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Explore the haunt known as Hell House LLC By Luke Rodriguez • 10 years ago • News 218SHARESShareTweet

Halloween films don’t come around nearly as often as they should. I’m talking about the holiday, not the franchise that covers the butcher knife-wielding brother of Laurie Strode; those are always hanging around. 2014 saw the release of The Houses October Built, and while that certainly seemed like a promising concept, it ultimately fell flat for most viewers. But the idea of a mysterious haunt, that was pretty interesting, and that’s exactly what Hell House LLC seems to be focusing on.

Here’s what we know:

From Hell House LLC In October 2009, Hell House LLC, a haunted house company based in New York, opened its annual Halloween haunted tour. Previously the tour was held every October in Manhattan, but in 2009 they left the city for unknown reasons and held the haunt in the small town of Abaddon, about forty-five minutes outside the city. The building they chose was the abandoned Abaddon Hotel. They arrived in late August to create the haunted tour in the old hotel and opened it to customers on October 8th, 2009.

Hell House LLC from left to right: Paul O’Keefe, Andrew McNamara, Alex Taylor, Tony Prescott, Sara Havel. Picture taken sometime in late September 2009.

Hell House LLC

Approximately an hour into opening night, chaos erupted amongst the tour-goers. As they decended the stairs to the basement, witnesses reported hearing screams from below but thought it was part of the show. They soon realized that the screams were in fact real and something was going very wrong in the basement.

What resulted was a bottleneck traffic-jam of tour-goers coming down the stairs and others trying to flee, trapping many people in the basement as something unexplained took place.

The fire department and EMTs showed up almost immediately and began assisting the tour-goers who had escaped the house. Eventually the emergency workers were forced to break down the unexplainably locked doors of the haunted tour and discovered bodies. By morning the number dead totaled fifteen, including tour-goers and Hell House staff.

EMTs and Fire Crews at Hell House October 8th, 2009. It was thought to have been a fire that broke out opening night.

Hell House LLC A few years after the tragedy, a photographer managed to sneak inside the hotel and captured images that only deepened the mystery further. These are the only pictures the public has seen of the interior of Hell House since the opening night tragedy.

To this day nobody knows what happened inside the haunted tour or how fifteen people died. This documentary answers those questions.

Photo of the basement stairs in 2013.

Photo of a wall somewhere along the tour route.

Photo of the top of the basement steps. Nobody knows what the numbers mean, and it is unclear if Hell House staff put them on the wall or if they were already there prior to their arrival.

So yeah – this seems like a pretty fun little backstory that will carry us nicely into the film. I must admit, I’m intrigued, and I always feel like the faux-documentary is one of the best utilizations of the found Footage sub genre. We hope to have more to share with you in the coming weeks, so stay tuned.

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July 15, 2017
Reply Matt Marble
Okay…so, after seeing The Houses October Built, I was pretty much done with haunted house meets found footage movies. But then I thought, how many films actually target this sub genre? Not many. So this movie doesn’t hit the mark. But the mark is set pretty low. with that in mind, you’ll be entertained and left wanting more, but not necessarily in the good way. It’ll leave you with a few jump scares, but the plot and acting…ehhh not bad! Definitely worth a watch.
- August 4, 2017
  Reply John Young
  So is this “found footage” movie based on a real event? How much of the footage was taken of the real event and how much is directed?
  - November 16, 2017
    Reply Sean Deane
    That is EXACTLY what I want to know and am trying to research
    - November 16, 2017
      Reply Luke Rodriguez
      I can help you out a little here. The entire production is a work of fiction ?
      
      Just a movie. Sequel coming soon!
      - September 15, 2018
        NotSure
        Thank-you, my wife thought it might have been based on actual events, because of how an article was written in a news site which will remain nameless. I hope you are right, because horror films dont disturb me… This one did, and for it to be real?.?.?.
July 26, 2019
Reply Elizabeth Smith
I watched this food footage movie myself & I got to say not many horror movies scare me & as far as scaring me this one didn’t either but it disturb me. It disturb me because of the fact it may actually be real. I mean can anyone show me proof that it isn’t real? On the other hand can anyone show me proof that it is real. It is a good movie either way but I would like to know the true truth.
September 24, 2019
Reply Denise Padilla
Just watched the movie..I’m sure that’s all it is. Just like The Blair Witch Project. As for The Houses That October Built, haven’t seen it…heard it’s pretty lame. Don’t believe everything you read, especially on the net!!!
November 30, 2019
Reply Sof
It’s just a movie..I saw it last night and it definitely scared..I thought it was real until I I typed it in on IMDb. It’s just a movie..this event didn’t happen.
August 12, 2020
Reply Stacey
it is a hotel but it is not called abaddon hotel it is actually called shanley hotel and it is soppose to be haunted
November 25, 2020
Reply Unknown
Yeah it did if you read the news story. And look into the mysterious disappearances. There’s more unaccounted for fifteen found dead but how many disappeared. Unknown and yes there’s a Abbadon hotel look on Google maps street view
January 27, 2021
Reply Will Mason
I can’t believe how many people on here are asking if it is real. No, it isn’t, it’s a film. Think about it, if all those people had died and in the manner shown, do you really think it would be on Amazon Prime for entertainment purposes? It’s a good film and clearly was well made given some folk think it may be real. But it isn’t.
January 27, 2021
Reply Lenny
Even after reading and seeing some still need more proof this is a fictional event. Hey, I have this bridge…
January 30, 2021
Reply Heather
For 1, this was definitely NOT the Shanley Hotel, which is a genuinely haunted hotel. It is located in Ellenville, NY which is not upstate. This movie was filmed in Pennsylvania, which has nothing to do with the Shanley!
February 13, 2021
Reply Sammy harris
Can anybody prove if these people might be alive possibly that will prove if it’s true or not
April 10, 2021
Reply Robbie
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4267026/fullcredits/cast?ref_=m_ttfc_3 This proves they were all actors. The movie is a fake. Abbadon the town does not even exist. The hotel does, it was called shanley. The movie is filmed in Pennsylvania. This movie at first I thought was completely real. Been doing research for an hour to find out it is a complete fake. However the tragedy did happen and is still unexplainable.
November 1, 2021
Reply Crystal Wadel
This movie freaked me out specially when all the clown heads turned at the same time. So i had to look into this film to make sure it was fake. Nowadays there making a lot of true event movies. I want to know. There would be no way in hell i would go into a real haunted place. There a chance of attachments. Im good!
November 3, 2021
Reply Willow
I’ve watched all 4 movies and I think they are awesome,there are great “jump scares ” which makes them the perfect Halloween or anytime you want the bee jeebees scared out of you. I recommend watch them in a dark room with your sweetie or maybe friends and enjoy a great series of movies.

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