Hell House LLC

I went into this film with low expectations. The last few found footage ghost movies I had seen had been less than great. Then I watched this. I went immediately watched it again that night with my daughter, then a couple of nights later with my whole family. The story is tightly written and the action keeps pace nicely without feeling rushed. The characters are as well developed as you can get in an hour and a half horror film. They each get their own time to shine, their own issues, relationships, etc. The acting is much better than one usually finds in low budget indie horror. The scares are great and subtle, and that creeping feeling of dread keeps you on the edge of your seat. The effects are all practical, which is fantastic and a fresh change of pace with some of the badly CGI'd ghost effects out there. I cannot wait to see what this group has for us next, because they are talented.

So I was looking for something to watch and came across Hell House LLC and decided to watch it after checking it's ratings online. I am well aware of the 'found footage' genre that has become a normal horror movie cliché and while I have enjoyed some in the past, a majority of them, I do not like. Hell House LLC is one of the ones I liked. The film is part found footage and part documentary mixed into a sort of surreal horror film. The fact that the film takes place in and around a pop-up Halloween haunted house only allows them to use weird and creepy effects without expecting people to suspend belief. The movie has a decent pace, the actors are your average run of the mill B-Horror cast. The writing is fine, but it's another one of those films that explain nothing and I really hate that.

I managed to endure 30 minutes of this snoozefest of a movie. "Hell House LLC" was crammed with ridiculous characters that lacked depth and personalities. And it didn't really help in any way that the storyline was incredibly boring and uneventful. There was simply nothing to keep my interest in the movie at all. I must admit that I had my phone out not even 10 minutes into the movie. I am not a fan of the "found footage" genre as it is rubbish 99% of the time, and "Hell House LLC" was not the 1% that breaks the habit. Stay well clear of this one.