Hell House LLC: A great found footage trilogy

 

As the old saying goes, find something your good at and do it better than anyone else. As far as "found footage" flicks go, this one does just that. This movie does a great job of creating an uncomfortable film while still keeping the pace of a haunted house. I feel that most Blair witch / paranormal activity clones have way too much lull time between scares. Hell house llc gave me goose bumps more than once and I truly enjoyed this film.

Plot:

On October 8, 2009, Hell House LLC opened its doors to the public for their inaugural Halloween haunted tour, taking place in the small town of Abaddon in Rockland County, New York. The Hell House crew picked the abandoned Abaddon Hotel for their attraction. The following morning, fifteen tour-goers and staff were confirmed dead. What happened was unclear. Authorities have only said that an "unknown malfunction" occurred on that night. 

Five years later, a documentary crew led by producer Diane Graves decides to investigate the tragedy further. They interview people familiar with the case, including a journalist who had broken into the abandoned hotel a few years after the incident and snapped controversial photos that led people to believe something more mysterious happened that night than what had been made public. The crew lands a break when the only surviving member of the Hell House staff, Sara Havel, agrees to be interviewed and provides them with never-before-seen footage shot by the members of Hell House themselves leading up to the tragedy.

The Hell House tapes document the full crew and their arrival at the abandoned Abaddon Hotel, where they go to work setting it up for their haunted attraction. Unexplainable paranormal events begin to happen to them but Alex, the CEO of the company, is determined to press on. Despite bitter disagreements between the other members, Alex convinces the group to stay and opening night goes on as planned. The footage reveals in eerie detail exactly how the tragedy took place and the paranormal forces behind the deaths of all fifteen tour-goers and staff. Clues imply that a satanic cult is behind the activity in the house. 

Bottom line:

It’s a great found footage flick with subsequent sequels to follow. So why wait, watch it now!