Hell House LLC is a found footage horror film directed by Stephen Cognetti. The film is set out like a documentary trying to find out what happened at the Abaddon Hotel. Prior to the events of the film there was a massacre at the opening night of the Abaddon Hotel, but no one really knows what really happened as there has been a massive cover-up surrounding it. So, the team set out to find out what happened, which is made easier as they’re given a bunch of video tapes by the group of people who bought the haunted hotel.
This is a film very much in the same vein as Blair Witch or Paranormal Activity, it is a found footage film about people going missing and a supernatural cult; sound familiar? Most of these found footage films are the same, they follow a formula, group of people start recording on a camera for whatever reason, things start to get scary, one or more of them get possessed, they all mostly die. Hell House LLC follows this formula to the tee, most of the events in this film are predictable and you have seen the same thing play out in many other films.
However, for a samey found footage film this is still an incredibly good horror film. It genuinely scared me and stayed with me long after the credits rolled. Some of the tense claustrophobic sequences with things happening in tight corridors are genuinely frightening because you feel trapped just like the characters; you feel like you’re in their shoes.
The ending leaves itself open to a sequel, adding a new addition to the mythology which is a nice twist. I can’t wait to watch the sequels and I hope they live up to this film.
Overall, a genuinely quite scary found footage film that might not add anything new to the saturated subgenre, but it does manage to produce a lot of good scares and chills.
Pros.
Good scares.
Genuinely frightening.
It stays with you.
Great ending.
Cons.
There is nothing new or original about it.
4/5.
Reviewed by Luke
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