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There are some lessons that I am slow to learn when it comes to this blog. The They Shoot Zombies list is a cast in point. Sometimes I will watch a horror or horror-adjacent movie and won’t write up a full review or any review at all, and then it shows upon the Zombies list, and I’m forced to rewatch it. Some time ago, I watched a documentary on Ozploitation films that included some highlights of Aussie horror films. One of the ones discussed at length was Next of Kin, a film that I watched and then didn’t review. Well, now it’s on the Zombies list, and here we are.
Next of Kin has a pretty standard set-up for a horror movie, albeit with a twist or two. Linda (Jacki Kerin) inherits the estate of her estranged mother, but it’s not just a simple ramshackle mansion that Linda has inherited. The structure, called Montclare, is a retirement community, so Linda hasn’t just inherited a house, but has a bunch of elderly boarders there on the day she moves in. On that same day, an old woman named Mrs. Ryan moves in as well, brought in by her son Kelvin (Bernadette Gibson and Robert Ratti). Shortly thereafter, one of the elderly residents is discovered drowned in a bathtub.
