Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor

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Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor

Released Oct 24, 2023

1h 37m

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In 2021, a group of internet sleuths travel to the remote Carmichael Manor, deep in the woods of the Rockland County, New York, site of the infamous 1989 Carmichael family murders that have gone unsolved to this day. What they discover are secrets that have been hidden away for decades and a terror that has been lurking in the shadows long before Hell House LLC.

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Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

Cognetti cleverly expands the mythology while returning to the atmospheric foreboding and scares that made the original film such a cult favorite in the first place.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 25, 2023

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Phil Hoad

Guardian

It isn’t just Cognetti’s solid deployment of the backstory that impresses; he and cinematographer Josh Layton also show a devious command of camera mechanics, vital to the subjective found-footage experience.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 25, 2023

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Bee Delores

B-Sides & Badlands

Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor centers its story largely on those creepy clown mannequins — a genius move that allows filmmaker Stephen Cognetti to blanket the entire film in suffocating dread.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 2, 2024

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Josh Goller

Spectrum Culture

Cognetti has proven with Origins that, in an allegiance to and expansion of his source material, he’s not simply beating a dead house.

Jun 4, 2024

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

A return to form for the long-running Hell House LLC franchise, The Carmichael Manor is scary as hell.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 27, 2023

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

The fourth film is the best in the franchise as Cognetti strikes a good balance between jump scares, mythology, and character development. The computer stalking bit with Rebecca and Chase's final video are masterful scare sequences.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 21, 2023

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James B

While it has loose connections to the whole story Hell House LLC Origins still proves to be scary and a fantastic prequel.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/15/25

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Sandra S

One of the worst movies I’ve seen. Along the lines of Blair Witch. Annoying characters and a lot of whining.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/25/25

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Gianni O

Really well done found footage film, and for a fourth film in a franchise, it was a pretty great movie overall. Love the connections to the original trilogy as well as the more in-depth exploration of the established lore of the series overall. Definitely worth the watch if you're a fan of the franchise and found footage horror films in general.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/25

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Ian H

Annoying main character. Creepy clowns and some good, slow burn tension. Decent.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/25

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Audience Member

Way way better than you'd expect considering it's like the 4th sequel at this point. These filmmakers consistently deliver top-notch found footage horror; the 2nd and 3rd installments declined a bit in quality, but this is the best one yet. It doesn't break new ground or anything like that but it does what it's trying to do absolutely perfectly. I was invested from the get and terrified throughout. I'm also really impressed that it's a complete 180 in terms of aesthetics from the first film, which took place in a claustrophobic, crowded space at a fast clip, while this one occupies empty spaces and relies on long, tense, still takes. And is still just as effectively scary. Well done.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/19/25

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Robert A

Best Hell House LLC film since the first and may even be better than the original. Nobody can conjure up genuine discomfort and tense fear like Steven Cognetti. Even I sleep with the lights on after these movies. Nothing is scarier

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/20/24

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Synopsis

In 2021, a group of internet sleuths travel to the remote Carmichael Manor, deep in the woods of the Rockland County, New York, site of the infamous 1989 Carmichael family murders that have gone unsolved to this day. What they discover are secrets that have been hidden away for decades and a terror that has been lurking in the shadows long before Hell House LLC.

Director: Stephen Cognetti
Producer: Joe Bandelli
Screenwriter: Stephen Cognetti, Stephen Cognetti
Distributor: Terror Films
Production Co: Cognetti Films, Marylous' Boys
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 24, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 30, 2023
Runtime: 1h 37m

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