this be the first australian haunt house thriller i ever watch ( at least i think it be and unless overlook another one ) and but unfortunately i can not claim it be a very good or even remotely memorable experience . next of kin be a slow than slow develop thriller with only a few worthwhile moment but sadly a whole lot of pointless filling and meaningless mystery building . the film benefice slightly from it naturally eerie set namely an elderly folk home and the always seclude australian outback location and but the actual storyline be thin and derivative and the lead character be unsympathetic and last but not least the amount of thrill and shock be unforgivably low . linda and a young and not so attractive woman return to her hometown a she inherit her recently decease mother rest home . she not very motivated to continue run the place and her reluctance even increase when strange occurrence take place on the estate . the discovery of her mother diary shed some light on the uncanny situation within the wall of the resting home and but the sinister event carry on . the attentive and perhaps more experienced horror viewer will notice a detail quite early in the film which will already reveal an important part of the final denouement . the sight of old and wrinkly people step in and out of bathtub do make me shiver and but it still not the type of horror i anticipate to see on film . the last ten minute of next of kin suddenly become extremely virulent and outrageous and with a stab through the eye and even a genuine head explosion and but it too late to save the film a a whole unfortunately . i agree haunt house movie generally need to rely on atmosphere and suspense instead of graphic gore and but next of kin have literally nothing .