Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Crew member Mitchell is left behind to catalogue further footage that Diana really should have watched before leaving. Then a man in a clown costume races by in a panic, and he’s later followed by a woman wearing civilian clothes. The premise of Hell House LLC is a fictional documentary about a 2009 tragedy at a haunted house attraction in Abbadon, New York, in which 15 people died under mysterious circumstances. Found inside – Page 211I went barreling into the house. “What the hell is going on here?” I said. She started yelling. I told her to shut up. Next thing I knew, Pedro sucker ... Found inside – Page 67“I'm calling you from the basement phone—it's all happening right behind me! Why the Hell am I even jeopardizing my life by taking the time to call you, ... Found inside... young woman comes to a grand house, America's largest home: the Biltmore. ... More young women, eight of them, are sitting on the floor of the basement ... The official cause of the 15 victims’ deaths is “severe malfunction” (whatever that means). And merely the discovery of a Room ‘2C’ in the hotel gives me chills just thinking about it. The Hell House patrons initially think is going on when they see staff members running down the halls and away from the basement. ( Log Out /  In the evening, they are awakened by the sound of the piano downstairs. 31 (More) Days of Fright: The Devil Rides Out, Toronto Rape Crisis Centre / Multicultural Women Against Rape, 31 (More) Days of Fright: The People Under the Stairs, Though it did not concern this film, my sometime horror film companion, Once again, we see the forces of unfettered capitalism are to blame for supernatural doom. Tragedy strikes on opening night when an unknown malfunction causes the death of fifteen tour-goers and staff. The film reveals the lead-up to the tragedy and documenting what exactly went wrong that night which has been a mystery to the public. She stirs and slowly moves toward Paul, who hides himself under his blanket like a three-year-old. This is especially so in Hell House LLC, where it’s a lot of basketball shorts and Teva sandals. : If you watch Hell House LLC, I have no doubt you’ll be scared. Paul summons Mac, who – braver than Paul (or I) – approaches the clown and confirms it’s just a mannequin. Found inside“And then there was what happened next.” “So,” Riley said, eager to change the subject. ... One with a basement. Preferably in the middle of nowhere. She will be in Room 2C at her own hotel if they need to reach her again. Sara runs into Mac, who’s hidden behind a lattice to oversee the night’s festivities. I personally prefer all my movies on Bluray if possible which is even harder when it comes to Asian horror. The whole event with opening night is still fuzzy to me. But it’s a bit too late: Diane and her cameraman have entered the hotel and spotted the path of dried blood that marks where Sara was dragged. As much as I want to own it in a physical format I just can't bring myself to buy a dvd anymore after I made the jump to bluray. This January, in support of the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre / Multicultural Women Against Rape, friends and family have raised over $1,500 (which, when matched by my employer, totals $3,000). Found insideI was putting away the last of the pans when I happened to glance at the door leading to the basement. It was open. What the hell? The true crime story that made international headlines: Josef Fritzl held his daughter captive as a sex slave, and fathered seven children with her, creating a hidden family no one knew about-not even Fritzl's own wife. I gathered from what they did show of the basement Spoiler. Hell House LLC excels by framing the sub-genre in a new light. All I noticed was the chained up girl (her name escapes me, sorry.) Paul screams. ( Log Out /  Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. That buildup was great, only to leave me blueballed. decide to take their gig about 40 minutes outside of Manhattan, and they’ve found a real sweet property in Abaddon. Hell House LLC delivers on its promise and has a few genuinely unnerving gags, most of which center on one of the nasty dudes below popping up inexplicably throughout the house while the crew crashes there in the weeks leading up to launch. She meets with Diane Graves for an interview and warns that if people knew what really happened in the old hotel, they wouldn’t accept it. Same feeling. Make "WHAT HAPPEN IN DA BASEMENT" a huge question in your movie, don't show it, then use it to sell the DVD. Found inside – Page 598Something was happening to Bubbe; I could tell by her expression that she wanted nothing more than to throw him out of the house, but instead she said, ... There