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{{Infobox film
| name           = Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor
| image          = Hell House LLC Origins- The Carmichael Manor.jpeg
| caption        = Official release poster 
| director       = 		
[[Stephen Cognetti]]
| screenplay         = 		
Stephen Cognetti
| producer       = Joe Bandelli
| based_on       = {{Based on|Characters|Stephen Cognetti}}
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* Bridget Rose Perrotta
* Destiny Leilani Brown
* James Liddell
* Gideon Berger
}}
| cinematography = Josh Layton
| editing        = 
| music          = 	
| studio         = Cognetti Films<br>Marylous' Boys
| distributor    = Terror Films<br>[[Shudder (streaming service)|Shudder]]
| released       = {{Film date|2023|10|30}}
| runtime        = 98 minutes
| country        = United States 
| language       = English 
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}

'''''Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor''''' is a 2023 American [[Direct-to-video|direct-to-streaming]] [[Found footage (film technique)|found footage]] [[horror film]] written and directed by [[Stephen Cognetti]]. It simultaneously serves as a prequel to ''[[Hell House LLC]]'' (2015) and a sequel to both ''[[Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel]]'' (2018) and ''[[Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire]]'' (2019), and is the fourth installment overall in the [[Hell House LLC (film series)|''Hell House LLC'' franchise]]. Produced by Joe BandelliI, it stars Bridget Rose Perrotta, Destiny Leilani Brown, James Liddell, Gideon Berger.<ref>{{Cite web|last=T |first=Amber |date=October 16, 2022 |title=Hell House LLC: New Franchise Entry Will Explore Origins of the Carmichael Manor |url=https://www.fangoria.com/original/hell-house-llc-new-franchise-entry-explores-origins-in-the-carmichael-manor/ |access-date=October 31, 2023 |website=[[Fangoria]] |language=EN}}</ref>

==Plot==
Filmmaker and paranormal investigator Margot, her girlfriend Rebecca, and her brother Chase travel to a remote manor house in [[Rockland County, New York]] to document their investigation of the Carmichael family murders. They investigate the disappearance of the primary suspects: family patriarch Arthur Carmichael and his son, Patrick. Margot recounts how her interest in the paranormal began after a man tried to abduct her at a carnival when she was a child. In the house, they find a locked storage room full of the Carmichael family's belongings, including three clown mannequins.

Margot and Rebecca examine artifacts from the [[Hell House LLC|Abaddon Hotel]] at a local [[antique store]]. Rebecca recognizes a grandfather clock from the hotel and discovers film reels, documents, and a cross pendant in a hidden compartment of the clock. At the manor, Chase is disturbed by the apparent movement of the clowns and the presence of a masked woman. After Margot and Rebecca return, Chase convinces them that the manor is haunted. 

The recovered film reels depict Catherine Carmichael before and after her sister Margaret's death, who was killed in a car crash that also left Patrick with a broken arm. Following the accident, Patrick became withdrawn and disturbed, to which Catherine gave him the pendant to protect him. Further footage reveals that Patrick joined a cult run by [[Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel|Andrew Tully]] in hopes of resurrecting Margaret. The cult members invade the manor, where Margaret's ghost kills Catherine. 

In the present, Rebecca's presentation to a real estate partner is disrupted by Catherine's ghost. Rebecca convinces Margot to leave the manor in the morning, but Chase disappears overnight. Footage recorded by Chase reveals that he was stalked and killed by one of the clown mannequins. Margot and Rebecca attempt to leave the house but are unable to due to a dead car battery. They try to walk to the nearest town, but are forced to flee back to the manor after being harassed by cult members. 
 
Disturbing text messages from Chase drive the two women to flee into the car, but the cult members surround them. Returning to the manor again, Margot hears Chase calling for her, leaving Rebecca, who is killed by Catherine’s ghost. Margot finds Chase’s eyeless corpse before being stalked by the clown, who corners and attacks her. Patrick is identified as the clown and the one who tried to abduct Margot as a child. In old footage recorded by Patrick, he apologizes to the camera before yelling at an unseen man to be quiet, before departing into a [[Hell#Christianity|red room]].

A mid-credit scene features Alice mentioning that the fair is coming back to town. In the background, a clown peeks through a window.

