Itβs beenΒ almost a yearΒ since we first got wind of a new entry into the terrifying found footageΒ Hell House LLCΒ series, but today Shudder have finally blessed us with an official trailer, poster and release date for writer/director Stephen CognettiβsΒ Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael ManorΒ β and yes, those horrible clowns are back in business!
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CognettiβsΒ Hell HouseΒ franchise started in 2015 withΒ Hell House LLC, in which horror fans were first introduced to the eponymous haunt and eerie town of Abaddon. Two sequels followed,Β Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon HotelΒ in 2018 andΒ Hell House LLC III: Lake of FireΒ in 2019.
Terror Films ReleasingβsΒ Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael ManorΒ will continue the mystery, with the plot synopsis reading as follows:
The story takes place in 2021 and follows a group of internet sleuths who travel to the remote Carmichael Manor. Located deep in the woods of Rockland County, New York, the estate is the 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.
In a statement, Cognetti expressed his excitement and cleared up a few things about the canonical running order of the franchise:
βAlthough this is the fourth film in the Hell House LLC series, I want fans to know that this is not a βpart 4β or a prequel. In making the Carmichael Manor, I wanted to create an original story within the Hell HouseΒ LLC universeΒ yetΒ set it in the present day instead of making a precursor to the original trilogy.Β As a filmmaker, theΒ Carmichael ManorΒ allowed meΒ to exploreΒ some of the themes and origins from the hotelβs mythology, while introducing newΒ characters andΒ mysteries surrounding the events that took place in 1989Β in a stand-alone origin story, one of several I hope to create,β