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Nesting, The - Blu-ray - Blue Underground |
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Written by Chris Severed
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Monday, 28 November 2011 |


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AKA:
Massacre Mansion, Phobia, Kauhukartano,
La casa del sortilegio, La mansión, Las
poseídas del nido infernal, Retour vers le
cauchemar, The Nesting - Landhaus des Grauens
Directed by: Armand Weston
Written by: Daria Price, Armand Weston
Produced by: Armand Weston
Cinematography by: Joăo Fernandes
Editing by: Jack Foster
Special Effects by: Matt Vogel
Music by: Jack Malken, George Kim Scholes
Cast: Robin Groves, Christopher Loomis, Michael
David Lally, John Carradine, Gloria Grahame, Bill
Rowley, David Tabor, Patrick Farrelly
Year: 1981
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Runtime: 1 h 43 min
Studio:
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All of a sudden novelist
Lauren Cochran (Robin Groves, “Silver Bullet”) starts
having agoraphobic freak-out episodes when out in public. She
seeks help from her Psychiatrist (Patrick Farrelly) but
ultimately decides to leave the busy bustle of city life for a
while, which seems to be the direct cause of these panic
attacks. She enlists her friend Mark Felton (Christopher
Loomis) to drive her to the countryside of Dover Falls, where
they stumble upon a mansion which recalls almost exactly, the
very cover art for her latest book. She claims she’s never seen
the house before but somehow dreamt about it for the book.
Drawn to the old house, she decides it would be a good place to
rent for a while to write her next novel. She gets in touch
with the owner of the home, Col. Lebrun (John Carradine, “Shock
Waves”) by way of his grandson Daniel (Michael David Lally)
who agrees to rent the house to her, but upon meeting Col.
Lebrun he mysteriously has a stroke.
Upon the first day unpacking at the house a window gets smashed
as if shot with a gun, and Lauren starts remembering her dreams
for the first time in years. Her initial dream showcases her
disrobing in front of a mirror, fondling her stomach and breasts
as hands grab at her from behind. The aforementioned hands end
up being Mark’s and the dream continues on with her psychiatrist
reaching for her as well as Daniel, in a room containing
soldiers and whores.
After the dream Lauren
calls her psychiatrist to tell him about it and also claims she
believes the house to be haunted. She begs him to come for a
visit and threatens to stop seeing him if he doesn’t, so he
reluctantly obliges. However, when he does make it up to the
country home he finds her on the roof paralyzed, unable to snap
out of her stupor. When he goes to her aid he finds himself
thrown from the steeple part of the roof and impaled through the
face on the ledge below.
Determined to make this situation work, and tired of running
away from her problems, she is resolute to stay in the house.
Determination aside, she finds her typewriter tampered with on a
couple of occasions and paranoia sets sail. She accuses the
maintenance man, a drunkard named Frank (Bill Rowley), of the
meddling, who merely brushes her off as being a nut-job. Is she
nuts? Is he messing with her things? Or is there another, more
sinister force at work here? Let’s stick with the latter.
Visions of dead bodies of beautiful women begin and continue to
appear. Visions of soldiers and prostitutes banging in the
house persist. As the film unravels, the mystery of the old
house and its insidious past come to light, and little does she
know it, but Lauren is at the forefront.

There are a few cool
secondary characters in “The Nesting.” The best of the
bunch being Frank the drunkard maintenance man who is sort of
reminiscent of Snakey Bender from “Fangs.” Another that
stands out is the angry, crazy-eyed chubby character named Abner
Wells (David Tabor), a friend/associate of Frank’s who
incessantly licks his lips, adding a small amount of comic
relief and lunacy to the film.
“The Nesting” is a great little suspenseful horror film
that blends supernatural horror with violence. Until now it has
been long unavailable on home video. It’s a slow burner horror
mystery with some gruesome deaths and imagery, so there should
be enough here to maintain your interest.
Blue Underground brings “The Nesting” to Blu-ray from the
original camera negative. The film is presented 1.85:1
anamorphic, 1080p, MPEG-4 AVC in a dual layer 50GB disc. The
film is slightly grainy throughout but vibrant and colorful and
doesn’t contain any of that pesky digital noise. The audio is
presented English 7.1 DTS-HD and English 5.1 Dolby Digital
Surround EX, with the option of English, French and Spanish
subtitles. The audio is decent enough, but doesn’t boast too
much surround. There are a few special features to behold in
this Blu-ray release including 12-minutes of ‘Deleted and
Extended Scenes’ (8 in total), the English and Spanish
‘Theatrical Trailers,’ ‘TV Spots,’ and a ‘Poster & Still
Gallery.’ |
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DVD SPECS:
Aspect
Ratio: 1.85:1 1080p MPEG-4 AVC
Region: A
Audio: English 7.1 DTS-HD, 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround EX,
Dolby
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL:
- Deleted and Extended Scenes
- Theatrical Trailers
- TV Spots
- Poster & Still Gallery
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 01 December 2011 )
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