I’m always relieved, if not excited, to encounter a horror film that isn’t about anything supernatural.
A lot of today’s audiences wouldn’t even consider that a horror film; if it doesn’t goose you with effects or try for some version of the uncanny, it’s just a drama.
But horror doesn’t need to be fantasy, and when it isn’t you can feel like it’s out to spook you without cheating.
“Kindred” is a demonstration of how a naturalistic horror film can be derivative, in the most flagrant and shameless way, and still work.The director, Joe Marcantonio (it’s his first feature), has laced together “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Get Out,” and he’s done it so obviously that you keep ticking off the moments and concepts the movie reminds you of.
Marcantonio, who co-wrote the script, knows how to raise your pulse without tricks,
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