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Next on the UHD roster is a nifty little sleeper from a director more likely to be associated with our sister site, Mélusine, here crafting his sole horror effort, with Armand Weston’s haunted house hit THE NESTING (1980). Blending an old-fashioned ghost story with plentiful bloodshed (iron fence eye impairment, for example), this story of past and present colliding is a delightfully late 70s take on classic Hollywood horror. We’ve fully restored it in 4K from its original camera negative, and we are at last presenting the home video debut of its pre-release director’s cut, complete with its original title card. Extras are also plentiful with deleted scenes, outtakes, a multitude of trailers, plus a first-ever interview with illusive screenwriter Daria Price.
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:
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
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About Vinegar Syndrome
Vinegar Syndrome is a film restoration and distribution company with a catalogue of hundreds of feature films, produced primarily between the 1960s and 1980s.
Founded by Ryan Emerson and Joe Rubin, VS has been acclaimed by The New York Times, Village Voice, Dangerous Minds, The Foglenest Files, and many others as one of the premier independent genre film focused distribution companies in the world, and was noted by Alamo Drafthouse Theatres as “…perhaps the most important home video label in the world for genre film…”
Our ever expanding catalog includes worldwide rights on such exploitation classics as Tammy & the T-Rex, Demon Wind, Spookies, Night Train to Terror, Terminal Island, Blood Harvest, Angel, The Lamp, Death Promise, Don’t Open Till Christmas, and countless others.
We also boast owning one of the largest catalogs of rare and classic X rated films, which can be found on our sister site Mélusine.
Vinegar Syndrome is a film restoration and distribution company with a catalogue of hundreds of feature films, produced primarily between the 1960s and 1980s.
Founded by Ryan Emerson and Joe Rubin, VS has been acclaimed by The New York Times, Village Voice, Dangerous Minds, The Foglenest Files, and many others as one of the premier independent genre film focused distribution companies in the world, and was noted by Alamo Drafthouse Theatres as “…perhaps the most important home video label in the world for genre film…”
Our ever expanding catalog includes worldwide rights on such exploitation classics as Tammy & the T-Rex, Demon Wind, Spookies, Night Train to Terror, Terminal Island, Blood Harvest, Angel, The Lamp, Death Promise, Don’t Open Till Christmas, and countless others.
We also boast owning one of the largest catalogs of rare and classic X rated films, which can be found on our sister site Mélusine.
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