are supernatural forces at work in the house. As the crew soon finds out, something real bad went on here, and whatever’s left of it is going to end up claiming lives by the time opening night is upon them. What happens in the basement. Alex goes over the role with Melissa, and Melissa informs him of rumours about the hotel. Hope they change their minds. Sara leaves, encouraging them to look in the Abaddon Hotel themselves. By this point, Tony is convinced that they need to scuttle the whole haunted house idea. He finds Tony, in the clown garb, staring into the basement. Diana asks Sara what happened after that, and she says she left the attic and went downstairs. Was yelling "This isn't part of the show! Once they reach the final stop on the haunted house tour – the basement – they encounter a logjam. Paul, looking intense and distraught, begins to punch Sara a few times, and we next see her on the ground, beaten and bloodied. As talking head Robert Lyons (Theodore Bouloukos) explains, “Hell House was a real tragedy on many levels.” (Mainly just the one level, though: all the deaths.) Tony asks Alex to try calling Paul’s cell phone and all they hear is a squeal of angry white noise. DVD only seems a bit weird, but maybe my assumption that most people have transitioned to bluray is wrong. Found inside – Page 134Would you have gone with him to Hell if you hadn't been? ... She picked up the basket of folded bed wear, carrying it up the basement stairs, and met Daniel ... The tape omits what that “something” is, but it convinces Tony to stay on. “There are Bibles in every room.”. After each viewing, I will write some things about said movies on this website. Found insideThis original collection of chilling poems and tales contains the only true ghost stories in existence (as the book itself will tell you)—13 eerie encounters perfect for sharing...if you dare. The ones shown later in the movie show "what happened" in the basement. The documentary, produced by Diane Graves (Alice Bahlke) informs us that on October 8, 2009, an old hotel that had been refurbished for Halloween amusement purposes became the site of tragedy, then they run a YouTube video that emerged following the attraction’s closure, shot by one of the surviving tour-goers. It seems to possibly be trying to ride on the fame of The Houses October Built, especially since when I first heard about it the first thing that came to mind were those movies. Alex’s plan is to chain a paid actor to the wall as some sort of fake virgin sacrifice, and feature a number of clown mannequins (including one actor) along the far wall. 12. That night, Paul is awakened by a terrible noise. The photos revealed dried blood on the floor, which doesn’t jive with the generally accepted theory of a gas leak. Paul searches him out. Any donors who contributed over $30 were given the option to choose one of the horror movies I must subject myself to. "A Nightmare in Oz" is a modern journey through the familiar locales of Baum's fantasy world as the characters - some familiar, others new - are confronted by an ancient villain on a path of destruction. He shows the others the video evidence, but they think he’s played some sort of camera trick on him. Unexpected cameo: Unless you’re a die-hard indie film aficionado, you likely won’t recognize any of our actors from another place. Ha, spot on. Found inside“Now, how in the hell did that happen?” He would need to flip the circuit breaker and then check the ... He didn't relish the idea of going to the basement, ... Be forewarned that all such write-ups will contain spoilers, and many of them will refer to unpleasant and potentially triggering situations. In the new footage, we see Sara leaves the attic and finds Paul on the ground floor. But some time after opening, a mother and daughter vanished, having last been seen at the hotel. The gang films a commercial for their haunted house in the hotel’s yard and Sara drifts away to stare eerily at a statue of the Virgin Mary. From, Though the town of Abaddon is completely fictional, the hotel seems loosely based on the very haunted. They see Sarah, seated on a mattress on the floor. Man this stings! Hell House LLC is a 2015 American found-footage horror film written and directed by Stephen Cognetti and produced by Fbi Films. (The first warning sign is he’s stopped being a total lech.). Everyone panics and runs upstairs, past the clown mannequin (now holding a lantern). He refuses to enter the basement. Stephen Cognetti: With the help of the visual effects artist we’ve completed some of the CGI for the basement scene and added that to the extended cut of the film on the DVD . (Why they didn’t just have costuming for this already is anyone’s guess.). Hell House LLC is a small budget independent horror movie, and was originally released on several streaming platforms in November of 2016 to a great response from viewers and critics alike. However, Hell House is a completely different movie experience the only true similarities being the news … When they extract themselves, the clowns are back in their normal positions, but Paul has appeared. The interviewer is dubious she could just waltz out, but Sara asks to be excused. But Sara, however, is standing in the other room, Blair-Witch-style against the wall and speaking in backwards tongues. When Tony trains his light on the clown mannequins, he sees all their heads have turned. