4K UHD Review – The Nesting

An adult film director, Armand Weston was hunting for a mainstream effort to help change the course of his career. Inspired by the success of horror entertainment in the late-1970s, the helmer (joined by co-writer Daria Price) attempts to add to the genre gold rush with 1981’s “The Nesting” (titled “Phobia” on the disc), revisiting certain haunted house elements and peaks of madness from such films as “The Amityville Horror” and “The Shining.” Weston isn’t seasoned in the ways of suspense, and his inexperience shows in the endeavor, which drags along without much purpose for an entirely unearned run time of 110 minutes. Hopes for frights and mystery are drained out of the viewing experience quickly, as “The Nesting” simply refuses to engage on a suspenseful level, resembling more of a television movie with its punishing pace and limited dramatic rewards. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com