Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor (2023) YIFY - Download Movie TORRENT

I was intrigued when I heard about this sequel. The first movie in this franchise was one that I enjoyed. I thought the two sequels were solid for what they were doing, but I thought it got away from what made that original one work as well as it did. I figured I'd go ahead and make this a featured review on Journey with a Cinephile since I covered the sequels previously.Synopsis: a group of cold case investigators stay the Carmichael Manor. After four nights, the group was never heard from again. What is discovered in their footage is even more disturbing than anything found on the Hell House tapes.This is presented as mockumentary where Bradley Moynahan (Darin F. Earl II) and Alice Harper (Searra Sawka) have gathered information about what about happened to Margot Bentley (Bridget Rose Perrotta), Rebecca Vickers (Destiny Leilani Brown) and Chase Bentley (James Liddell) during their stay at the Carmichael Manor. Bradley and Margot worked together for a sleuth website, which is why he's looking into it. Margot went with her girlfriend Rebecca and her brother of Chase.The mystery they were looking into involved Patrick Carmichael (Gideon Berger) disappearing where his sister Catherine (Cayla Berejikian) and their mother Eleanor (Marlene Williams) were found dead. The father is the prime suspect, but the weird thing is that there is only a set of footprints coming to the house. Something odd was that another sibling, Margaret (Victoria Andrunik), died in a car accident that made Patrick lose ability of his arm. This series of occurrences brings our group to stay in the manor that is now thought to be haunted.Then to add even more is that this is near the Abaddon Hotel where the events of the Hell House LLC trilogy took place. Margot liked to film everything so we see the first connection when she and Rebecca go to a local antique shop that has items that survived the fire at the hotel. It is there that a grandfather clock is kept and Rebecca knows of a secret compartment. What is found there gives a connection between the Carmichaels, the Abaddon Hotel and maybe even explain what happened to this family. The clown figures that were at the Abaddon Hotel are also being kept here at the Carmichael Manor.That is where I'll leave my recap and introduction to the characters. Where I'll start is that this movie made me uneasy. I'd even go as far to say that this is closer to the first Hell House LLC with what it did there. One of my issues with the two sequels to that one was that it felt they were trying to do too much with building the backstory and it got away from the horror of the first. That's not to say I didn't like them though. I loved the cult, cosmic horror and even the religious aspects that gets incorporated in. It just didn't work as well for me.Now I do have to say, I wasn't fully sure how they were going to connect this to that trilogy. Seeing in the title that this was an origin-style story, I thought then that this would take place before the events of Hell House LLC and its sequels. That's not the case. What this is doing though is going into the past with footage found from Catherine since she liked to make movies. She also would record different things at home. I was shocked how well that worked and didn't feel forced to me like how others in this sub-genre/filming style can at times. What is even better here, I love mirroring things in the past to what is happening in the present to our trio. That was well done. It also made me feel uneasy, which doesn't happen a lot.Let me then look at our group in the present. We have Margot who does this as a hobby. She created this site with Bradley where they look at different unsolved murders and see if they can find something that was missing. Rebecca loves her and comes along, but she has the job that allows them to do things like this. There is resentment here between Margot and Rebecca that comes to head during this one. This is the first time they encountered a real haunting. I did like the tension that builds there. We also bring in Chase who had a mental breakdown. He probably shouldn't be here, but he experienced something that told him to. It might not be a good thing since he's as shaky mentally as he is.There is also this roll of film that is found that shows us backstory with the Carmichaels. What is interesting there is that Margot didn't see any of it. She took it and sent it off to Bradley, who got it developed and watched it. It is presented here in this mockumentary as the last days of Catherine with the fateful murder that Margot's group is looking into. This does lose realism here though. This footage would need to be given to the police and not shown here unless the police released it for this documentary to show it. Regardless, there is good writing and editing here as I said. I love that we see things done on this roll of film that match up to the haunting in the present. That almost makes a time loop feel.Let me then just finish my thoughts on filmmaking. I've already said how good the editing was to sync up the past and present. I'd also say that the framing and cinematography are solid. There are eerie things with this clown mannequins where they will be in a room that they shouldn't be. I'd heard another podcaster bring up how you can clearly see that there is a person in the make-up and outfit. I noticed that too, but it adds another creepy element where you think they might be moving, but you're also not completely sure. I like that. They do creepy stuff here that made me uncomfortable so once again, credit to that. The soundtrack also adds to the atmosphere. We also have CGI at times, at least I thought I saw that. If there is, not an issue. I thought this was well-made across the board.All that is left then is acting. Perrotta, Brown and Liddell are all good. I like them as they trio that go to this manor and experience more than they bargained. They felt like real people, which is what I'm looking for here. Berger, Berejikian, Andrunik and Williams are solid as the Carmichael family. Again, what I like there is their back story influences the present. Earl and Sawka are solid as these people who are being interviewed for the mockumentary. I love how they fill in what we need. Other than that, Thomas J. Cipriano, Michael Caproili and the rest of the cast rounded this out for what was needed. Special credit to Joe Bandelli as the Hell House Clown.In conclusion, I thought this was one of the better installments to the franchise. I put this right up there after the original. The back story of Carmichael Manor and how it factors in with Hell House LLC worked well. There is good filmmaking here. I credit the cinematography, framing, editing and the soundtrack to work. I did question why there was a musical score, but we are seeing the edited footage together. The acting brings the characters to life. This also made me feel uncomfortable, which I love. If you like this series, then I think this will work for you. Also, I'd recommend it to found footage fans.My Rating: 8 out of 10.

