HELL HOUSE LLC (2015) Ending Explained

what's up guys welcome to fountain flicks with halloween on the horizon it's the time of the year for getting spooked and what's better than a haunted house especially one that goes horribly wrong i just love movies set in haunted houses it's the perfect kind of horror to get into the season that's why on this ending explained we'll be looking at the found footage modern classic hellhouse llc the name of a group of friends that work in creating haunted houses and their latest venture at the potentially haunted abaddon hotel will wind up having grave consequences as a documentary crew investigates the mysterious horrors that befell them on opening night of their haunt when it comes to found footage horror flicks the obvious motivation is that the style lends to having an extremely low budget thanks to the janky handheld style the format is known for the idea being to create scares with very little in terms of budget and scale which is where most found footage movies fall flat but what makes hellhouse llc so good is just how damn scary it is despite their obviously limited resources i mean the movie looks like it costs about 35 bucks the video quality is grainy dark moving around all over the place it honestly looks like but they actually use their limitations effectively and make one hell of a scary movie and overall fun halloween treat so it's got great scares and plenty of suspenseful moments and additionally crafts well-rounded and believable characters which makes all of the difference and a lot of what makes it work so well is their natural chemistry another seemingly simple but actually extremely difficult aspect to get right with these kinds of movies hellhouse also tells its story in an interesting way unfolding the events through a documentary investigating what happened that fateful night as a mystery that develops over the run time before in the end finally seeing for ourselves what happened also worth noting i didn't know that there were multiple versions of this movie and the one that i got is the extended cut and these few minutes actually make a huge difference the other cut that i had seen didn't include some extremely pivotal scenes there is a lot about the story that could be confusing but if we pay enough attention to the details spread throughout it's easy to piece together the bigger picture of what's going on and who is behind it so let's take a trip to the halloween haunt at the avedon hotel courtesy of the hellhouse llc crew exploring the mysteries of their tail and filling in the blanks of what happened as well as looking at the quite effective and shocking twist ending that changes all of our preconceived ideas about what we've been seeing at the opening of the documentary little is known for certain about what happened on the night of october 8 2009 only that 15 people were killed and even more injured at the hellhouse llc haunted house at the abandoned abaddon hotel in upstate new york the only footage they have of that night is from one group of kids that was uploaded to youtube we see they're excited and ready to be scared stepping into the haunted attraction with many others surrounding them from their perspective getting the first signs that something might be up as another girl is seen running past them into a back door and disappears down the hallway the group riding it off as opening night complications yeah well that is accurate but in a way they couldn't possibly imagine venturing down the stairs into the always creepy basement they find they can't go down as a flood of people frantically are attempting to get back up our group getting caught in the chaos the mass of terrified people running out for their lives getting ushered outside by one of the crew confused but at least still alive fire engines already on the scene the particulars of the night are still shrouded in mystery other than the loss of many lives with the official report being that there was some kind of malfunction or gas leak in order to peel back the layers of what happened that night several years later investigative reporter diane and her crew are attempting to uncover the truth via the documentary that we are watching speaking to witnesses and other experts on the matter when speaking with a photographer who managed to sneak into the hotel afterwards they get their first clue that there was more than some kind of simple malfunction or gas leak that night in his photos seeing traces of blood all over the place which already debunks the cover story the public was told however the photographer martin wasn't brave enough to enter the basement can't really blame him there noting that he's been to some scary places in his life but there was no way he was going down there and as we saw in the earlier tape the basement is the main location where things first originated the fate of the hellhouse llc crew since the incident has also been unknown until one of them sarah who hadn't been heard from since that night reaches out to diane to be interviewed being able to talk to someone that was there firsthand would prove invaluable to understanding what happened when asking how she's been coping a sedate sarah says she's in a better place now but when asking deeper questions she's cagier in her responses asking about the town's decision to conceal the truth from the public sarah calls this smart as it would be hard to deal with what really happened everyone wondering what the heck actually happened and sarah has a gift that will set the narrative in motion of the events that led to that night producing a bag full of tapes shot by the hellhouse crew documenting the entire process from the arrival at the abaddon hotel all the way through opening night when we first meet the crew on their way to their latest haunted house creation it's well established that they are quite close and good friends as we know the standard found footage setup usually involves you know at least 30 minutes or so build up people babbling at each other until the scares finally start called act 2. the case is the same here but they deserve credit for building a reasonable cast of unknowns to pull off the ensemble which in addition to sarah is made up of the leader of the crew and sarah's boyfriend alex who seems to be the one always making decisions on behalf of the group including selecting the abaddon as their newest location way outside of their usual spots in new york city his other half in the business sense is mac who deals with the business and logistics side of things while alex focuses on the creative then there's tony kind of a general construction electrician guy and paul who is mostly there to man the camera and they do at least try to establish okay alex likes to have everything documented so never stop shooting no matter what found footage movies also always have to bake in a reason for these people to be filming