==Cast==
*	Bridget Rose Perrotta as Margot Bentley
* Destiny Leilani Brown as Rebecca Vickers
* James Liddell as Chase Bentley
* Cayla Berejikian as Catherine Carmichael
* Victoria Andrunik as Margaret Carmichael
* Gideon Berger as Patrick Carmichael
* Darin F. Earl II as Bradley Moynahan
* Searra Sawka as Alice Harper
* Thomas J. Cipriano as 80's News Anchor
* Michael Caprioli as Donald
* Celeste Cicon as Antique Store Clerk
* Marlene Williams as Eleanor Carmichael
* Dayna Michelle Kurtz as Linda
* Joe Bandelli as Hell House Clown
* Robert Savakinus as Arthur Carmichael

==Production==
In October 2022, Terror Films announced that Stephen Cognetti would continue the Hell House LLC franchise with the prequel titled ''Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Squires |first=John |date=April 17, 2023 |title='Hell House LLC Origins' – Filming Has Begun on Franchise Prequel |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3758489/hell-house-llc-origins-filming-has-begun-on-franchise-prequel/ |access-date=October 31, 2023 |website=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |language=EN}}</ref>

===Filming===
On April 15, 2023, Stephen Cognetti announced that  filming had begun.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hamman |first=Cody |title=Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor is now filming |url=https://www.joblo.com/hell-house-llc-origins-filming/ |access-date=October 31, 2023 |website=[[JoBlo.com]] |date=17 April 2023 |language=EN}}</ref>

==Release==
The film had its limited release on October 24, 2023, and was released on October 30, 2023, by [[Shudder (streaming service)|Shudder]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=T |first=Amber |date=September 20, 2023 |title=Creepy Clowns Return In New Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor Trailer |url=https://www.fangoria.com/original/hell-house-llc-origins-the-carmichael-manor-trailer/ |access-date=October 31, 2023 |website=[[Fangoria]] |language=EN}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|88|6.80|17|ref=yes|access-date=October 31, 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor (2023) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hell_house_llc_origins_the_carmichael_manor |access-date=October 31, 2023 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref>

Phil Hoad of '''[[The Guardian]]''' rates the film 4 out of 5 rating and he said: It isn't just Cognetti's solid deployment of the backstory that impresses; he and cinematographer Josh Layton also show a devious command of camera mechanics, vital to the subjective found-footage experience.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hoad |first=Phil |date=October 25, 2023 |title=Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor review – backstory of horror haunting |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/oct/25/hell-house-llc-origins-the-carmichael-manor-review-backstory-of-horror-haunting |access-date=October 31, 2023 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=En}}</ref> Maegan Navarro of '''[[Bloody Disgusting]]''' gave the film a rating of 3.5 over 5 and wrote: While the effective, goosebump-inducing scares and refreshing expansion of the story feel like a return to form for this franchise, The Carmichael Manor is hampered by its found footage format. The intrepid Margot makes the familiar missteps into found footage trope territory that seals her group's fate.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Navarro |first=Maegan |date=October 25, 2023 |title='Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor' Review – A Scary Return to Form for the Franchise |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3785641/hell-house-llc-origins-the-carmichael-manor-review/ |access-date=October 31, 2023 |website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]}}</ref>

== Sequel ==
{{Main|Hell House LLC: Lineage}}
In July 2024, a fifth installment, titled ''Hell House LLC: Lineage,'' was announced with a [[Trailer (promotion)|teaser trailer]]. It was released in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=John |date=2024-07-12 |title='Hell House LLC: Lineage' Teaser Trailer – Fifth Installment Comes to Shudder in 2025 |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3820074/hell-house-llc-lineage-teaser-trailer-fifth-installment-comes-to-shudder-in-2025/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|22796890}}

[[Category:2023 horror films]]
[[Category:2023 films]]
[[Category:Found footage horror films]]
[[Category:Horror films about clowns]]
[[Category:Shudder (streaming service) original programming]]
[[Category:American haunted house films]]
[[Category:American prequel films]]
[[Category:American supernatural horror films]]
[[Category:Hell House LLC (franchise) films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Stephen Cognetti]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Stephen Cognetti]]

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