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. He spoke to one police officer who said the first body he found was a member of the Hell House crew with a self-inflicted throat wound. Trigger warnings: Suicide, sexual harassment. The framing device is pretty standard fare for found footage: investigative reporters are trying to get to the bottom of what really happened in the basement of Hell House on opening night, and the surviving proprietor just so happens to have a stack of tapes that show everything from their perspective. Found insideConsidering the house's history, he'd always expected ittobe so much larger. Hell, his house was linked to the history of this place and waseven called the ... Agree with others about how shitty it is to leave a big question in your movie, then sell the answer separately. They begin to hear strange noises at night and hang out a bit with Joey, their clown actor who they “discovered” at a local gas station. Tragedy strikes on opening night when an unknown "malfunction" causes the death of fifteen tour-goers and staff. I’m convinced the only reason anyone cares about found footage is because we’re dying to see something on them tapes. Found insideBefore herwas a twostory house, with two garden statues cut inhalfin the yard. ... statues jumping and leaping about like crazed demon midgets from Hell. Found insideIn this fascinating book, authors Ann Alexander Leggett and Jordan Alexander Leggett explore the mysteries that have plagued this Denver mansion for over a century. This is a thing with a lot of the good/great indie films. Unexpected lesson learned: Never date the CEO of a company specializing in haunted house experiences. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Best outfit: As with most found footage movies, fashion is not its strong point. Found insideThere was a light switch at the top of the stairs, but nothing happened when she ... bedrooms ahead and the main downstairs rooms of the house to her left . Found inside – Page 85“Out of the basement, Willie. Out of the house. ... now he had to get them out of the basement too. Where the hell was he going to put these stupid blobs? For me, the initial encounter with a clown was terribly unsettling. I'll get it even though it's not on Blu Ray, since it's one of the only movies in the past while to really scare me. Paul returns to the confession cam with three days to go. Also, that website certainly displays the indie spirit of the production. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The camera zooms in on one actor in particular, Melissa (Lauren A. Kennedy), who will portray the “damsel in distress” chained to the wall. and begging to be let out, people panicking, some strange figure standing in the corner, creepy masked faces and blood on the stairs with the clear implication something horrible happened down there. Andrew Tully allegedly built the hotel in Abaddon because the name of the town reminded him of a demon who guards the gateway to hell. Hell House LLC is a 2016 Horror "Documentary" about a women trying to find out what happened at a Haunt one fateful October night. There are chilling moments. I watched it on the Shudder streaming service. When they turn back to the stairs, the clown mannequin has vanished! When Diane asks why these tapes weren’t submitted to the police, Sara ominously says, “You’ll see.”. The white frat-like crew consists of the aforementioned Paul and Sara, but also Sarah’s boyfriend and founder of the company, Alex Taylor (Danny Bellini); his lifelong friend Andrew “Mac” McNamara (Adam Schneider); and Paul’s buddy, Tony Prescott (Jared Hacker). Found insideThe boy who locked his friends in the basement of his house, set them alight, then burned in the flames of his own hell. Maybe Hell is where he came from . Maybe they're doing this to keep the "feel" of the movie. During an interview with one of the original staff members, they are given never-before-seen footage taken of the haunted house. Fifteen-year-old Haley moves into a house haunted by the ghosts of murdered girls who hope Haley will be able to help them move on. Found insideAgain. The basement. He