Hell House LLC is a mockumentary film of the haunted house genre with elements of the found footage storytelling convention. It was written and directed by Stephen Cognetti and produced by Joe Bandelli. It premiered at the Telluride Horror Show on October 16th, 2015. It was made available on video-on-demand in the United States on November 1st, 2016.
The tagline for this film is "New York's scariest haunted house tour".
There are a total of fourteen credited cast members in this film.
Hell House LLC was filmed at an actual haunted house attraction in Lehighton, Pennsylvania called "The Haunting at the Waldorf Hotel". This haunt did take over an empty hotel similar to what is demonstrated in the movie.
The director's cut edition of the film was made available on digital streaming platforms on October 30th, 2020.
The central setting of this film is the fictional Abaddon Hotel in Abaddon, New York - a small town in Rockland County just outside of New York City.
This movie has been made available for streaming to Amazon Prime subscribers.
Writer and director Stephen Cognetti also plays the cameraman in the tour group in the main sequence. He is uncredited in the film in this capacity.
Producer Joe Bandelli plays Diane's cameraman in this film. He is uncredited in the film in this capacity.
On the movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomates, Hell House LLC has a Tomatometer rating of 75% certified Fresh based on twelve approved critic reviews. It has an audience score of 72% based on more than 250 ratings.
The actual Waldorf Hotel, which doubled for the Abaddon Hotel in this film is operated by Angie Moyer. Angie Moyer served as a set designer on this film.
On Letterboxd, this movie has a weighted average of 3.21 out of 5 based on 28,634 ratings.
This movie was featured in episode 147 of "The Horror Virgin" podcast, which aired on February 1st, 2021.
The nature of what exactly happens that prompts this documentary is never fully clarified. It is also suggested that local law enforcement and mainstream media are covering up details of the affair, though there is never any reason given as to why such a cover-up might occur.
The name of the founder of the Abaddon Hotel is Andrew Tully. He died in 1989 as a result of suicide by hanging.
The presence of a pre-existing pentagram on the wall, as well as the imagery of multiple hooded figures suggests that a Sataniccult may have occupied the Abaddon Hotel during the time of Andrew Tully. This is never confirmed in the film itself.
Sara Havel is 30-years-old during her interview.
The Hell House footage on Sara Havel's tapes were recorded between August 23rd and October 8th, 2009.
Week three of the prep work on Hell House began on September 5th, 2009.
The first occurrence of a haunting takes place at 27:44.
Joey Scheffler was found dead in his bedroom, an apparent suicide by hanging. This occurred on October 17th, 2009 - nine days after the opening night incident.
The name of the prop sitting in front of the piano is called "Hector".
Bloopers[]
Even though the opening night of the event is supposed to be October 8th, 2009, the recording date on the internal monitors reads May 10th, 2014.
Body Count[]
Andrew Tully - Suicide by hanging. 1989
Alex Taylor - Death confirmed. Seen hanging from ceiling by chains.
Tony Prescott - Death confirmed. Never demonstrated.
Andrew "Mac" McNamara - Death confirmed. Never demonstrated.
Melissa - Death confirmed. Never demonstrated.
Kate - Death confirmed. Never demonstrated.
Sara Havel - Beaten to death by possessed Paul O'Keefe.
Paul O'Keefe - Suicide by slit throat with broken object.
Joey Scheffler - Suicide by hanging 9 days after opening night.
Diane Graves - Presumed. Killed off-screen by hooded ghost figure.
Diane's cameraman - Presumed. Killed off-screen by hooded ghost figure.
