The Nest (2021)

Plotzle Horror · Puzzle #2 · March 18, 2026 · Horror / Thriller

Six plot descriptions for The Nest (2021). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. Three college dropouts squat in an abandoned warehouse and develop a parasitic co-dependency that leads one of them to poison the others to prevent anyone from leaving their insular world.
2. A mother suspects her daughter has been infected by a parasitic creature, and people close to her cause her to develop a drug addiction and engage in self-destructive behavior and sacrifice.
3. Two brothers inherit their father's hunting cabin but one of them brings his girlfriend along and jealousy transforms the weekend into a calculated effort to isolate her from civilization permanently.
4. An exterminator in suburban Ohio becomes obsessed with a client's wasp infestation and begins stealing personal items from the house while the family sleeps to build his own shrine.
5. A widow moves into her late husband's childhood home in rural Maine and discovers a network of tunnels beneath the property where something inhuman has been living and feeding.
6. A social worker investigates a family of seven siblings who refuse to speak to outsiders and communicate only through a private language that seems to command physical obedience from the youngest children.