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.
Practical Effects
Those mannequins. Still thinking about those mannequins.
Direction
Cognetti builds dread through what you ALMOST see.
Production
The Abaddon Hotel feels illegally real.
Director
Stephen Cognetti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Abaddon Hotel was an actual abandoned hotel in upstate New York; cast reported genuine cold spots during filming.
Hell House LLC revived the found footage subgenre by treating its fictional documentary crew as skeptics who slowly lose their grip—mirroring audience disbelief collapsing into fear.
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