Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Cameron’s Closet’

Written by Scott Edwards

Everyone would like to have something special about them and there is nothing wrong with that.  Being just different enough so you stand out never seems like a bad thing, but when this happens and you become the center of attention, you may find that it is not what you expected. You could be singled out and tormented by other people that do not like what you are able to do. As long as you are strong enough to put up with this, there will be little that people can say or do to you, but if you are not, you will find that living in seclusion may be the only way to survive the people that are jealous of your gifts.

At age seven, Owen Lansing and his partner Ben Majors found something great in Cameron; his ability to move things with his mind. Wanting to see how powerful the gift could become, the two subjected the young boy to many tests to help him refine his gift, but little did they know that it could become dangerous. After the divorce, Cameron stays with his father who is starting to notice strange things happening around his house when the boy is playing. Knowing that something evil has been unlocked, Owen tries to punish his son by bagging his toys, but when he hears the evil lurking in the attic, he falls and meets his fate at the edge of his machete.

Being sent to live with his mother and her live in boyfriend Bob, Cameron does not seem comfortable in his new surroundings, but has little choice in the matter. When being confronted/ordered by his new father about needing to grow up and to stop talking to his invisible friends, Cameron takes notice that his stepdad will be marked. When his mother Dory and Bob are running lines later on since Bob is an actor in training, Cameron tries to watch how it works, but he is distracting Bob from fully obtaining his role. Returning to his room and trying to stay out of the way, Cameron starts to talk to the thing in the closet that wants his attention, but he can be heard downstairs and Bob is beyond furious about being distracted. Trying to show Cameron that there is nothing in the closet, Bob comes face to face with a demon who throws him out of the window and to his death. 

With the cops moving around the house and trying to find out what happened, Sam Talliaferro wants to talk to the boy about what he saw, but with the sheets pulled over his head, Cameron cannot give a true answer. Talking with a psychiatrist, Cameron is able to open up to her and Sam, but still does not know what he can tell them, but when Nora comes clean with the boy and knows that he has gifts, she understands why he is afraid. While Sam does not understand everything that is happening with the boy, he has seen Cameron in his dreams, and those dreams lead to someone dying by his hands and he wants to understand the meaning of these nightmares. While Cameron has to live in fear of what is in his closet, others should take note of what is happening around the boy, since there seems to be an evil that is intent on killing all of the men that find their way into his life.

I had never heard about this movie before, but damn, I was pretty impressed with it overall. With the effects not being 100% up to par of today’s standards, it still gives the scares and blood when needed, you can see that in the first ten minutes. Even though this movie is focusing around his closet, Cameron seems to be a well-behaved kid that wants to be just that, a kid. But when people tell him no or disrespect him, well, all bets are off. I still cannot get over how Dory and her boyfriend Bob don’t really want Cameron around them when he first comes to their house. I was hoping that at least his mother would treat him like her son, rather than a drifter that pulled up looking for food and drink, but that is just me. I would hope that with all of the horror remakes that keep coming out, maybe, just maybe Cameron’s Closet could make it onto that list. I would love to see this movie with a budget and a chance to succeed at the box office. Stay Scared.

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