Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘The Nesting’

Written by Scott Edwards

Writers have been known to do different things to find new ways to get inspired. While some of these things are as simple as taking a trip, others uproot their lives and make a move that will change their lives forever. Even though this may seem a bit eccentric, as long as the words make it to the page and are something that the readers want, more power to them. It can be difficult to find a new inspiration when it seems like you have used everything that you possibly can, but there is always something new out there that will wind up surprising you if you let it.
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Suffering from agoraphobia, writer Lauren Cochran is having a difficult time living in the big city. Not being able to make it to the car most days, she is working with her doctor to try and find a way to rid herself of this fear. Thinking that leaving town might be her best move, Lauren gets an extra push from her friend Mark to make the trek out to the country side. Being able to make the call to find a new place to live is Lauren’s first victory, but now she just needs to follow through.

On their way through the country side to meet with a real-estate agent, Lauren spots a pothole in the middle of the road and gets Mark to stop. Getting out of the car to stretch her legs, Lauren wanders into the woods and spots a strange house in the distance. With the house strangely resembling a house on her last book’s cover, she decides to do a little more digging. Entering the massive abandoned house, Lauren feels a strange connection to the place, but does not understand why. Wanting this to be the place where she will stay and get her career back on its feet, she and Mark are able to track down the owner and get permission to stay there.

Getting moved into the house, Lauren feels strangely better from her agoraphobia and is starting to feel like a real person again. After remembering a very vivid dream, she is so excited; she makes it into town to give her doctor a call. Being able to convince him to make it out to the house which may or may not be haunted, Lauren starts hearing sounds above her. Checking them out and trying to find out if it is a person or a ghost, she finds herself on the roof when the doctor arrives, clinging on for dear life. When trying to get down, Lauren sees something that cannot be there, which leads the doctor to fall to his death, but that is just the beginning of the story that the house wants to tell her.

Interesting little flick that really plays on whether or not Lauren is going crazy in the house, or if there really is something trying to get her attention. The dreams are really the driving force of the story, since they were visions of what really happened in the house years before. Finding out more about herself, Lauren is able to put her fears to the side, at least for a while to try to find out what really happened in the house. With some creepy visions, a best friend, a dead doctor, a scythe, random knocking, the occasional gunshot and an old house with a twisted history, this movie will make you think twice about moving into a house you feel strangely connected to. Stay Scared.

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