

March 1, 2021 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…

Jonathan DeHaan
Nightmare on Film Street
Kindred is a fascinating thriller that can't be contained.

January 29, 2021 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Leo Brady
AMovieGuy.com
Never lets up on the doom, thrusting its Black female protagonist into an unfamiliar, uncaring world dominated by patriarchal values and bourgeois whiteness.

December 6, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

C.H. Newell
Father Son Holy Gore
While it's a fascinating character study, Kindred is a limp thriller.

December 4, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Mark H. Harris
Black Horror Movies
If not for the movie's finale, a painted-into-a-corner finish that seems needlessly cruel and inorganic to what's happened before, "Kindred" could be one of the great thrillers of the last year.

December 4, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Sean P. Means
The Movie Cricket
Chilling psychological thriller has some gore and language.

December 2, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Stefan Pape
Common Sense Media