The Nest
100 Minutes, Not Rated
Written by Jennifer Trudrung
Directed by James Suttles
Synopsis:
When Meg and her mother Beth visit a yard sale, Beth buys her young daughter an adorable stuffed bear, thinking it may help with Meg’s separation anxiety. As children do, she quickly becomes attached to the bear, talking to it and taking it everywhere she goes. However, soon Beth notices that the bear is communicating with Meg and even influencing her behavior. When Meg starts developing hoarding habits, and seems infected by a parasitic creature, things take a turn for the worse. Soon it’s clear there’s something much more nightmarish and sinister to this yard sale toy than anyone could have imagined.
At first I kind of thought The Nest was going to be a pretty lackluster entry in the horror genre. And, if you want to think of horror as some sort of slasher, blood-soaked bit of cinema, then yes, you’d be correct in that.
But, if you like to include movies that just kind of somehow get under your skin and consistently give you the willies for an hour and a half, well then, my friend, The Nest may be just the kind of movie you’re looking for.
Look, even the bear is creepy looking, and it doesn’t do anything but EXIST for most of the film. Then, once it becomes apparent what its role is, it just becomes creepier looking.
As Meg, our little girl who gets terrible, crippling separation anxiety when away from her mother (with a past of well, separating), Maples Suttles is convincing enough.
As Meg’s mother, Beth, Sarah Navratil channels both the guilt and frustration of a mother desperate for some sort of normality from her child, while acknowledging her responsibility for the situation in which the family now finds itself.
And Dee Wallace? Well, shit; Dee is America’s mom, and as the grandmotherly Marissa, who dotes on Meg like an actual grandparent before, well…
Let’s not spoil that.
But man, she is completely awesome, delivering a fantastic turn as…
Well, damn it; again, I don’t want to spoil that for you.
Just trust me. Creep factor is high, all the way through the (pretty disgusting) ending.
The Nest is available now On Demand, Digital, and DVD from Wild Eye Releasing.
The Nest stars Dee Wallace, Sarah Navratil, Kevin Patrick Murphy, Drez Ryan, Blaque Fowler, Anna Lynn Holleman, Penny Munroe, Maple Suttles, and Piper Suttles.
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