all this crap in the first place and they do at least establish why so they can study the tapes to improve for their next year's haunt fine fair enough arriving at the abaddon it is certainly more than a little run down having been abandoned for several years but all the weird and creepy around is actually perfect set dressing for the haunted house score well that takes care of that thanks spooky hotel touring the decayed remains of the location the gang isn't so sure what alex has gotten them into this time but he is confident that this is the perfect location for their next house sure hope it isn't haunted or anything as they get their first signs of the evil presence at the location when in the attic their walkie is overtaken by a static warbling noise it only lasts for a moment but as they rejoin alex we catch a glimpse of a black robe figure in the corner so yeah it's already not looking good for these hapless haunted house homies but sure they didn't see him however down in the basement they're greeted by another alarming warning sign this being where the majority of the people are killed on opening night and guess what's down there a pentagram and upside-down crosses all over the walls as well as a whole bunch of bibles littering the ground sure clues that satan is afoot in the bowels of the hotel a lot of times he is involved with the evil but alex is again convinced that this whole satanic ritual setup is brilliant and is bubbling with ideas on how to utilize it as part of the show yeah alex nothing to worry about after some time tech whiz tony has got their intricate security camera system with cams all over the hotel set up but conveniently they can't get one down in the basement and decide on a solution to hide an actor in costume in the basement to monitor things the paranormal occurrences are of only middling evil as the setup continues a door opening on its own and someone passing by as they work on hanging a corpse prop and later paul records a stupid confessional in bed not noticing someone walking into the room blathering on for a while as they eerily stand there watching he finally turns to look asking if it's sarah to no response the person only slowly turning and walking away paul casually is like oh well that was weird and somehow not terrified goes right to betty buys yeah right dude i'd be pissing my pants when casting other parts with locals melissa fills them in with the rumor in town about the history of the abaddon the owner supposedly hung himself and things happened to guests bluntly stating that it's supposed to be haunted to the shock of everyone else the owner tully built a hotel in abaddon for a specific reason as this is in some versions of the bible the demon that guards the gateway to hell the owner andrew tully also had a cult of crazy followers and considered himself a modern day dante and this makes clear what tully's intention was to open a portal to hell in the basement of his hotel sure why not when it came to the missing guest each time tully was cleared of all charges but his reputation was still tainted and the hotel went under resulting in him a few months later hanging himself in the dining room and of course even amongst all this horrifying exposition dump alex is still like what that's just a rumor there's no way this place is haunted that's ridiculous melissa and it's pretty clear he's known about the true history of the hotel this whole time and chose to kept the others in the dark good friend thanks for that buddy despite all this it's still mostly business as usual even when paul comes across a clown from the basement when going through the haunt rooms but we see it's not joey in the costume as he's in the other room so who was the clown i don't know good question when paul runs back he's gone finding him untouched sitting in his original position down in the basement well that's terrifying but they convinced himself it was all just some kind of prank and the creepy hotel inhabitant seemed to favor torturing paul for some reason as he has another frightening encounter when testing out the haunts amongst the blinking strobe lights another freak figure appears in the blinks one more than should actually be there oh mortified paul tries to pound on the door to get out finding it jammed closed until it finally opens and he blows chunks all over the kitchen floor can't yeah well gross the group are on edge at this point but alex is steadfast wanting them to stay and keep working to make money and we understand more about his selfish nature in another interview calling alex his own worst enemy more interested in the company that he created than anything else the others were only loyal to him as good friends well a lot of good that did you guys worst friend ever as the evil clown is back to mess with them again woken up in the middle of the night he's found standing there on the stairs and when mack bravely goes down to touch him it's an unmoving and plastic mannequin so the two work to put him back along the way finding sarah in a daze facing a wall and speaking backwards oh boy that's not good but she quickly comes back from her odd state and in the distraction the clown guy has disappeared they go searching for the clown finding a meal set up for them in the dining room and the clown down there waiting for them as well geez i cannot take it with this guy he's freaking me out clown jumping around all over the place geez just stop it stop it already the next morning searching for alex leads to them discovering more disconcerting information about his state of mind in his sketchbook there are pages full of all kinds of weird satanic stuff like the clown guy upside down crosses you know standard stuff implying that the evil presence of the hotel has started to infect alex's mind which does help explain his peculiar behavior and it's now three days until opening paul doesn't seem that excited for some reason admitting that everyone is a little stressed but alex is more confident than ever even though as he tells sarah she's not looking so good i don't know maybe that could be because she's been living in a haunted hovel for a month you jerk and it's not much later that we see that paul's worries were spot on waking up later to a woman sitting on the wall behind him scaring the hell out of him he hides under the covers waiting a few moments before peeking out and her head has turned to face him then starting to stand up and come towards him one last peek-a-boo and she's right in front of him bellowing no as the camera cuts well damn who's gonna run the camera now and it's tony who finds it later no sign of paul in the room they try to call him on the phone only getting a loud shrieking sound probably not normal distant screams send them down into the basement and when searching the cold storage fridge all three clowns heads turned to face them and paul is there slumped against