hadn't liked going down these steps the first time he'd searched her house. This time, it would be worse. With the power out, ... Back in 2009, our team sets up the creepy clown mannequins in the basement but are frustrated that the mannequin heads are immobile. Hell House LLC follows a group of haunted house creators as they set up their new haunt in the abandoned Abaddon Hotel until tragedy strikes on opening night and fifteen people are killed. Best kill: Most of the film, I wanted Paul dead, so I guess Paul slashing his own throat with a piece of broken glass was pretty satisfying. There are scares to be had, but it’s a bit of a one-trick pony. (Such is the terrible fate of found-footage actors, cherished for their non-celebrity.) Meanwhile in the basement, something is very much amiss. A young couple tapes their experience in the haunted house, and it starts out with the usual shocks: spooky skulls and strobe lights. Paul records himself, confession-cam-style, late at night, complaining, in the most unpleasant way possible, about how #thirsty he is. Fuck you directors. One other thing: though the company doesn’t notice at the time, we viewers see a black hooded figure in the background. I liked Sara’s Pac-Man shirt, though. Diane and her camera guy begin to yell, and the mysterious hooded figures in black approach. Our heroes scope out the inside of the long-condemned hotel: it’s in disarray. What begins as the captivating story of one woman’s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge. – and the crowd, packed in the basement like sardines, struggles to free themselves. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Some secret that only Mac and Alex know has tethered him to the project. This doesn’t seem like something that’s supposed to happen. The basement trope is a staple in horror films, but ‘Hell House LLC’ takes the familiar trope to a new height through its effective use of blurry found-footage cinematography. A group of colleagues who specialize in running haunted houses in, (deep breath, pure Old El Paso voice) NEW YORK CITY! When Paul goes to tell Mac he found Tony acting strangely, there Tony is (looking conspicuously not like a clown). She is then dragged out of view and the camera records Paul from the knees down. Diane is gleeful to spot a bloody handprint in the basement, but the cameraman isn’t so excited. Tony is resigned to the fact that this haunted house has to happen; he can’t leave now. Press J to jump to the feed. Spookily, we see a figure moving around in the dark behind him, but when Paul calls out and asks if it’s Sara or one of his other friends sleepwalking, there’s no answer. Between creepy comments, the boys decide they’ll hire a really beefy actor to portray one of the clowns in the basement, and he can double as security. I keep finding good movies recommend on this subreddit and then find out that they are only available on DVD half the time. Found inside – Page 67Travas was screaming and all hell broke loose in the house. I was brought down to the basement of the house to get away from the situation. Found insideI watch from my desk as Luciano and my men bring him inside the house and down to the basement. I shudder with anticipation because I now know I'll be able ... I'll check out what happened in the basement, but I don't expect it to enhance the movie, especially if they cut it out of the original release. So, we turn with pwease-may-I-see-it eyes toward any filmmaker looking to make something on a dime, and we either come away annoyed or pleasantly surprised. The premise of Hell House LLC is a fictional documentary about a 2009 tragedy at a haunted house attraction in Abbadon, New York, in which 15 people died under mysterious circumstances. But their heads were supposed to be immobile! I'm not buying a DVD no matter how much I liked this movie. The hooded leader of the ungodly apparitions slits Melissa’s throat, and she is left screaming and bleeding as the crowd frantically tries to get out of the Hell House. Found inside – Page 15Well, I had this baby duck in a box in the basement, and I had to keep him warm ... Hell, I cannot tell you how many times I'd come into the house and Dad's ... Because of this, a … Paul and Mac rouse her from her trance and she begins to panic. Found insideThis is a modern classic, a book that deals with the impossibly difficult themes of race in America, set during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s. Found insideHe hadn't been in the house since the final touches had been added. ... he heard a strange clanging sound coming from the door leading to the basement. The attraction is two weeks away from opening night, and he doesn’t want Paul to scare the actors. 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