After months of hints and teases from Terror Films across social media, the official trailer, poster, and release date for writer-director Stephen Cognetti’s “Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor, the fourth film of the franchise, are finally here!
“The story is set 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.”
“Although this is the fourth film in the Hell House LLC series, I want fans to know that this is not a ‘part 4’ or a prequel. In making the Carmichael Manor, I wanted to create an original story within the Hell House LLC universe yet set it in the present day instead of making a precursor to the original trilogy. As a filmmaker, the Carmichael Manor allowed me to explore some of the themes and origins from the hotel’s mythology, while introducing new characters and mysteries surrounding the events that took place in 1989 in a stand-alone origin story, one of several I hope to create,” stated Cognetti.
The long-awaited prequel will debut as an official selection at the Telluride Horror Show from October 13th to 15th, followed by its exclusive streaming debut on Shudder on October 30, 2023, during the streamer’s “Devil’s Night” premiere.
Cognetti will attend Telluride and IFC Center, participating in a Q&A after each screening. Tickets for Telluride and the Shudder Showcase at the IFC Center are available now.
The film is produced by Joe Bandelli, with Joe Dain and Jim Klock executive producing for Terror Films Releasing. Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor will be available to anyone with a Shudder or AMC+ subscription in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia, Spain, and Portugal.
For fans who don’t yet have a subscription, Shudder offers a 7-Day free trial; however, Terror Films Releasing has teamed with Shudder to provide this special promo code: HELLHOUSELLC4 The code will be good for a 14-day Free Trial from the date of activation, but this special code expires on 10/21/23, so be sure to activate it before 10/21 but no earlier than 10/18 to catch the premiere of Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor on 10/30/23.
