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[natetaku]

I'm watching Hell House LLC (2015)

[tvrundownusa]

tvrundown USA 2023.10.30

Monday, October 30th:

(exclusive & streaming): Harry Wild (AcornTV), Mayflies (AcornTV, Scottish drama mini-series, both 2 parts), "Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor" (Shudder|AMC+, horror movie)

(hour 1): The Voice (NBC, 2hrs)

(hour 2): Fboy Island (theCW, special time, see note), Lotería Loca (CBS), The Voice (NBC, contd), Halloween Baking Championship (FOOD, season 9 finale)

(hour 3): The Irrational (NBC), "30 Coins" (HBO), American Dad! (TBS, season resumes), POV (PBS, "Fire Through Dry Grass", 90mins), Halloween Cookie Challenge (FOOD, season 2 finale)

(hour 4 - latenight): The Big Bake (FOOD), The Daily Show (COM, Charlamagne tha God guest hosts), Recipes for Love and Murder (BBCAm)

[preempted by MLB: Kitchen Nightmares (FOX), Special Forces: "World's Toughest Test" (FOX) ]

[note: Fboy Island (theCW) moves to FRIDAYS 9pm this week.]

[lightscamerafilm]

Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor Poster(2023)

[raesnovelsblog]

Synopsis according to IMDB:

Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out what really happened.

I adore this movie. Love a found footage film. Especially one that can use their low budget to their advantage. I don't think enough people know or talk about this movie.

8 stars.

How does it treat…

Women? Pretty decent, especially for a horror movie. Out of the 6 major cast, 2 are women.

Does it pass the Bechdel test? Yes. The women don’t talk about any relationships.

How long till a woman speaks?  30 seconds. First line of the movie.

Relationships? No toxic relationships, so yeah.

Sex? No sex scenes, two scenes with a woman in her underwear, one quasi-horn dog character, but he’s only slightly offensive.

LGBTQIA+? Not against, but also non-existent

Minorities? Not against, but also non-existent

Older People? N/A

Mental Health? Hauntings blamed on mental issues, but the movie doesn’t demonize mental health.

Kids? N/A

Animals? N/A

Tone

Was it fun? Yes

Was it worth it? Yes

Rewatchability? Yes

Gore level? Very Mild. Overall tone not too dark nor not too light. Very middle of the road.

Cliches

Tired? Maybe to some, but not to me.

Appropriate? Yes - filming everything, haunted house

Subverted? No, but not every movie needs to do that.

Spoilery thoughts below I had while watching the movie. You have been warned.

- Love how it starts with the ending and then shows it to you again at the end with the additional footage and point of view.

- That guy's mustache is impressive.

- The rules about when the ghost will or won’t attack you are not-consistent.

- Location creepy enough for a haunted house.  

- Don’t know if I’d drive out to the middle of nowhere for a  haunted house.  Especially for such a mid haunt.

- Would not stay the night there.  You could not pay me enough.

- Do not appreciate the term “a little rapey”.

- The glimpses of things just out of the main frame are effective.

- The woman walking into Paul’s room is creepy.

- The clown mannequins are truly creepy.

- Hearing a strange noise in the middle of the night and going to investigate is so white people behavior.  

- That clown’s head moving, nope.  My ass would be gone.

- If I saw that thing randomly appear in the hallway, I’d freak out too.

- That clown mannequin is by far their creepiest and most effective low stakes scare. You don’t have to spend big bucks on CGI to have effective scares.

- The clown has moved several times. Do they leave, nope.  They run upstairs. They work under the ‘if I’m under the covers, nothing can get me’ mentality. 

- The creepy woman just sitting on the floor without being noticed, freaked me out.  And more under the covers action.  Him peeking out to see if she notices is by far the scariest thing in the entire movie so far.  And I’m terrified of clowns.

- Clowns moving on their own is one thing.  Hearing a piano play randomly in the middle of the night is another.

-  So they aren’t going to question how Paul is there now, but wasn’t there before.  Dude’s not right, he needs a doctor. But guys in their twenties not thinking of that is absolutely plausible. 

- Finally some rage and storming out… lasts all of two seconds.  

- Real restraints for the damsel in distress in the basement?  Who thought that was a good idea?

- Continuity error that I never picked up on.  They make a point of showing Joey running out of the basement and when it shows the rest of the footage from in the basement, Joey is choosing at that moment to leave.  

- Curious if the demon/ghosts strung Alex up or if he legitimately tried to hang himself.

- The slight nod is the only time she lies.  Although you could argue it’s not even a nod.

- What accent is that by the lady at the front desk?  And I don’t know if they’d tell you what room a guest was in even in 2016.

- Death by camera.

- Slitting his own throat was cool, but why the crotch shot?

-The door was locked from the outside.  She was asking to be killed.

- That piano music is effectively creepy.

[sarah1228]

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[sarah1228]

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[sarah1228]

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