The Kindred (1987)

"Some things are best left unborn"

Science and chemistry sets were all the rage when I was growing up. I remember the adverts on television and in toy magazines; kids with protective eye goggles and white coats on, moody lighting, the possibility of ground breaking discoveries just mere test tubes away... Me? I fancied myself as more the mad scientist type. What could be concocted with all these dangerous materials? Mutant monsters? An evil twin brother, perhaps? In the end I was lucky if I got some vinegar to fizz up with baking soda, but I blame the kit, not my lack of ability or imagination.

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