The Nesting

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This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover (designed by Suspiria Vilchez) is limited to 6,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

With the impending release of her new book, “The Nesting,” agoraphobic New York-based writer Lauren Cochran decides to spend some time outside the city to find inspiration for her next novel. Arriving in the small town of Dover Falls, she happens across an isolated and dilapidated mansion that bears an uncanny resemblance to the one depicted on the cover of her latest work. Feeling a strange pull to the place, Lauren decides to rent the property and quickly gets herself set up and into writing mode. But it’s not long before she starts experiencing bizarre, vivid dreams and seeing ghostly apparitions. Soon enough, those around her start dying in strange and gruesome ways. What could all this have to do with the house’s murky history and a tragedy that occurred there decades before?

The only mainstream feature directed by prolific illustrator and erotic filmmaker Armand Weston (Defiance, Take Off), THE NESTING - which was originally filmed as Phobia and subsequently re-released in 1983 as Massacre Mansion - is a stylish supernatural slasher expertly photographed by João Fernandes (Children of the Corn, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter), and featuring Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame (The Bad and the Beautiful) in her final screen role. Now newly restored in 4K from its original 35mm camera negative, Vinegar Syndrome is proud to unveil THE NESTING in its UHD world premiere, presented in its longer Phobia cut for the first time on home video, alongside a host of new bonus features and a wealth of archival material.

directed by: Armand Weston
starring: Robin Groves, Michael David Lally, John Carradine, Gloria Grahame, Christopher Loomis, Bill Rowley, David Tabor
1981 / 110 min / 1.85:1 / English Mono

Additional info:

• 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region Free Blu-ray
  
• 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
• Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
• Commentary track with writer and critic Andy Marshall-Roberts
• "Acting is Being Brave" (21 min) - an interview with actress Robin Groves
• "The Outlaw Poet" (21 min) - an interview with actor Michael David Lally
• "Low Budget Miracle" (30 min) - an interview with associate producer / production manager Don Walters
• "The Sating of Desire" (29 min) - an interview with Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower
• Audio interview with co-writer Daria Price, conducted by extras producer Ewan Cant (57 min)
• "The Nesting Outtakes: Preserving Armand Weston's Gothic Horror" (14 min) - a featurette produced by the Vinegar Syndrome Film Archive
• U.S. theatrical trailer
• Spanish theatrical trailer
• TV spots
• Radio spot
• Alternate 'jump scare' from The Nesting cut
• The Nesting title sequence
• Archival image gallery
• Cuts and trims
• Unused dailies
• Reversible sleeve artwork
• English SDH subtitles