Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire
Short description
Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire is a 2019 American horror and mystery film written and directed by Stephen Cognetti, the third entry in the Hell House LLC series following Hell House LLC (2015) and Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel (2018). It continues the found-footage story around the Abaddon Hotel, a building the earlier films established as the site of disturbing disappearances. A year after the events of the second film, the hotel is slated for demolition when billionaire Russell Wynn, played by Gabriel Chytry, buys it to stage his interactive show, Insomnia. He brings in journalist Vanessa Shepherd, played by Elizabeth Vermilyea, and her crew to document the preparations, and they uncover a scheme far more sinister than a haunted attraction, one that could unleash something far worse than a Halloween performance.
The cast also includes Sam Kazzi as Jeff Stone, Ryan Jennifer Jones as Sara Havel, Theodore Bouloukos as Robert Lyons and Brian David Tracy as Andrew Tully, across 21 credited roles. Cognetti wrote the screenplay and Joe Bandelli produced, with Terror Films, Cognetti Films and Marlyous' Boys among the production companies. The film runs 86 minutes and was released on 19 September 2019, placing it between the second installment and Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor (2023) in Cognetti's directing chronology.
On IMDb it holds a rating of 5.1 from around 7,700 votes, and on TMDB 5.2 from 181 votes, indicating a modest audience following. A critics' rating of 3.6 from eight reviews sits below those audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- The 'Insomnia' program mentioned in the film is based on the immersive production 'Sleep No More' by the British theater company Punchdrunk. The production's plot was based on William Shakespeare's tragedy 'Macbeth' (written around 1606, first published in 1623). The theme of the production changed from year to year—just as the plot of the premiere performance of the fictional 'Insomnia' was meant to be based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 'Faust' (the first and second parts were first published in 1808 and 1832, respectively).
- The bar scene contains references to the Last Supper (the final meal of Jesus Christ with his twelve closest disciples on the eve of his arrest, crucifixion, and death). This scene, in turn, is a reference to the divine nature of Russell, played by Gabriel Chitre. Russell orders bread and wine, which are consumed by twelve members of the program's cast and creative team (who stand in for Jesus's disciples). Furthermore, this scene marks their final meal before the premiere, making it a metaphorical Last Supper. It precedes the event in which Russell sacrifices himself for the salvation of mankind. Another reference to Jesus is the news that Russell had passed away several years before the events described but miraculously returned to life.
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