the wall alex annoyed with him thinking as usual this was all some kind of prank i mean good lord man get it together at least at a later group meeting he relents that something is out of the ordinary as the clown head mannequins can't actually turn which we saw that they did so that's definitely not a good sign tony then attempts to quit telling off alex but mack chases him down as he knows something important although the tape conveniently skips right over whatever the dark secret he shares to convince tony to stay keeping this a mystery until the sequel ever since being rescued from the basement josh has been pretty much catatonic and hasn't said a word oh well time for the big opening night and there's already a pretty sizable lineup outside maybe it was worth all this ghost torture for a taste of success matt goes outside to let the crowd in seeing the same group's footage from the earlier youtube video looping back to that time shown at the beginning but filling in the full story of what had previously been unknown things go off the rail even more quickly than we might have anticipated when their planted security clown joey is seen running out of the basement hearing blood curdling screams right outside sarah rushes upstairs to find out what's going on connecting to the girl running through the door at the beginning it was sarah then getting to see for ourselves what happened moments earlier we see a skull-faced hell guy in the corner and joey is quick to split thanks thanks for the help joey wasn't your whole point down here to keep things secure leaving melissa stuck in chains screaming to be let out the scene erupting into total chaos as the crowd scatters in a panic and a flaming hole opens up in the ground melissa getting dragged inside oh so i guess tully did get his portal to hell figured out good for him running through the rooms they're led outside by mack as also seen earlier but unluckily for him the door seals closed with him still inside he pounds on it to no avail guiding the others to another way out he then sends tony down to the basement for help seeing all of the haunts in the house have come to life and are hungry for souls and tony is the next to get taken hearing screams as he goes through a door sarah flees back up more stairs to the attic finding alex in the middle of hanging himself she tries to get him down as loud whooshing noises ring out and she turns to a group of black robe figures and their leader the camera dropping to the ground and fading away seems like quite an abrupt ending but back with sarah now she says that that was all that happened she came downstairs from the attic making it to the front door with no incident just as the police arrived seems maybe a little odd that nothing at all happened in the literal house of horrors and with the rogue hell dudes surrounding her and everything sounds really plausible great job sarah she says now that she wants to take a break asking to continue the interview later at her room to see encouraging diane to pay the hotel a visit when she confusingly responds that it's all boarded up sarah asks is that all that's stopping you obviously trying to lure her into going there for herself which they do immediately decide to go do mitchell staying behind to check out more of the footage he made a smart choice as this documentary is actually edited by his character and since he didn't go with diane he didn't die as she is naturally going to they checked for sarah at the front desk but it turns out they don't have a 2c at their hotel and no guess with her name either strange realizing she must have met at the abaddon diane heads to the hotel mitchell viewing the footage learns that they have made a horrible mistake watching the rest of what really went down after sarah collapsed in the attic she grabs the camera navigating the labyrinth halls of the hotel another hooded guy glimpse watching her she then comes across an odd looking pawl relieved just to see him and goes to hug him he then picks up the camera and proceeds to bash it into sarah's head over and over until the camera stops working still alive a bloody sarah gasps on the floor paul's stepping to her side and stands there hearing an ominous growling demonic voice getting closer and she's quickly dragged off screen paul's still standing there we see blood start to pour down the wall him coming into frame coughing slash throat and bloody knife in hand the police outside her knocking aggressively on the door so sarah was obviously killed and thusly the person they've been interviewing is actually a ghost as is often the case with haunted locations and movies the location intends to lure more people into its walls to claim their souls which we saw come to fruition on opening night waiting and bringing in as many people all at once to slay them all the same for sarah who did plant the idea into diane's head to go to the hotel herself inside the building is now dark as blood stains and stuff still lining the walls where sarah was taken away running into a barricade of stuff they have to find a way around seeing what looks like ghost alex standing nearby but they never notice as usual cresting the basement stairs the cameraman is afraid to go any further as diane gets a call from mitchell which she declines shouldn't have done that lady as he obviously had important information for her they instead head upstairs and there find room 2c where sarah said she was staying inside sarah is facing away sitting on the bed turning back seeing her face is all messed up and the door slams closed rogue dudes appearing and flanking around her attacking the duo the tape momentarily statics and everyone is gone the room now completely empty so in the end everybody is checking into the avadon and once you check in you don't check out because that tully guy has your soul now and you're trapped here forever what a bummer to me hell house on its own works extremely well in the tired found footage style and really creates something unique and full of great scares however this was always conceived as a trilogy and that means that there is a lot more to look at in the hellhouse series next up being the sequel hell house 2 the abaddon hotel that digs even further into the evil hotel and maybe digs a little too deep kind of removing any mysterious aspects that were pretty obvious from this one but that's for another video so check back soon for my look at hellhouse 2 coming your way stay tuned unless i run into more copyright like i did with the descent what did you guys think of hellhouse llc and its ending what are your favorite found footage horror movies let me know your thoughts in the comments below make sure to like subscribe and follow thanks for watching found flicks see you next

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Length: 18min 5sec (1085 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 22 2019