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Reviewed by GrassesOh 7 / 10

I'd like a cut that gets rid of the cut away interviews

This movie was really good, I think that it has a great set, the Carmichael Manor, the set was really large and had a lot of great hallways that the characters could walk through.Personally, I think that the movie could have done away with a ton of the interviews that are interspersed throughout the run time. They really killed the momentum of the creep factor that the movie worked hard to get going. I think they were included so that the plot could be explained more in depth? Maybe so that the audience isn't lost in anyway?I'd say its like eating a nice meal, then while you're eating it, the waiter comes out, takes the meal from you, and points to different parts of the meal and explains to you how the chef made it, and why it tastes good, you say, oh yeah, thanks, could've learned that later, and then the waiter sits it back down in front of you. Strange, but oh well, the food is good, I can deal with it. Then the waiter comes back and does it 5 more times, it gets tiring.They could've saved the exposition dumps for the scenes that take place after the final climax of the movie, but they didn't for some reason.The gore that is used, though sparingly, throughout the movie is well done, they weren't fake looking, they were slightly realistic, but the amount of blood that they did use wasn't to the point that it looked ridiculous, they use just the right amount for each scene they needed it.The acting of the different characters seemed to falter in scenes where I guess the actors aren't proficient, but it didn't detract from the movie too much.Overall, I don't regret watching this movie, the jump scares were innovative and kinda new, def a 7/10, would probably watch it again with new people.

Reviewed by Reviews_of_the_Dead 8 / 10

Solid Shift for this Franchise

Reviewed by Daman-Malone 2 / 10

Weak acting, story and script.

I am a big fan of 1.Disliked 2.Enjoyed 3.This latest installment is have to say was a huge disappointment.The constant direction of "this happened and then this happened and then this happened" was so wasted and useless. That said I think like part 2 it was the actors and acting that ruined it for me.The character of Margot Bentley played by Bridget Rose Perrotta was so far off mark. Her relationship with character Rebecca Vickers played by Destiny Leilani Brown was absolutely not convincing, they certainly didn't seem like lovers but more like good girly friends.The acting by Bridget was really weak, over exaggerated and mistimed on many back and fourth dialog scenes.Some of the plot set ups were also very bad. *SPOLIER* When the ladies arrive at the Carmichael mansion with Donald (I think was his name) to get the keys and be show around, Rebecca asks Donald regarding the internet signal and he states "as I said to Margot when we last spoke, the internet is just fine". The reason this is a red flag is because Rebecca mentioned a few times before they arrived at the mansion that she will be happy as long as it has internet at which point Margot could've simple said it does. It also foreshadowing the internet going down.I was super excited when this movie was announced, even more excited when it dropped but now having seen it twice, it is by far the weakest link and the worse produced out of them.

Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor

2023

Action / Horror / Mystery

Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor

2023

Action / Horror / Mystery

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I'd like a cut that gets rid of the cut away interviews

Solid Shift for this Franchise

Weak acting, story and script.

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