The hit found footage franchise Hell House LLC released its fourth installment last Halloween season. This Halloween season, the fifth and potentially final entry in the franchise, Hell House LLC: Lineage, has entered production as of today.
Hell House LLC: Lineage is set to be released exclusively on Shudder in October 2025.
Writer/Director Stephen Cognetti announced this morning on socials that filming the fifth entry has begun. The filmmaker teased that Lineage would be the “scariest” Hell House yet, but the bad news is that Cognetti also stated that this entry would likely be the franchise’s last.
As for plot, Hell House LLC: Lineage will continue a deeper dive into the back stories of various characters within the franchise, while introducing new characters and storylines.
This potentially final installment of the franchise follows on the heels of prequel Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor. When Bloody Disgusting spoke with Cognetti for the prequel film, the director teased the franchise’s future that may give hints on Lineage.
He revealed, “I would love to know what happened there at the Rockland County Fair, why it closed down. Young Margot was there as well. There’s the tie in there, but also that they’re going to bring the fair back, and they’re going to have it near the county of Rockland. That’s been something that’s always been building up the whole time, knowing this is going to come back, and what does that mean for the town? That’s where I would love to go with it. But once you bring in something with so many moving pieces and extras and moving parts like a fair, that’s where you get out of the low-budget found footage realm, and you’re like, you better have a budget for that, which we don’t right now. If I make another Hell House, especially in this timeline where we’re going with this stuff, I want to venture away from found footage, too. I want to move into narrative. And again, that’s all about budget as well.”
Could Lineage finally make the transition from found footage to traditional narrative? Time will tell, but luckily, with the release date set for next Halloween, the wait won’t be too unbearable.
The film will be written and directed by Cognetti, with Joe Bandelli producing and Brian Keenan handling cinematography. Terror Films Releasing CEO, Joe Dain and COO, Jim Klock will act as Executive Producers.
Here we go! Day one of what will likely be the last but also the scariest Hell House! @Shudder @Terror_Films pic.twitter.com/KmpqveWHZD
— Stephen Cognetti (@sajc05) October 29, 2024